Stephen Thompson insists he likes the Shavkat Rakhmonov matchup.
and even turned him down, questions arose on whether this is the UFC getting back at him for electing not to fight Pereira in July.
But with Rakhmonov now ranked one spot above Thompson in the UFC’s welterweight rankings, “Wonderboy” disagrees.. “I wanted Usman because Usman called me out, but the UFC already had something set up for him. I wanted somebody that was ranked above me. Most of the guys I’ve been facing have been ranked behind me – the Geoff Neals and the Vicente Luques, Pereira, which, you let these guys come up and they should be able to make weight. I wanted somebody ranked above me.
“The Usman fight didn’t happen, so there was Shavkat. He was supposed to fight Gastelum, which I think Gastelum got cut so he didn’t have anybody. I saw him on social media. I know he’s ranked above me, and it just worked out for both of us. It was like a year-and-a-half ago maybe, the UFC wanted me to fight Shavkat, and to be honest with you, I didn’t even know who he was at the time.”to his purse for the Rakhmonov boutt.
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