“Mumble in Borat language” – Shavkat Rakhmonov’s warning for Colby Covington ahead of UFC 296 riles up fans
Shavkat Rakhmonov has a stern warning for possible future welterweight titleholder Colby Covington, ahead of UFC 296.
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Colby Covington gets callout from Shavkat Rakhmonov ahead of UFC 296 (Source: IMAGO)
Shavkat Rakhmonov. the undefeated welterweight contender faces Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 296. The all-out welterweight event headlining champion Leon Edwards and challenger Colby Covington takes place on Dec. 16. Speaking at the UFC 296 media day interview, the fighter has called out “Chaos” with a ballistic forewarning.
Edwards locks horns with Colby “Chaos” Covington, after handing a skid to previous champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 and UFC 286. Covington served as a backup for the last of the trilogy bout, thus earning a title shot. Now, Rakhmonov has dared the brash-mouthed fighter with a callout. Speaking during the media day, he said:
I believe I’m very close to a title shot. I just need to win...Shavkat Rakhmonov addressing the media
The fighter also lauded Thompson’s karate acumen and the need to cautiously adapt to it accordingly. At 17-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC, the fighter feels close to home to title contention. Thus came the callout to the possible victor Covington. A prime reaction to this read:
Shavkat would sit there and do nothing about it, maybe mumble in Borat language that’s it.
Rakhmonov is a Kazakh pro-mixed martial artist, from Uzbekistan. Thus, a few fans have invoked the popular culture media series ‘Borat’ to slam his callout with earnest revulsion.
Fans react to Shavkat Rakhmonov calling out Colby Covington
Undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov is one of the most prominent welterweight phenom in the promotion. He made a promotional debut at UFC 254, as a 12-0 titleholder from M-1 Global. He now has 17 highlight finishes; with 9 submissions and 8 KOs. Now, the fighter accordingly squares off against divisional peer Stephen Thompson.
Concurrently, Rakhmonov has also called out Colby Covington. Covington himself contrarily headlines the fight card and gearing up for welterweight champion Leon Edwards. However, Rakhmonov issued a forewarning for the fast-talker as he is opinionated on sitting close to a title shot. Check out how fans reacted to this, in the following tweets:
The fan community has accordingly reacted with a mixed bag of reactions though. Some have nudged in that although undefeated, Rakhmonov has language barriers. Others have overtly dissed Covington as a “keyboard warrior” with no real mettle, ahead of his title fight.
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