“It was a difficult time. One day the doctor came to see me and said: ‘You have cancer’. That’s why I announced the end of my sporting career. was hard for me to tell my family about it, it was hard to share it with people. Then we had more than one test, and the doctor said there was no cancer . But I still continued to cough up blood. When a doctor tells you something like that, it leaves a mark in your head. I came home, coughed up blood and thought that’s it, everything was over.” – Chimaev shared in an interview with Full Send Podcast.
Today, October 21, Khamzat Chimaev will fight with Nigerian fighter Kamaru Usman at the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
- UFC 294: fight schedule and participant card
Source: Sport
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