{"id":31381,"date":"2026-10-05T07:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=31381"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:14:09","slug":"michael-morales-announces-final-boss-shavkat-rakhmonov-fight-warns-rest-of-ufc-welterweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=31381","title":{"rendered":"Michael Morales Announces &#8220;Final Boss&#8221; Shavkat Rakhmonov Fight, Warns Rest Of UFC Welterweight Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ea-crumbs\">\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHome\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ea-crumb-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMMA News\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ea-crumb-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-current=\"page\">Michael Morales Announces \u201cFinal Boss\u201d Shavkat Rakhmonov Fight, Warns Rest of UFC Welterweight Division<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Morales has sent a message to the UFC welterweight division again. The undefeated fighter who last fought at UFC 322 in 2025 is expected to enter the octagon next year in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morales has claimed that Carlos Prates and Ian Machado Garry don\u2019t want to fight him. Hence, he will be taking on the undefeated Kazakh phenom Shavkat Rakhmonov. The Ecuadorian fighter has also sent a message to champion Islam Makhachev, top contender Prates, and former title challenger Garry. He quipped:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIslam\u2026 you know who I am. You said \u2018Morales is way more dangerous\u2019. You also said I need one more fight. About Prates and me, you said, \u2018let them fight\u2019. Alright, but after that, no more excuses. Prates, you said the UFC never offered you the fight with me. You and me, let\u2019s do it. You want the belt, I want the belt. Let\u2019s find out who\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut if you guys have different plans\u2026 Islam, if you prefer Prates because you prefer an easy fighter, I have mine for 2027. The final boss of this division. Shavkat Rakhmonov. Oh, I almost forgot. F*ck Ian Garry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Michael Morales\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Morales sends a message to the welterweight division \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslam\u2026 you know who I am. You said \u2018Morales is way more dangerous\u2019. You also said I need one more fight.<\/p>\n<p>About Prates and me, you said \u2018let them fight\u2019. Alright, but after that, no more excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Prates, you said\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYqbzr7ApR\">pic.twitter.com\/tYqbzr7ApR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) October 4, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Morales considers Rakhmonov a very tough test. The 31-year-old meanwhile has not entered the octagon for nearly 2 years due to back-to-back injuries. Earlier this year, Rakhmonov\u2019s return was halted due to the same knee injury that had kept him on the sidelines, leading to his removal from the rankings. Rakhmonov had knee surgery again a few months before and has resumed training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sean Brady believes \u201cthere\u2019s no way\u201d Shavkat Rakhmonov fights Michael Morales<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sean Brady believes Shavkat Rakhmonov will never fight again, and although he has been hearing about a potential Rakhmonov vs. Morales bout at the end of the year, there\u2019s no way the Kazakh fighter competes again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Sean Brady\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sean Brady believes Shavkat Rakhmonov won&#8217;t fight again, says &#8220;there&#8217;s no way&#8221; he fights Michael Morales in December\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>Via: Eric Cerminara <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ZSkJ2kEL3\">pic.twitter.com\/5ZSkJ2kEL3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) October 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rakhmonov suffering repeated injuries to the same knee has raised concerns among fans about his future. This time, we will have to see whether he can make a successful return to the octagon after undergoing proper rehabilitation and recovery.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/michael-morales-announces-final-boss-shavkat-rakhmonov-fight-warns-ufc-welterweight-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a MMA News \u203a Michael Morales Announces \u201cFinal Boss\u201d Shavkat Rakhmonov Fight, Warns Rest of UFC Welterweight Division Michael Morales has sent a message to the UFC welterweight division again. The undefeated fighter who last fought at UFC 322 in 2025 is expected to enter the octagon next year in January.\u00a0 Morales has claimed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[690,1135,309,248,162,513,1063,992,858,991,42,880,762],"class_list":["post-31381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-announces","tag-boss","tag-division","tag-fight","tag-final","tag-michael","tag-morales","tag-rakhmonov","tag-rest","tag-shavkat","tag-ufc","tag-warns","tag-welterweight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}