Athletistic/ Boxing. Swedish UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev has opened up about the issues surrounding his growing popularity.

According to the athlete, he is often disturbed by training.

“Yeah it’s not easy of course. A lot of people come to the gym and ruin my workouts while I’m working on the paws: ‘Let’s take a picture bro, I’m from Australia …”

Crazy people come every day. One of them said: “I want to fight Khamzat Chimaev.” To which I asked him why. It all happens because I’m one of the most famous guys in the UFC,” the fighter said on journalist Ariel Helwani’s YouTube podcast.

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