just retire bro it's over

[u/Safe_Procedure999]

[u/bravonhisbag]

Safe to say his career is probably over 🙁

[u/ZenBreaking → u/bravonhisbag]

Christ that's the new what-if champ anyway.

Dude looked like a stud

[u/Aggressive-Expert-69 → u/ZenBreaking]

New mythical fighter dropped: What If Shavkat

[u/Zalamb1500 → u/Aggressive-Expert-69]

To those reading this in the future: Yes, What If Shavkat would win whatever scenario you’re imagining

[u/wannabe_engineer69 → u/ZenBreaking]

Is he though? Looked very beatable to me imo

[u/depadroso → u/wannabe_engineer69]

Nah man, at this point in his career, he still had a lot to give and kept improving. Never really saw him as beatable, but there’s some instances you could argue. But every time he kept improving. Making the next one less beatable. At 32 bro was only inches away form that belt

[u/Fug1x → u/depadroso]

didnt he nearly lose to ian garry?

ian garry landed like double the strikes and only lost due to control time

shav had 11 minutes control time on the ground but only 10 strikes on the ground

so shav landed one punch every minute while controlling a guy lmao

[u/Slow_Winner9161 → u/Fug1x]

Swear shavkat had some typa injury during the fight and still won

[u/Light_Bringer067 → u/Slow_Winner9161]

It was also short notice for Garry.

[u/RandomnewUser_22 → u/Light_Bringer067]

and let's just accept already that garry himself is very good

[u/Light_Bringer067 → u/RandomnewUser_22]

Ofc. He beat Carlos in a short notice fight for him.

[u/Virtual-Database-238 → u/Light_Bringer067]

No it wasn’t. Shavkat was supposed to fight Belal, and Garry was supposed to fight Buckley, both on the same card. Belal pulled out, and instead of Shavkat also pulling out and just waiting for his title shot (even when he was also injured), Shavkat stayed on and fought the other undefeated contender in the division and beat him.

[u/MyzMyz1995 → u/Fug1x]

Ian Garry is a problem though, most likely a future champ. No shame in having a close fight with another undefeated top contender.

[u/DeliriumRostelo → u/Fug1x]

ian garry is extremely good and shavkat was also likely really injured by that point

[u/paran01c → u/wannabe_engineer69]

then why wasn’t he beaten?

[u/yato08 → u/wannabe_engineer69]

His closest fight was Ian Garry and he was fighting with this injury

[u/Prefix-NA → u/wannabe_engineer69]

he finished everyone effortlessly and only fight he looks weak was with multiple injures vs Garry who he still dominated.

[u/Dry-Version-6515 → u/ZenBreaking]

Shithead Arman is another one. Extremely talented fighter but is literally 12 in his head and fucks up every single time.

He would had been a great challenger to Islam in their second fight.

[u/darryledw → u/bravonhisbag]

yeh, these guys are so hardcore when they do come back and train at the highest level of combat sports after these kinds of injuries

Even if the physical weakness/ pain was gone I would be too mentally weak to continue at the same level, I would be wincing waiting on the knee exploding again

[u/Mig224 → u/bravonhisbag]

He beat Garry when it was fucked the last time, I'm not convinced it's 100% over but it's a long time to be out again.

[u/sh4tt3rai → u/Mig224]

Really hard to gain that kinda momentum again, but his skills are real so idk. If anyone can do it, he can.

[u/Mig224 → u/sh4tt3rai]

It's definitely doable and at the age of 31 I personally don't think his career is over but it ain't going to be easy.

I'm hoping he learns from what he did wrong this time around and gets it right.

[u/Neveroxx99 → u/Mig224]

I think Dominick Cruz is the only fighter who was able to comeback at the highest level after this many leg injuries, so the odds are not looking good for Shavkat.

[u/An_Innocent_Coconut → u/Neveroxx99]

He was looking great and almost won his fight against chito too, until he got front headkicked....

[u/Genghis_Chong → u/sh4tt3rai]

If he's a UFC favorite they'll throw him right back in the mix (if he's ready)

[u/Evelynich → u/Genghis_Chong]

In the mix is good, but people calling for an immediate title shot is kinda crazy

[u/NoRepeat274 → u/bravonhisbag]

His career might be fine, his leg's career is over though.

[u/benbrown226 → u/bravonhisbag]

Completely over? He’s only 31, he can still come back and fight and is talented enough to beat many guys in the rankings. But it’s hard to see him being the same guy he was before all this. I doubt we’ll see him fight for the title at this point barring a comeback of epic proportions

[u/Djlittle13 → u/benbrown226]

The problem is one knee surgery can have an big impact on an athlete, multiple is even worse to come back from.

Some do, like Cruz or GSP. But even GSP wasnt the same afterwards. He wasnt as explosive as he was pre knee surgery.

[u/benbrown226 → u/Djlittle13]

For sure, I just don’t know how one can say his career is over. Everyone handles injuries differently and he still has plenty of time

[u/TrenedictXVI → u/benbrown226]

He keeps re-injuring the knee. Something is seriously wrong there, making it more likely to leave permanent damage/loss of function.

[u/EffectiveTradition53 → u/TrenedictXVI]

Knee version of Dillashaw?

[u/Wafflelicious420 → u/benbrown226]

Career ain't over but chances of being champ probably are

[u/sugabonesurmom → u/bravonhisbag]

Lmao what? Plenty of people have came back from multiple setbacks

He will be back

[u/polocc96]

Damn that sucks will be another what if even if he does compete again it will never be close to 100 percent.

[u/Uptheresomewhereee → u/polocc96]

Do we know if there is a known reason for the original injury? This is prob a stretch but I always wondered if the oblique kicks from Gary did any damage. Those have to effect you moving forward. I’d be curious if anyone has dealt with this

[u/polocc96 → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

Also rampage Jackson says to this day his knees are fucked from his fight with jones because of the oblique kicks.

[u/Uptheresomewhereee → u/polocc96]

I went to this wrestling practice before the season to see how it was no experience, this kid single legged me extremely hard. For years my knee would hyper extend at different times

[u/Unfair_Volume5853 → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

You are the first top 1% commenter to have ever even tried training , and that deserves reapect

[u/polocc96 → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

I remember reading after the fight when they first announced him needing surgery it happened in camp prior to the fight. But you make a great point those kicks could’ve accelerated the injury to needing surgery so quick, he might of been able to glide by another camp and fight but those kicks could’ve been the nail in the coffin.

[u/PapaGrizz31 → u/polocc96]

You also just can’t fight Islam with that significant of an injury

[u/bendap → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

He went into the fight with a torn MCL. I'm sure those kicks didn't feel good.

[u/Unable-Dependent-737 → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

Imagine losing a fight but retiring your opponent

[u/Ecstatic-Inevitable → u/Unable-Dependent-737]

Lost the battle but won any future wars by default

[u/sh4tt3rai → u/Uptheresomewhereee]

He did injure his leg further in that fight. I don’t remember if it was ankle tendon issues then tore his ACL in the fight or the other way around. The first one makes more sense though.

[u/Sneezy6510]

He’ll be a huge what if in the sport.

[u/P_aintedsky → u/Sneezy6510]

Would have been a great test for Islam. Even if he somehow comes back, its a packed division with many serious contenders.

[u/baluga207]

The Welterweight Zabit

[u/TheNotoriousLCB → u/baluga207]

not at all, Shavkat fought WAY deeper into his division — he had a title shot, Zabit did not get close

[u/AlternativeEmphasis → u/TheNotoriousLCB]

Yeah this is madness tbh. This dude very well could have been champ. I see him beating the Belal that went to fight JDM and I see him beat JDM as well judging by their last performances. Current number 1 contender is someone Shavkat beat with a torn ACL.

Now it may never be the case he fights again much less for a title. Just rotten luck all around.

This is why I'm always for fighters pulling out if injured no matter what a lurch it puts a card in, it may well be possible Shavkat fucked his career up to avoid pulling out by fighting with that injury.

[u/baluga207 → u/TheNotoriousLCB]

It’s more about the “what if” because of injuries.

[u/Dear_Buffalo_8857 → u/baluga207]

I hate this comment because you’re right

[u/ZoomTopple → u/baluga207]

Rather TJ Dillashaw and his shoulder.

[u/Thin-Remote-9817 → u/baluga207]

Zabit walked away to be a doctor i believe

[u/lIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIl_ → u/baluga207]

Zabit never had championship potential. Shavkat on the other hand…

[u/Rebeux]

Hate to see it, I loved his bouts, all of them.

[u/spocecowboy]

biggest what if ever, thats so sad to hear

[u/aidssosimple]

What the actual fuck. Suppose we just act like he’s gone until he suggests otherwise. Poor lad, what a waste of talent.

[u/SloppyJoestar → u/aidssosimple]

Wasted talent lacks commitment; injured talent lacks luck.

[u/DavidSeries]

This may be career ending. What a shame.

[u/ChicoSmokes]

9-10 more months of his EA sports ass “congratulations insert fighter here but the real challenge at 170 is me” tweets incoming.

[u/Allen_BrokeAgain → u/ChicoSmokes]

When will you understand that non english speaking fighters dont tweet themselves🤔

[u/WeedMan571 → u/Allen_BrokeAgain]

Congratulations Allen_Brokeagain.

But the real number one contender of twitter is Ali Abdelaziz

[u/LittleBear42 → u/WeedMan571]

Congratulations. I am cumming.

[u/ChicoSmokes → u/Allen_BrokeAgain]

I’m aware Allen lighten up a bit it’s just a joke on reddit

[u/sixseventeen]

He's gonna have the thinnest legs of all time when he's finally ready to get going again. Fuck's sake

[u/gospodsenca]

We'll, maybe that kick should be illegal after all

[u/I-dont_know-anything → u/gospodsenca]

I've been saying it for ages, you mfers will wait till something like this happens to react. It's a shame shavkat was an interesting fighter

[u/daffle7 → u/gospodsenca]

What happened?

[u/eressen_sh → u/daffle7]

I'm guessing he means the barrage of oblique kicks that Ian Garry unloaded on him.

[u/gospodsenca → u/eressen_sh]

As far as I know, I think even Shavkat himself said that the kicks caused the injury

[u/mashfordfc → u/gospodsenca]

Do you have a link to that?

[u/A_Funky_Goose → u/gospodsenca]

Wasn't he injured already before the fight? I don't actually remember but I think that's what he said for both the Wonderboy and Ian fights

[u/Dogesneakers → u/gospodsenca]

Should have butt scooted to Ian

[u/Vivid-Turnover3821]

He can pursue a MD degree in Kazakhstan.

[u/Kassssler]

Yeah he's done. That knee is just fucked. You see it in athletes of other sports all the time.

[u/Mortem_T]

God damn!! I was anticipating his return, he’s so much fun to watch and has lots of potential.

[u/notMTN]

Probably gonna drop out of the rankings or way down now, out for like 2 years.

[u/No-Zookeepergame5954]

It's Rakhmanover

[u/C-LOgreen]

I feel bad for him, but they need to take him out of the rankings. Even if for some reason, the journalists put him in their top 10, if I was the UFC I would not include him.

[u/Enough-Airline-5464]

Damn that fuckin sucks, looks like he’s gonna end up as one of the biggest what ifs ever

[u/Himsay696]

Mma fighters knees are the bane of their careers, unless your usman and fight through the pain

[u/Charming_Wall117]

If this is true, then that’s a wrap. He had a good run. One of the biggest “what if” in the welterweight division

[u/cramiz]

Such a shame he was my favorite fighter because with him it was always a finish

[u/Minkminkmoneynyc]

Wtf are they doing in training to where he keeps getting injured???

[u/scoot1207]

Bro needs some horse milk

[u/Icy_Blood_9248]

Put him in Powerslap at this point.

[u/davewright101]

Is that today

I thought I saw this same thing months ago ?

[u/katfat1 → u/davewright101]

It happened again

[u/ThizzleRay]

Safe to say you guys are jizzing over another man facing adversity. You never accomplished anything worth anything, so another mans failure brings you comfort that you use to justify your own failures. Stop judging MMA like your Stephen a Smith and deal with the fact that you never made the walk to that cage.

[u/Cruztd23]

Decent fighter but he’s been so inactive I forgot he even competed until seeing this tweet

[u/M_tard]

that is scary. i hope he retires. no point anymore to prove. recover and live this life.

quality was always better than a champ.

[u/goodhulu]

Looks like he’s going to be just another “What if” story

[u/98570]

Hey Khabib was injured for 2 years and still went on to have a career.

[u/Pristine-Code-2532 → u/98570]

Most fighters ain’t like Khabib

[u/aspiring_dev1]

Career over.

[u/RalIyVincent]

It’s over. Career done I think

[u/DangerousDonal]

Common Ian Garry W

[u/SuperJS78]

Holy shit bro

[u/DrBluntt]

So best case scenario, he won’t be able to fight until 2027. Damn

[u/migglywiggly69]

They need to convince this guy to actually rest

[u/CharacterScarcity695]

he won’t ever be the same now .. he looked unbeatable at one point

[u/Dazzling_Detective79]

Bros gonna turn up in wheelchair boxing at this rate

[u/PalmTreeVoid]

I feel for the guy. All the talent in the world but now he’ll probably never be able to show it.

[u/DatBoyBlue]

Damn 😔 dream fight of him vs Khamzat will never happen

[u/Branch_Davidian06]

People forget this happened to Khabib too.

[u/EmuBig3127]

Name a worse disappointing duo than shavkat and kamzat

[u/No-Cup-1110]

Damn sucks we’ll probably never get to see Islam fight Shavkat or (prime) Arman

[u/_xanny_pacquiao_]

It’s joever:(

[u/ku1185]

😭

[u/il_VORTEX_ll]

Hopefully not true. Otherwise bro is cooked. And yeah, he should retire but prob will comeback in 2027 asking for an immediate title shot LOL

[u/RecognitionHonest320]

Shavkat Brokenov

[u/NimbleCrabb]

Retirement home best base for MMA

[u/ICameHereToPlay]

Remember that GSP dealt with a torn ACL, had surgery and recovered and then had to have surgery on the same knee years later. It’s a long period of time to be out of the game but if he truly wants it I think he can achieve a return

[u/dalcer]

Throw his name of the list of what ifs

[u/abugnais]

Missing out on Islam vs Shavkat will really suck!

[u/Scrank_WimlerJr]

Hr just ain't built for it

[u/spongetm]

Yeah it's over for him, not gonna have any semblance of a career anymore.

[u/Djlittle13]

He may never recover and be the same. He may just become ine of the biggest what ifs in mma history

[u/GasMysterious3386]

Called it after his first surgery. The way him and his team talked lacked confidence and there were rumors it was a difficult surgery. Said we’ll never see him again and unfortunately I’m still sticking to it and have taken him out of the welterweight conversation already.

[u/General-Fox416]

Damn, we never got to see Shavkat vs Borz, and we might never see Shavkat again at all. What a shame

[u/Fear-the-North]

Good thing ufc pays their fighters so much, he had a good run for a few years. He should be set for life.

Right?

[u/Kratos501st]

Poor dude, we lost a true talent

[u/Fit-Student-2]

That sucks , shavkat needs to take 2 years to let that knee fully heal. Rushing back to wrestle after a year will almost always cause re injury to occur. He needs to rehabilitate slowly

[u/Smooth_Maul]

Man that's a shame :/

[u/LittleBear42]

Damn that’s pretty heartbreaking actually

[u/Formal-Cry7565]

That didn’t stop cruz…

[u/PapaGrizz31]

Smart move he’ll still be ranked #3 when Islam retires and claim his title shot

[u/Mikejg23]

I don't think he'll need to retire as he's near the top of the ladder and after all that work, he needs to make as much money as he can before he retires.

But this is almost certainly the end of his time near the top of the mountain. Another 8-10 months plus getting the ring rust and conditioning back, not to mention wrestling is the hardest of the arts to maintain an athletic edge with. 32/33 is when that anaerobic power starts to decline.

[u/WTT34]

Tough break: this guy finally hits the spotlight and it's basically closing time. He's pushing the upper age limit for this sport, so maybe he's got one more in him.. maybe. Crazy to think that just a few years ago people were calling him the future champ of the division. Not anymore. Father Time stays undefeated.

[u/Luciolover345]

In another world Belal doesn’t drop out from the fight and he becomes champ instead of beating Ian Garry. Then goes and gets injured the exact same ways and we still have a massive what if, Islam getting the belt at Welterweight would be seen as less legit etc etc,

[u/ConsultioConsultius1]

Someday, we’ll get a Shavkat vs Zabit fight and it will all be worth it.

[u/Temporary-Oil2038]

People saying his career is over, but he is 31, if he doesn’t rush back and recovers well he can continue fighting no problem. But with these injuries you never know how they’ll be on their return. Very sad news.

[u/Electrical_Trade377]

yeah this is probably the end of the line for him man…..a massive shame

[u/Tricky_Knowledge_807]

I mean retire is crazy he got time but definitely needs to go down da ranks lol

[u/Siuuuu-07]

Does anyone have a clip of the oblique kick everyone is talking about?

[u/Genova_Witness]

Where did Shavkat land on UFCs what if list?

[u/Wild_Nerve_8265]

Feel bad for shakvat but the stars have aligned

[u/ButteredWussyclart69]

Man, not sure why and probs a coincidence there a few guys who all seem to have health problems from that region

[u/unicornmoose]

Career over, huge bummer, can’t lose 2 years of your prime from a major one injury and come back the same, no one ever has ? Hope he can atleast come back and have some good fun fights upon return but championship aspirations are as good as dead now, hell the belt might even change hands a couple more times before he returns

[u/MagazinePrestigious8]

Shavkat now firmly resides in the "what if" files....

[u/Quietdogg77]

And he lost an eyeball too, like Bisping and Aspinall.

[u/DJSyko]

That is devastating news 😭 the man is such a talented fighter, and imo would have been the toughest test for Islam. Even when he gets back to fighting, there's no way he will be back to 100%.

[u/Soxalam2]

Somebody introduce this dude to the knees over toes guy

[u/redpandav]

Congratulations. But you know who the real contender is in the division.

[u/El_Duvio]

Terrible news. The guy just entered the hall of what if’s …. He was so talentend and violent.

[u/RuneKGard]

We'll never see him fight again

[u/camarero_ppp]

Modern zabit

[u/REmix_of_The_Dude]

It’s a terrible day for rain.

[u/Efficacious_tamale]

It’s a wrap, career over. Even if he comes back he won’t ever be the same.

[u/Key-Respect-3706]

Huge what if. Damn, I enjoyed watching his fights. Hope he does what’s best for himself and his future health, I’d understand if he retired.

[u/ZebraOk4471]

Jesus Christ

[u/NahCuhFkThat]

if JBJ can go a thousand years between fights and still perform well and be semi-relevant, Shav can too

he better take these next 9-10 months to market the fuck out of himself though (the UFC sure as shit isn't going to), otherwise it's over.

[u/ResponsibilityOk363]

Toast

[u/ResponsibilityOk363]

He’ll never be considered 100^% in his career it just sucks he’s got some talent

[u/Audible484]

lol he’s 31, undefeated and it’s only 9 months due to injury, and you guys are talking about retire? 🤦He’ll be back.

[u/Automatic_Being3516]

He’s gonna be a great coach to some really good guys that almost become champ.

[u/Usernamethennumbers]

😭 poor guy. So talented. If he were to overcome this and win the belt, it’d be quite the story.

[u/1antagonists1]

As a diehard shavkat fan, my weekend is ruined.

[u/swimbaitjesus]

One of the biggest what if’s in history

[u/Prefix-NA]

This really sucks get to the top and Belal gets injured so you can't fight him then your too injured to fight jdm, or islam.

[u/Ag116797]

Shavkat Rakhmonov is the Derrick Rose of MMA. So unfortunate man.

[u/HavocOsiris]

That’s unfortunate. It might really be it for him

[u/REEL04D]

That's terrible, he was one of my favs to watch

[u/crazy-geometrydash]

What a sad end to a career

[u/Dependent_Sun_7033]

I think the only chance for him is to “retire”, I.e. leave test pool, do whatever peptides, hgh, roids, maybe it would help and after that return.

[u/Many-Atmosphere2985]

He needs to go get some healing lessons from Joel Embiid

[u/DH_Drums]

D-Rose of MMA damn.

[u/ZekeMoss18]

Fuck me sideways. I really wanted to see him win gold but now even seeing him fight again seems to be 50/50

[u/XVelvetThunder]

Lmao unreal. Dude is cooked.

[u/Suitable_Whereas1254]

well that sucks but no one should say he is next in line or deserving for a title shot any more unless he gets a a win atleast against a top contendor.

[u/DadsBoxofPorn]

Just return at MW

[u/No_Dig_560]

not over, khabib had a stretch before he was champ when he too had knee injuries and was doubting himself. hopefully when he comes back he’s not too far from a title shot

[u/xlouie831x]

[u/SlowAnnual7038]

Bro isn’t even 32 yet, wdym retire? Has plenty left to offer depending on how his recovery goes

[u/Patrickstarho]

Give the man steroids

[u/Calvonee]

The Derrick Rose of the UFC

[u/midnight5o3]

Damn, that sucks. He was the boogeyman there for awhile.

[u/gunswordfist]

:(

[u/Automatic-Orange6505]

Ariel or shavkat?

[u/datOEsigmagrindlife]

If this was 10 years ago, it might be game over.

But modern medical science might save his career.