A detailed fight analysis of Shavkat Rakhmonov's bout with Ian Garry has been shared, highlighting Rakhmonov's impressive performance. The analysis notes that Rakhmonov showed progression at middle distance compared to his fight with Neal, successfully landing strong single strikes including jabs, overhand rights, left hooks, and spinning backfists. Rakhmonov dominated the clinch for the first four rounds, controlling Garry in deep underhooks, and became the only UFC fighter to take Garry down in the center of the cage, achieving this twice. The analyst observed that Rakhmonov controlled the fight well except for the fifth round, but raised concerns about his low activity at long range, where he threw very few kicks and allowed Garry to accumulate points. Despite giving up the long distance significantly, Rakhmonov won the middle and close distances according to the analysis, with the overall scorecard showing roughly equal points but giving Rakhmonov the edge due to quality control and more significant strikes to the head.
