After canceling the fight against Whittaker, Chimaev has a situation that worries Dana White and his return to the UFC is put in doubt
The exit of Khamzat Chimaev of the UFC event in Saudi Arabia worried the organization’s president, Dana White, more than they could imagine. In an interview with the program “The Jim Rome Show”, the president commented on the Russian’s frequent illnesses, and questioned his status with the company.
“The problem is that we don’t really know (what’s wrong). Every time this guy gets close to a fight, I see a video of him lying on the ground, seriously ill. He was hospitalized again. He hadn’t trained for days, I don’t know exactly what period it was, but we couldn’t put him in the fight. Every time he comes close to fighting, he gets very sick. I don’t know (how long he will be out). It’s not like he’s here in this country and doctors are taking care of him or anything. He’s kind of out of touch so it’s hard to deal with“, said Dana.
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Still in the conversation, the UFC president recalled Chimaev’s beginnings in the organization, how he had an impressive performance. Despite this, he assured that he is trying to get him to fight again and again, but it has been a more difficult task than he expected.
“I saw the boy on Fight Island. He wanted to fight next weekend and I let him fight. He looked incredible. It’s been hard to get him into the octagon lately“, concluded the top hat at the opportunity. It’s worth remembering that the scheduled fight was against Robert Whittakerin a fight that could place him as the next to have the ‘title shot’.
Without his initial opponent, Whittaker was placed to face Ikram Aliskerov, who has only two fights in the UFC, but is already standing out. The winner must face the middleweight champion, who will be Dricus Du Plessis or Adesanyawho will face each other at UFC 305, in August, a fight confirmed in the last few days.
Source: sportbuzz
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