Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) takes on former Kill Cliff FC teammate Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Shavkat Rakhmonov has confirmed rumours that he submitted Ian Machado Garry during their past sparring sessions, ahead of their fight at UFC 310. On Saturday (7 December), the unbeaten welterweights will clash for a shot at champion Belal Muhammad, squaring off in the co-main event at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena.

Undefeated records, championships, you name it - Ian Machado Garry wants it all, including a long-awaited, much asked-for grudge match against Colby Covington.

According to Shavkat Rakhmonov, he's already gotten the best of Ian Machado Garry. Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on former teammate Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout on Saturday in the UFC 310 co-main event (pay-per-view,

Michael Bisping has said Ian Machado Garry “will get finished” at UFC 310 if he can’t stop Shavkat Rakhmonov ’s takedowns. Rakhmonov, one of the most fearsome contenders in the UFC, is 18-0 with 18 stoppage wins, and the Kazakh was due to challenge welterweight champion Belal Muhammad on Saturday (7 December).

After 6-0 start to his UFC run, Rakhmonov was originally set to challenge for gold against welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 310 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, a bone infection in Muhammad's toe forced the champ's withdrawal, leaving the would-be challenger worried he wouldn't get to compete.

Ian Machado Garry claims Kamaru Usman turned down a fight with him. Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) was actively seeking a fight with Colby Covington before getting booked to face Joaquin Buckley Dec.