Shavkat Rakhmonov concerns fans with rehab video after 18-month layoff

Shavkat Rakhmonov alarmed his fans by posting a rehabilitation video showing him in poor physical condition, far from fighting shape. The Kazakhstani welterweight contender has not competed inside the cage for over a year and a half. Meanwhile, a verbal back-and-forth has erupted between middleweight contender Caio Borralho and champion Dricus Du Plessis, with Borralho traveling to South Africa to challenge Du Plessis. Du Plessis invited Borralho to spar at his gym and dismissed the challenger's title shot claims. Multiple insiders have reported that a bout between Du Plessis and Kamaru Usman is being discussed as a potential title defense.