Kazakh MMA fighter Artem Reznikov told he had no idea what situation the Nigerian was in. Kamaru Usman will be able to defeat the fighter of Chechen origin Khamzat Chimaev, representing the United Arab Emirates.
The fight will take place on October 21 at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi. For Chimaev, this fight will be the second in the UFC in the middleweight category (up to 83.9 kg); the fighter also fought at welterweight and middleweight. His opponent is also moving up to a new weight class, from welterweight, where Usman was the UFC champion.
— Usman came into play as an alternate in a different weight class. It would have been much more difficult for Khamzat if they had fought in the under 77 kg category. Kamaru would have had more chances there. And here is another weight category to replace. And here, I don’t see Usman winning at all.
I think if Khamzat wins, he will become the next title contender. As far as I know, Usman has been offered a fight for the belt if he wins. So they should also offer Chimaev,” Reznikov told .
Usman came into play about 10 days before the fight in place of the injured Paolo Costa.
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Source : MatchTV
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