Vicente Luque has some coaching perception into Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry.
Luque has skilled with each Rakhmonov and Machado Garry at Kill Cliff FC. Machado Garry has since left the Florida-based gymnasium and not too long ago frolicked coaching at Chute Boxe Diego Lima in Sao Paulo and Bangtao Muay Thai and MMA in Phuket.
Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout on Saturday within the UFC 310 co-main occasion from T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Luque confirms that Rakhmonov is nearly as good as marketed.
“I’ve skilled not too long ago with Shavkat for this struggle,” Luque mentioned on the “Overdogs Podcast.” “We’ve skilled generally, and he’s actually good. He’s actually good. He’s not simply hype. He’s excellent throughout. He strikes very properly, he has good conditioning, good grappling, good wrestling, and I feel he might undoubtedly be a champion within the division.”
As for Machado Garry, Luque admits that it’s been years since they’ve final skilled. He gave his verdict for the doubtless No. 1 contender conflict.
“After we go to Shavkat and Ian, I’ve skilled with Ian over two years in the past,” Luque mentioned. “So, from then, I’m positive that he has modified, he has gotten higher. I feel the sting he has is placing however not by a lot, after which grappling and wrestling for me, Shavkat is best. So I’m going to present, , Shavkat favourite on that struggle.”
Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) additionally competes at UFC 310 when he takes on Themba Gorimbo (14-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in Saturday’s prelims (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
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