UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev At a press conference before the Abu Dhabi tournament, he said he didn’t know why he didn’t fight CFU .
Chimaev’s career break came 13 months after the September 2022 fight against Kevin Holland; earlier in his career, Chimaev won three fights in 65 days. Chimaev competes in two weight categories and represents Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
— Can you tell us what caused this performance interruption?
– I don’t know. You can ask Dana White (the head of the UFC – Editor’s note) the same question. I asked for the fight, I wanted to fight the best. There were guys who seemed to say they wanted to fight Khamzat. But when I tried to make a fight that the fans would like to see – a fight where Khamzat would crush someone – there was no one. Therefore, I went a long time without fighting. Every week I got into fights in my gym. Because when you train with me, you train with a beast.
I’m not afraid of being away for a long time. Even in ten years, I will be the same Khamzat in a cage as before. “I want to crush someone and make money,” Chimaev said in a press conference ahead of UFC 294.
The next fight of the Russian fighter, representing Sweden and the United Arab Emirates, is planned in the category up to 84 kg (middleweight). Chimaev’s opponent will be Nigerian-American Kamaru Usman.
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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