Joaquin Buckley has been on a tear since he moved down to the UFC’s welterweight division. ‘New Mansa’ holds an undefeated record in the UFC welterweight division. With a four-fight winning streak to brag, Buckley targeted big names in the division. Recently, Shavkat Rakhmonov responded to Buckley.
Rakhmonov is one of the scariest fighters in the division, with a 100% finish rate. One rumored matchup had Rakhmonov facing Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia. However, Maddalena suffered a gruesome injury, and Buckley jumped to call out Rakhmonov. The reply from the Kazhakh fighter was savage, to say the least.
I thought your Conor callout was delusional, but you’ve actually outdone yourself this time.
Shavkat Rakhmonov via X
Buckley had called out Conor McGregor after his recent victory at UFC St. Louis, garnering much criticism. Afterward, Buckley dissed Daniel Cormier, Chael Sonnen, and Michael Bisping for their criticism, which made Cormier threaten the welterweight.
Buckley had earlier called out Gilbert Burns but stated Burns already had a fight scheduled. Funnily enough, Burns revealed he had no idea of what Buckley meant. Nonetheless, Buckley had recently turned down a fight against Ian Garry at UFC 303 on short notice.
Fans react to Shavkat Rakhmonov’s sav*ge response to Joaquin Buckley
Shavkat Rakhmonov does not speak much English, but his tweets on X have remained impressive. It might be the work of his manager/translator, Sayat Abdrakhmanov. Rakhamonov had one of the best responses after Jack Della Maddalena called him out after finishing Gilbert Burns at UFC 299.
Rakhmonov has now left fight fans in splits with a sav*ge response to Joaquin Buckley after Buckley called him out. See how fight fans reacted to his response below.
Since Rakhmonov is on a six-fight winning streak in the UFC, his next fight is likely a number-one contender fight. Maddalena vs Rakhmonov was the perfect fight to be the number-one contender fight. With Maddalena injured, Rakhmonov will likely face the winner of Michael Venom Page vs. Ian Garry.
However, Buckley might get a shot, particularly as he has a penchant for forcing Dana White and the UFC to make the fight. He might crash a PPV press conference for the fight like he did at the UFC 300 press conference.
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