Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight
staple Neil Magny
will not turn down any fight, no matter how risky.
MMA Junkie reported on Thursday that Magny (26-8) had accepted
a high-stakes welterweight matchup against Shavkat
Rakhmonov (15-0) on June
25. The UFC Fight Night card without a designation at this time
is also currently without a location, although it might be held at
the UFC Apex in Las Vegas depending on the status of the COVID-19
pandemic. Magny called for this
fight nearly two weeks ago at the beginning of April, and he has
since posted about this new matchup on his Instagram.
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Magny is currently riding a two-fight win streak, with decision
victories over Geoff Neal
and Max
Griffin to cement his place as a top-15 welterweight.
Throughout his last nine appearances since the end of 2017, Magny
has pulled off seven wins opposite two defeats, beating the likes
of Robbie
Lawler, Carlos
Condit, the aforementioned Neal and Anthony
Rocco Martin. He has also recently gained the nickname of “The
Haitian Sensation” later into his career. The Elevation Fight Team
fighter has earned his last five triumphs on the scorecards.
Kazakhstan’s Rakhmonov has been a man possessed since making his
pro debut in 2014, blowing through his first eight opponents in two
rounds or less. “Nomad” has never before gone the distance as a pro
MMA fighter, and he made his UFC debut in 2020 by wrecking Alex
Oliveira in the first round. Subsequent finishes of Michel
Prazeres and Carlston
Harris – the former as the first man to stop “Trator” and the
latter a spinning hook kick – propelled Rakhmonov into this
spotlight fight with Magny.
There has yet to be a headliner announced for the UFC Fight Night
card on June 25, and the location is still up in the air as well.
Other bouts on the lineup include a middleweight clash between
Chris
Curtis and Rodolfo
Vieira, a flyweight encounter when Tim Elliott
takes on Amir Albazi
and a women’s strawweight collision between Jinh Yu
Frey and Vanessa
Demopoulos.