Analysis: Shavkat Rakhmonov impressed with mid-range striking against Ian Garry

A detailed breakdown highlights Shavkat Rakhmonov's performance against Ian Garry, noting significant improvements. Rakhmonov showed progression at middle range compared to his fight with Geoff Neal, regularly landing single powerful strikes on Garry with jabs, overhand rights, left hooks, and spinning backfists. He dominated the clinch for the first four rounds, taking Garry's back and controlling him in deep underhooks. Rakhmonov became the only UFC fighter to take Garry down twice in the center of the cage and successfully controlled him from top position. The analysis notes concerns about Rakhmonov's low activity at long range, where he threw almost no kicks and lost significant points. Despite this, the analyst scored the fight for Rakhmonov based on his dominance at middle and close range, the two most important distances in MMA.