Sora Rakhmonova wants to follow her brother Shavkat Rakhmonov into the UFC, hoping to make a name for herself in the world’s most popular MMA promotion. Rakhmonova made headlines earlier this year with her spectacular second-round victory over Valyria Karygina.

Sora used the in-Octagon post-fight interview to call for a shot at a UFC contract. This apparently worked, and she was booked to face Ernesta Kareckaite in a flyweight bout on Dana White’s Contender Series in September earlier this year but pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. Let us take a look at everything we know about her MMA career.

All we know about Sora Rakhmonova’s MMA career

Sora Rakhmonova hails from Kazakhstan and is undefeated UFC welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov’s younger sister. The 25-year-old is still a novice with only five fights in the Kazak MMA promotion Naiza FC. She won 4 and lost one of these via a unanimous decision in her second pro-MMA bout.

She is ranked #8 pound-for-pound in Kazakhstan and Asia Central and earned her blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu last week. Given her brother’s popularity, there was some buzz around her DWCS fixture against Kareckaite, who was undefeated in her five fights. A respectable performance there would have most likely meant a UFC contract.

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However, she pulled less than a week before the bout due to unknown reasons. When she will fight next or where is also currently unknown. Meanwhile, her undefeated brother will face world-class striker Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in a bout that has title shot implications.

Shavkat Rakhmonov to face ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson at UFC 296

#5 ranked Shavkat Rakhmonov will face #6 ranked Stephen Thompson in the T-Mobile Arena at UFC 296 on December 16. The winner of this bout will find himself one step closer to a welterweight title shot. But even with former champion Kamaru Usman having tentatively moved up to middleweight after consecutive losses to Leon Edwards, a title shot still seems a long way off.

Leon Edwards Should Not Go for UFC MW Title Just Yet After Colby Covington Fight at UFC 296

Colby Covington will challenge Edwards for the title in the main event of UFC 296. After which, the UFC really has no choice but to give a title shot to #2-ranked Belal Muhammad, who has won ten of his last eleven fights, with one being a draw. Edwards has also spoken about wanting to become the first British consecutive two-division champion. The welterweight champion is eyeing the winner of the Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis middleweight title bout.

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