{"id":345884,"date":"2025-12-13T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345884\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:34:08","slug":"delusional-shavkat-rakhmonov-responds-to-big-mouth-joaquin-buckley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345884\/","title":{"rendered":"Delusional! Shavkat Rakhmonov Responds To \u2018Big Mouth\u2019 Joaquin Buckley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Undefeated UFC welterweight fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov has already caught wind of Joaquin Buckley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/409444\/video-fiery-joaquin-buckley-demands-shavkat-fight-im-gonna-f-k-you-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most recent callout<\/a> and \u201cNomad\u201d is not interested in wasting his time on the \u201cbig mouth\u201d contender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Friday, Buckley took to social media to release a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/409444\/video-fiery-joaquin-buckley-demands-shavkat-fight-im-gonna-f-k-you-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">callout video<\/a> targeting Rakhmonov. This stems from some back-and-forth earlier in the week. This time around, Buckley pulled no punches, stating that he\u2019d \u201cf\u2014k up\u201d Rakhmonov in a potential clash. Buckley also said he\u2019d be willing to fight anyone at 170 pounds that would get him to a matchup with Shavkat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sounds like \u201cNew Mansa\u201d really doesn\u2019t like his welterweight counterpart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rakhmonov, 31, has been sidelined since a decision win over Ian Machado Garry at UFC 310 just over one year ago. The undefeated contender is expected to make his return in early 2026, but nothing has been made official. While Rakhmonov was on the cusp of his first-ever UFC title shot after his last appearance an extended absence from competition could impact his title fight chances in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Early Saturday, Rakhmonov responded to Buckley yet again. \u201cNomad\u201d labeled Buckley \u201cdelusional\u201d and stated that he\u2019d rather fight Kamaru Usman than spend any time worrying about \u201cNew Mansa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou are delusional,\u201d wrote Rakhmonov. \u201cI\u2019d rather fight the guy who just whooped you than waste time on you kid. You can be my third option big mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Thoughts on this budding welterweight rivalry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undefeated UFC welterweight fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov has already caught wind of Joaquin Buckley\u2019s most recent callout and \u201cNomad\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-345884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}