Head of the UFC Dana White said that the winner of the Chimaev-Usman fight will become a contender for the UFC title.
Rival Khamzata Chimaeva Former UFC welterweight champion Nigerian to attend UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi Kamaru Usman . Initially, Chimaev was supposed to meet Paulo Costa, but the Brazilian withdrew from the fight due to elbow surgery.
“The winner of the Chimaev-Usman fight will become a title contender,” White said, as quoted by Yahoo Sports.
The fight will take place on October 21. Chimaev will represent the United Arab Emirates in this fight. Chimaev was born in Chechnya and at the age of 18 he emigrated to Sweden. In mixed martial arts, the fighter has 12 victories in 12 fights.
Watch the UFC 294 tournament live stream on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The main event of the evening will be the confrontation between the Russian Islam Makhachev and the Australian Alexander Volkanovski.
Source : MatchTV
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