Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Geoff Neal Rescheduled for UFC 285 on March 4

Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Geoff Neal has a new date and venue.

After a proposed booking at UFC Fight Night 217 on Jan. 14 was scrapped due to a Neal injury, the welterweight bout has been rebooked for UFC 285 on March 4. ESPN was first to report the rescheduled matchup.

UFC 285 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and also includes a middleweight showdown pitting Derek Brunson against Dricus Du Plessis. The card does not yet have a headliner.

Rakhmonov is undefeated in 16 professionals appearances, with four of those triumphs coming under the UFC banner. The former M-1 Global champion last appeared at UFC on ESPN 38, where he submitted Neil Magny in the second frame this past June.

Neal has bounced back from the first two-bout skid of his career to post back-to-back triumphs over Santiago Ponzinibbio and Vicente Luque in the Octagon. “Handz of Steel” is 7-2 within the Las Vegas-based promotion, with other notable victories against the likes of Mike Perry, Niko Price and Belal Muhammad.