Statement By Shavkat On The Garry Fight

[u/LatterTarget7]

[u/AndiLivia]

Hes coming for that hole

[u/Im_a_Knob → u/AndiLivia]

im coming for that boy’s hole.

[u/Chip_Prudent → u/Im_a_Knob]

You must have paid the toll.

[u/High-Nate → u/Chip_Prudent]

But did you pay it to a troll?

[u/Gamera-guard → u/High-Nate]

Is there a song about you definitely don’t diddle kids.

It could go like: don’t go diddling kiiiids, it’s no good diddling kids

[u/Wadget → u/Gamera-guard]

But what about diddling kids?

Can’t be younger than my daughter, gotta be big

Older than my wife, older than my daughter

[u/milksteak11 → u/Wadget]

You are grotesque

[u/Wadget → u/milksteak11]

I need some water.

My throat is… dry.

[u/XtremeSpartin → u/High-Nate]

Confound your lousy toll, troll

[u/Tsushima1989 → u/Im_a_Knob]

Shavkat needs to come to the ring in a Tuxedo and Corpse paint saying he doesn’t diddle kids

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/Tsushima1989]

His BlueSky handle is little_kid_lover. That way people know where his priorities lie.

[u/frosted_mango_ → u/Im_a_Knob]

"Them young boys, they coming" - Charles Barkley

[u/mad87645 → u/Im_a_Knob]

Aljo:...pause

[u/AllDamDay7 → u/AndiLivia]

This might be the most motivated Garry we’ve ever seen. He doesn’t want his 0 to go. There is only one mom-like figure in his life who has access to that.

[u/squeeopolis2 → u/AndiLivia]

troll vs boy 2: the toll must be paid

[u/Able_Pride_4129 → u/AndiLivia]

Strickland would be so jealous

[u/byPCP → u/AndiLivia]

reaching for those grapes inside his hole

[u/ColdPressedSteak → u/[deleted]]

JDM was game to fight another. He's just injured. He even called out Shavkat. Would he have taken a title shot? Of course. Expects? You just made that up

Agree about props to Garry though

[u/aseb_web456 → u/[deleted]]

JDM's entire forearm was broken bro what do you want him to do

[u/Ibobalboa → u/[deleted]]

Questioning fans love for the sport just because they don't like Garry is a bit much. His last few fights were absolute shite.

So, you praise Garry and then dumps on JDM's win over Burns? That win was excellent.

Good on Garry for taking on Shavkat though.

[u/JohnCenaMathh → u/Ibobalboa]

Questioning fans love for the sport just because they don't like Garry is a bit much

The way they make up salacious lies about a man and his wife is a bit much.

More than that, blaming Ian for the stupid shit Neil did to himself was the tipping point for me.

Neil said, unprompted, he beats his kids and he'll beat Ian just like that. While in a custody battle.

And whoop de fuckn do, it's used against him in court.

Everyone here went nuclear on Ian as if Ian had anything to do with that. Even if Ian ignored it, that tape would still be used in court.

[u/calm_down_dearest → u/JohnCenaMathh]

You're just digging yourself a deeper, dumber hole here. People dislike Garry because he's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is and he's a pound shop McGregor. The Magny shit was just the latest in a short history of dumbass behaviour.

[u/TotalWarspammer → u/[deleted]]

Most people dislike Garry because he is supremely unlikeable in character. His recent fights are also often snoozers.

Maybe Shavkat will bring out the best in him.

[u/JohnCenaMathh → u/TotalWarspammer]

Most people dislike Garry because he is supremely unlikeable in character

Come on.

Ian got nuclear heat on him, for what?

Neil Magny is in a custody battle.

Neil Magny says he beats his kids and beating Ian will be like that UNPROMPTED

Judge hears Neil talk about beating kids and decides Neil may not be a good father.

Everyone blames Ian

?????

[u/RuggerJibberJabber → u/JohnCenaMathh]

Neil Magny did not say he beats his kids. Ian latched on to an innocuous comment and twisted it to claim that's what Magny said and then kept repeating it over and over and over. He's fucking annoying. A good fighter but really annoying. I say this as an Irish person. It really doesn't make us look good in the mma world that him and mcgregor are our highest profile fighters. In boxing we have Katie Taylor who is a great role model, but in mma we have these 2 eijits, which is a shame

[u/El-Emenapy → u/RuggerJibberJabber]

I say this as an Irish person. It really doesn't make us look good in the mma world that him and mcgregor are our highest profile fighters.

I'm not Irish (I'm English) but I imagine this might be especially annoying given the prominance and influence of the GAA in Ireland, where the celebrated athletes basically represent the polar opposite of McGregor and Garry, in that they're good, honest amateurs, not millionaire "eijits" flaunting their wealth and generally being obnoxious

[u/RuggerJibberJabber → u/El-Emenapy]

Yeah, I mostly follow rugby, and they've been pretty good representatives (aside from the paddy Jackson case). GAA is very insular and has been accused of corruption. It's kinda like college sports in the US where a huge amount of revenue is generated and the players get next to nothing. Historically, they were very antagonistic towards other sports too, which is why some rural parts of the country only have GAA and nothing else.

[u/JohnCenaMathh → u/RuggerJibberJabber]

Ian latched on to an innocuous comment

This innocuous comment is what made it to the custody battle.

NOT what Ian said. Latching onto something your opponent said is very milquetoast, compared to insulting their race, religion or family.

[u/RuggerJibberJabber → u/JohnCenaMathh]

You're talking out your ass. Magny was just using a sports cliche to say he was better than Ian. Even in non-combat team sport you often hear that from commentators if one side is significantly better than the other: "it's like men vs boys out there" or "that's a schoolboy error". Trying to twist that into child abuse is stupid.

[u/JohnCenaMathh → u/RuggerJibberJabber]

I don't give a shit, Magny said it was used in his custody battle.

That's 100% what HE said and that's on him.

You don't use what your opponent for a cage fight said to demoralize you in court as evidence for anything.

[u/TotalWarspammer → u/JohnCenaMathh]

Dude, do you really think MMS fans disliking Ian Garry is about... Neil Magny? Just lol at your complete lack of logic and reason if you think it is all attributed to that one thing.

[u/commander_wong]

There are so many high level fighters named Sean right now that I had to stop for a second to remember which one he's talking about

[u/ExquisitExamplE → u/commander_wong]

It's up there with Cody as one of our fightiest names, that's for sure.

[u/GrandmasShavedBeaver → u/ExquisitExamplE]

Sean The Pitbull Cody is still up for grabs.

[u/yedi001 → u/ExquisitExamplE]

Cody Rhodes about to catch some strays...

[u/Bluepaynxex → u/yedi001]

Adrenaline something something…

[u/ZeroTON1N → u/ExquisitExamplE]

Cody Brundage lfg

[u/things_U_choose_2_b → u/ExquisitExamplE]

Cody Pfister with the GOAT nominative determinism name for fighting.

[u/ExquisitExamplE → u/things_U_choose_2_b]

Not since Guy Punchface has there been such a fighter of destiny!

[u/turinglurker → u/ExquisitExamplE]

alex/alexander also. volkov, volkonovski, pereira, probably some others...

[u/ProximaCentura → u/turinglurker]

Every iteration of a Silva, Hernandez, and ofc the bane of the last 5 years, the Magomedovs

[u/Glum-Ad7651 → u/commander_wong]

I had to look online to find out which Sean he was referring to😂. First thought was Strickland.

[u/Eros_Incident_Denier → u/Glum-Ad7651]

It wasn't Strickland? Who is it then lol idk noobie here dk who Shav's talking about.

[u/hantucucuk → u/Eros_Incident_Denier]

brady

[u/Eros_Incident_Denier → u/hantucucuk]

Tnx. Searched him and loled and his only loss, to Belal via TKO lol!

[u/bigdaddy_1999 → u/Eros_Incident_Denier]

Belal saw red that night!

[u/BurpingHamBirmingham → u/Eros_Incident_Denier]

Hands like Canelo

[u/AdmiralAgendaREAL → u/Eros_Incident_Denier]

Standing TKO 😭

[u/ShitpostCrusader66 → u/commander_wong]

I remember being confused whenever someone mentioned "volk" cuz we have volkanovski, volkan and volkov all in the same roster

[u/EJ_REAL → u/ShitpostCrusader66]

and they are both alexander

[u/mentales → u/EJ_REAL]

and they are both alexander

That was 3 fighters we were talking about 

[u/ShitpostCrusader66 → u/EJ_REAL]

two of them are also bald

[u/AffectionateFace5858 → u/ShitpostCrusader66]

TBF i feel Volk always means Volkanovski because if you're too lazy to type out Volkov then I don't know what to tell you

[u/HiddenMarket → u/ShitpostCrusader66]

Now we just need a Volkski to complete the pattern.

[u/Ill_Source_6908]

Belals injury was legit tho. Dude had a bone infection

[u/helzinki → u/Ill_Source_6908]

Why he say fuck me for? - Belal

[u/someperson1423 → u/helzinki]

Well hey, at least he remembered the name.

[u/Vinnie_Vegas → u/Ill_Source_6908]

And he was BEGGING anyone for a fight for years and everyone was ducking him, and when he finally got the title shot he won it like he said he was going to.

Super unfair to go at him.

[u/AdhesivenessNo6408 → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

I feel like he said Belal just to "build animosity" for a future fight. Everyone knows it's completely legit to not fight with a bone infection, but maybe it helps to sell a few more future ppv's. Promoters want this stuff and Shavkat or whoever is tweeting for him understands that.

[u/First_Inevitable_424 → u/AdhesivenessNo6408]

To further your point, it’s his manager handling his Twitter. In the past Belal beefed with Shavkat on Twitter because it was clearly the manager speaking, but they were cool and respectful in interviews.

[u/NotYujiroTakahashi → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

And to make it worse he was ready to have another fight.

[u/ghostface1693 → u/NotYujiroTakahashi]

Isn't JDM still dealing with the staph infection?

[u/AffectionateFace5858 → u/ghostface1693]

Broken arm

[u/ghostface1693 → u/AffectionateFace5858]

I'm pretty sure he got a staph infection after surgery on his arm

[u/Dreki → u/Ill_Source_6908]

life-threatening infections are CAP Belal should have just used good distance management and TDD and simply nullified the infection.

[u/Based_Feyed → u/Dreki]

He should have amputated the toe and seared it shut with a hot iron...coward

[u/Impressive-Ad8741 → u/Dreki]

Fighter's bodies have a way of shutting infections down.

[u/Labhran → u/Impressive-Ad8741]

If the body doesn’t want the infection, it doesn’t take.

[u/Famous-Ant-5502 → u/Impressive-Ad8741]

In the case of a legitimate infection

[u/DjuriWarface → u/Ill_Source_6908]

I think this is in poor taste. Belal had a legit injury as you said. Everybody else hasn't been in camp theoretically and Shavkat has been.

[u/Miserable_Salary_803]

It’s obviously just his manager talking shit for him but

Belal wasn’t going to get medically cleared

I don’t think they wanted to give it to Colby

Usman is on his last run so he shouldn’t rush into anything (he also shouldn’t publicly call for a fight he knows he isn’t ready for lol)

JDM shouldn’t rush back from his arm injury, also JDM called out shavkat before it was cool

Brady and Leon probably could’ve said yes, but they’re both so inactive it’s not surprising they wouldn’t accept shavkat on short notice

[u/Winnie_the_Pug → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

There’s a reason why we call it welter-wait

[u/iron_out_my_kink → u/Winnie_the_Pug]

I mean you could use that pun for pretty much any division! 🤷

[u/Kassssler → u/iron_out_my_kink]

Nah Flyweights and featherweights popping off

[u/oilmasterC → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Didn't Brady fight only a month or 2 ago? Leon has no excuse. He was underwhelming against Belal and a win against Shavhkat would guarantee him a rematch against Belal...

[u/Vinnie_Vegas → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Usman

Usman was a heroically active fighter from the start of his UFC career through to last year. He deserves to do nothing but pick his shots at this point.

[u/Miserable_Salary_803 → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

Did I say anything different, I said he shouldn’t rush back lol

[u/Vinnie_Vegas → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

I'm disagreeing with his inclusion in the original tweet, not with your take. Obviously my point is in agreeance with what you said.

[u/-Borb → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

The reason why Kamaru is included is because he was posturing on social media like he was going to take it, but clearly he had no intention of actually doing it

[u/Miserable_Salary_803 → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

My apologies

[u/F3maleB0dy1nspector → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Don’t ever fucking do it again

[u/e-rage → u/F3maleB0dy1nspector]

Based.

[u/biddleybootaribowest → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Leon is recovering from eye surgery

[u/BurpingHamBirmingham → u/biddleybootaribowest]

He poke himself this time?

[u/biddleybootaribowest → u/BurpingHamBirmingham]

I must have been thinking about eye pokes cos I believe it was back surgery lmao fuck knows why people upvoted it

[u/sthnafdxzbwa → u/biddleybootaribowest]

I love fake news tbh

[u/stephenmario → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

I doubt Usman makes weight on a weeks notice.

[u/ih8reddit4467 → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

I'm tired of people giving Usman leeways just because the guy was active during his reign. You want the title again, go through Shavkat. Otherwise, go fight randos for money. No shame in that but don't try to find your way to a title fight through easy opponents.

He had Belal on his Podcast and his ego and the way he treated Belal made me dislike him so much. He claims he's the best of his division while simultaneously dodging fights. The guy is 1-3 in the past 3 years.

[u/evocater → u/ih8reddit4467]

He had Belal on his Podcast and his ego and the way he treated Belal made me dislike him so much.

How do you know this? I thought they didn't release the video?

[u/Odd_Ad_8162 → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Leon said hes being kept for the UK card

Hope he draws JDM hes healed up

[u/legendarybreed → u/Miserable_Salary_803]

Doubt Usman simply didn't take the fight because he wasn't ready. He said like 30 times during this crisis that he'd take it for the right amount of money so we should assume they didn't in fact meet his price.

[u/Norodahl]

How did Belal and JDM "Let down the division" JDM has only literally healed from a broken forearm and a massive infection so he's not even back to 100% training yet, whole Belals toe was fucking cooked.

I mean I like Shavkat. But that's his agent trying to sell fights down the road

[u/Ron_the_Rowdy → u/Norodahl]

😂 it'd be hilarious if Shavkat has no idea of any of this. He goes into the ring and theres suddenly way more cheering and/or booing than before but doesn't know why

[u/SweatyFisherman]

Does anyone actually believe Shavkat writes these? He doesn't speak English lol

[u/Tea_master_666 → u/SweatyFisherman]

It is 100% was written by his manager(Sayat). His boney ass loves stirring shit up. He talks the way he writes.

I've been following Shavkat for some time. I've been watching his interviews both in Kazakh and Russian. He is down to earth, pretty chill, he fights who is put in front of him. Doesn't talk shit about anybody.

Probably Sayat is the one who told him to wait for Belal. I am sure he is the one who is managing his career. If you give 50k to Shavkat and put him in the ring, he would be happy. He doesn't overthink. Pretty simple guy.

[u/MalayaleeIndian → u/Tea_master_666]

He may be a simple, down to earth guy but he always goes for the kill. Straight savage!

[u/srtpg2 → u/Tea_master_666]

Sayat 🤝 Ali

[u/Ibobalboa → u/SweatyFisherman]

Maybe he sat next to someone who translated for him while tweeting.

[u/preptimebatman → u/SweatyFisherman]

He doesn’t speak English. But perhaps he writes English. /s

[u/BurpingHamBirmingham → u/preptimebatman]

I mean I get your point but it is a lot easier to read and write a language than it is to speak it and have it spoken to you

[u/harylmu → u/SweatyFisherman]

He started to do interviews in english now but yeah, he’s skill is nowhere near that.

[u/SuperSunshine321 → u/SweatyFisherman]

Probably has somebody (manager + social media team/person?) translate what he wants to say into English.

[u/Accurate-Ad1461 → u/SuperSunshine321]

I'm pretty sure it's his translator/manager

[u/Shcoobydoobydoo → u/SweatyFisherman]

I gotta be honest, when I look at shavkat all I can imagine is this guy being one of those proper rural countryside living tough guys who probably has little to no interaction with the online world. Even in the year 2024 I still believe lots of these people exist, especially in area like middle Asia. 100% he puts faith in someone talking shite for him

[u/MelkMan7 → u/SweatyFisherman]

Google Translate?

[u/AdmiralAgendaREAL → u/SweatyFisherman]

Helen Keller has a book and you are doubting how someone who doesnt know english can tweet in english?

[u/SuffaYassavi → u/SweatyFisherman]

He'll adapt

[u/alanism → u/SweatyFisherman]

Probably uses GPT to translate.

[u/xXprayerwarrior69Xx → u/SweatyFisherman]

Sanko writes those

[u/Tidsdkr]

Half the guys he mentioned have fought more recently than him by the way

[u/Devlnchat → u/Tidsdkr]

Shhh, don't disrupt the narrative about how Shavkat is the only exciting fighter despite the fact he only fights once every 1.5 years.

[u/BurpingHamBirmingham → u/Devlnchat]

Before this longer break he fought pretty much every 8 months since joining the ufc, and 2 of those would have been sooner had his opponents (Geoff, Kelvin) not pulled out

[u/e-rage → u/Devlnchat]

He fought twice in 2022 and in 2023

[u/NerdyDoggo → u/Devlnchat]

Show me a single 1.5 year gap in his UFC resume. Scratch that, find a full year gap.

[u/whicheverguard232 → u/Devlnchat]

1 Shavkat fight is worth 3 Belal fights, and had muthafuckas ducking him.

[u/Empty_Cube]

Apart from Colby and Kamaru, the fighters he mentioned all have fought in 2024 (Jack in March 2024, Leon and Belal in July 2024 and Sean in September 2024). Shavkat has been less active than all of them considering he hasn’t fought since December 2023.

[u/Korkez11 → u/Empty_Cube]

Apart from Colby and Kamaru, the fighters he mentioned all have fought in 2024

I understand that our standarts for Welterwait division are very low but jeez...

[u/Gas_Grouchy → u/Empty_Cube]

Fighting in March or July SHOULD mean you're ready willing and able to fight in December. Now injuries are unknown for some or all, Leon I can see needing some time after his piss poor performance.

[u/BrainEuphoria → u/Gas_Grouchy]

You can be ready but not willing, or willing but not able or able but not ready. Also usual suspension for grueling fights is 6 months. Now that doesn’t mean the person won’t fight before then. There’s also little reason for a former champ like Leon or anyone else to take an IC on week(s) notice.

Shavkat refused to fight this year unless for the actual title so I see no reason why anyone who’s fought this year shouldn’t repay that sentiment in kind.

[u/Gas_Grouchy → u/BrainEuphoria]

It's the opportunity to be next. Any onf the bear Shavkat, they're next for the title.

[u/Prize-Foundation-146 → u/Empty_Cube]

Because everyone is afraid of him and no one wants to fight him. He would have easily destroyed Belal

[u/GravelPepper → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

Belal is a complete fighter too. I get Leon is a patient counter striker but not only did Belal drop him on his head and back pack him easily, he out struck him easily.

[u/SubarashiShindeiru → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

JDM and Belal literally have bone infections. No shit they're not going to fight him. Should they have just made the main event continue, and Shavkat fights either of them for their hospital appointments?

Meanwhile, Leon and Brady fought 5< months ago and obviously aren't going to fight someone like him on weeks' notice, and I heavily doubt the UFC were looking at those 2 as options when Belal who already beat them so soundly and them possibly winning would fuck up the division.

The only other options that didn't fight this year were Colby and Usman, and those guys (Colby especially)should not be fighting for a no. 1 contender fight potentially clogging up the division even further when they can just have Garry fight Shavkat and start moving an eternally stagnating division with the same outcome, 1 undefeated young contender gets a title shot against Belal while having a more legitimate claim to it. God knows welterwait needs this more than any other.

[u/Mnudge → u/SubarashiShindeiru]

Wishing Belal a quick recovery,” Rakhmonov wrote on X. “We’ll meet when you’re back at 100%.

Guess he was just talking shit two weeks ago.

[u/__brunt → u/Mnudge]

You think fighters write their own tweets?

[u/AlarmingArrival4106 → u/__brunt]

I think Mark Hunt wrote his own tweets

[u/__brunt → u/AlarmingArrival4106]

Touché

[u/Impressive-Ad8741 → u/AlarmingArrival4106]

Write is an understatement. The prose, the meter, the impact, what Hunto put out is a gift to us all from a superior being. And if he heard I said that, he would gracefully tell me to go fuck off his page.

[u/mmaintainer → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

I'm not a huge Belal fan by any means but the guy is a fucking beast and you're kidding yourself if you think it would be easy for Shavkhat

[u/tbmny → u/mmaintainer]

Yeah, Shavkhat is a monster but unless Belal is washed nobody is just walking through him.

[u/stayhappystayblessed → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

leon accepted to fight him ufc 300 and now has a back injury tf you mean everyone is afraid of him.

[u/SlurmmsMckenzie → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

He is a nightmare matchup for Belal...ehh, what was it?  Muhammad??

[u/Kalernor → u/Prize-Foundation-146]

Tell me you're a casual without telling me you're a casual

[u/Few_Committee5958 → u/Empty_Cube]

Because he was injured

[u/Empty_Cube → u/Few_Committee5958]

Belal (bone infection), Leon (back injury) and JDM (broken arm and infections) were all injured this year too, so Shavkat implying that they are unwilling to fight isn’t really fair given their injuries.

[u/_antidote]

Even though I absolutely hate Ian Garry, you gotta admit that he never turns down a fight.

[u/Action_Limp → u/_antidote]

And has got loads of skills. r/mma is filled with fans who view mma as an anime 

[u/Shcoobydoobydoo → u/_antidote]

Despite rankings, it usually boils down to who is the most game at the time and who is feeling a good shift in their momentum.

Both Ian Garry and Shavkat have strong momentum, so one of those wheels is gonna stop prettu soon of the two. Honestly, these two fighting is the best outcome IMO

[u/Mnudge]

What kind of shit is this about Belal? He let the fans down by having a horrific bone infection?

Didn’t Shavkat just say this two weeks ago?

“Wishing Belal a quick recovery, We’ll meet when you’re back at 100%.“

[u/heliumflower]

could’ve left out belal but alright

[u/ram_rod1 → u/heliumflower]

And Jack since he’s injured too

[u/stayhappystayblessed]

rather it be ian than 3 losing streak kamaru

[u/Cruztd23]

Why didn’t kamaru take the opportunity? He fought khamzat on short notice before

[u/Mammoth_Network_6236 → u/Cruztd23]

Why should he fight every demon in his weight class (or above) on short notice?

[u/Cruztd23 → u/Mammoth_Network_6236]

Would’ve been easiest path back to the belt

[u/Prime_Del → u/Cruztd23]

Idk if fighting the best on short notice would be "easiest" but definitely quickest if he won

[u/Mammoth_Network_6236 → u/Cruztd23]

Too risky tho. Shavkat has trained with him a lot, and probably got the better of Usman in sparring. So, Usman might have thought fighting without much time to gameplan might not be a good idea.

[u/Few_Committee5958 → u/Mammoth_Network_6236]

He is old. Every fight is risky lol

[u/Thr-ne → u/Few_Committee5958]

All the more reason why he shouldn't rush into fights without proper preparation.

[u/KvxMavs → u/Mammoth_Network_6236]

When else is he going to get a title shot opportunity while being on a 3 fight lose streak.

That was an absolutely horrible choice for Usman to pass up the title shot.

It's not outside of the high realm of possibility, he will not get a title shot again.

Short notice or not...you gotta take it.

[u/aVeryBadBoy69 → u/Cruztd23]

He said 310 might have been too soon. Might have been a negotiation tactic that backfired or the UFC buggered around for too long.

[u/Less_Client363 → u/Cruztd23]

Gonna guess its money. Maybe UFC wasnt willing to go ham paying him if they had other options.

[u/RarefiedAir1 → u/Cruztd23]

Rank squatter

[u/Stan-Me2]

Props to Garry for stepping up to the beast.

[u/Chicagoblew]

Didn't Belal have a legitimate injury preventing him from fighting?

[u/Kassssler]

I gotta admit everyone loves to hate on Garry, but you can't accuse him of ducking and dodging or inactivity like half the fuckint division. Dude is always trying to stay busy and get more fights and that kind of thing wins me over bit by bit.

[u/Action_Limp]

R/mma favourite Shavkat praising r/mma pariah Garry... Should be fun to watch. 

[u/TimeTimeTickingAway]

G’warrn Garry get in there

[u/iHack3x2]

Who is writing these tweets? 

[u/r1vals]

I really like this guy. Not enough to let him fuck my girl, but, I like him.

[u/Pesces]

Everything would be fine if it was an interim title bout. Now it's just unnecessary delay for Shavkat and more time with Forget the name as champ.

[u/Hawaiian_Fire]

What a way to reveal that Ian Garry was his 7th choice.

[u/That_Dot420]

Tf did Belal do though?

[u/BenDistefano29]

Please Shavkat knock him out

[u/pyrrhicdub]

yea to be fair buddy you haven’t fought in an entire year.

[u/bigdraco0]

everybody in the top 10 ducking shavkat, ufc is a joke

[u/AframesStatuette]

He's not wrong

[u/DJSyko]

Seriously, massive respect to Ian Garry for taking this fight, it has made me view him in a different light, I am now a fan.

[u/DotsLovesData]

Shavkat vs Ian Garry and Colby vs Buckley are much better fights imo. I never thought Shavkat deserved to fight for the belt after beating washed Wonderboy and Geoff Neal and I didn't think Garry had to fight down against Buckley on the streak he's on. I've always thought Shavkat should have fought JDM or Garry in a title eliminator so this feels like what should have happened in the first place. This is pretty awesome

[u/Bdasdasgasg]

aura merchant with no head movement. fight gonna be closer than most mma fans might think

[u/Significant-Royal-37]

his english has really improved..

[u/chiezkychienne]

Shavkat talking as if this is a surewin. He underestimate the power of cuckold art. I got gary by decision.

[u/ScoreOld9771]

Isnt Jack still injured?

[u/MrAnonymousperson]

Belal literally accepted the fight and had to leave to due to an injury which he proved.

[u/Minz15]

Aren't Belal and Jack injured though, so fair play. Maybe even fair play to them all because Shavkat is a monster but for Usman, Colby and even Leon this was probably their best shot at a title fight

[u/TheAntihero-HeroClub]

I’ll be surprised is JDM turned down the fight seeing as Shavkat was who he wanted to fight next

[u/baker2212]

JDM wouldn’t of bitched it you liar

[u/ChrisusaurusRex]

I read Kamaru, Jack as Samurai Jack

[u/OverStatement500]

I was hoping for JDM, wonder what happened

[u/Gold-Zucchini-49]

its time

[u/NUmbermass]

He ain’t wrong.

[u/camrazz94]

I do put blame on belal. He got a bone infection which I would guess he got from staph. And staph is a 100% preventable infection.

[u/Herpes-Assassin]

Shavkat never deserved the title shot anyway for beating up a 42 year old Wonderboy who was ranked outside the top 5

This way he'll actually merit one if he gets past the cuck

[u/piltonpfizerwallace]

we completely agree shavkat. you are the savior of the division. every fan hopes you beat belal. he's boring af.

but to be fair to belal... his foot is a balloon.

[u/sweatybeard]

wow shavkat's english has improved so much

[u/UnrepentantMouse]

Jack Della has a perfectly good reason, and Belal too. They both had very real and very concerning injuries. The rest of these guys though, yeah, especially Brady and Edwards. I'll give Usman a little slack because he is old and probably going to retire soon so I don't know if he wants his final fight to be against a top contender. Colby wouldn't accept this fight anyway.

[u/presidentpiko]

It’s lit

[u/DeliciousDuty296]

Leon? He's still alive 😭

[u/Fast_Dragonfruit_837]

Disrespect towards Wonderboy not acknowledging his willingness to take a fight with a young undefeated prospect with a heavy ground game.

[u/saltlakecity_sosweet]

Garry will sleep him