The twelfth number of the UFC flyweight division, Muhammad Mokaev, who won four victories in the UFC, is experiencing certain difficulties in order to share the octagon with a rating opponent in the next fight.
“Now everything is very complicated,” Mokaev said in an interview with Michael Bisping. “When I was out of the rankings, I beat Cody Durden in less than 50 seconds and then beat LFA champion Charles Johnson, Malcolm Gordon and Jafel Filho. These guys are ten years older than me. Now I’m number 12 in the rankings, but the ranked fighters don’t want to fight me. Now they say ‘fight one more fight’ and then if I beat someone else they’ll say ‘you haven’t fought any ranked'”
“Manel Cape, for example, did not accept the fight with me. He’s ninth in the rankings with a 3-2 record in the UFC, but he says, ‘you’re not on my level’. What can I do if these guys don’t want to fight me? How can I be inferior to him in the level if he lost to all rating opponents?
“Brandon Royval also said that I was not at his level, but his fight with Charles Johnson ended in a split decision, while I set the UFC flyweight takedown record with him. I had 12 takedowns and 26 attempts, and Charles Johnson moved Royval eight times. So I believe I will beat these guys, but they make stupid excuses. If I’m such an easy contender, with bad cardio and jiu-jitsu, why don’t you come out and take all the hype that comes with my 34-win streak?”
22-year-old Muhammad Mokaev, representing Great Britain, had his last fight in March of this year, finishing with a broken neck in the third round of the Brazilian Jafel Filho.
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