News Alex Pereira offered to fight Khamzat Chimaev in Rio 283 at 205, Chimaev denied per @mmafighting

[cereal gan]

 

[austinblair]

Anyone anywhere any weight any time my ass


Khamzat is shook. Poatan would light him up at 205

 

[cereal gan]

alex fight night weight at 205 will be 225 minimum
thats a massive weight advantage

 

[dre quinn]

Russian gangsters. Smh

 

[OldBoy91]

"I kill everybody*, EVERYBODY* give me everybody*!!"

* everybody 145 pounds and under.

 

[B-Level]

Of course not, Chimaev thinks he’s some sort of McGregor superstar that can pick and choose fights to his advantage. He asked 5’7 Burns to rematch at 185 as well.

 

[Marko Polo]

Khamzat is a blown up welter weight anyway. Both guys should just fight people from their own divisions

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Nice to see Alex call Khamzat on his bluffs.

Khamzat is really digging himself into holes with his words.

 

[Shaddows]

alex fight night weight at 205 will be 225 minimum
thats a massive weight advantage

He makes weight at least...

 

[Po Atan]

Surprise, surprise Khamzat exposed as all talk yet again. The guy almost died fighting a chinny 55’er. Imagine what pereira would do to this guy lol

 

[usernamee]

Lets completely buy his side of the story without hesitation.

KhaMZatT Is A BiTcH

 

[fortheo]

It's not like the UFC would ever allow that anyways. One of their stars would lose some of his appeal over a fight with nothing on the line other than bragging rights.

 

[Elvis.]

Why would it be at 205 ? That’s obviously an advantage for the bigger fighter

 

[PurpleDrank]

Gonna be a whole lot of people automatically thinking this is true without a word from Khamzats team. Dana would never make that fight at 205 either way.

 

[cereal gan]

Why would it be at 205 ? That’s obviously an advantage for the bigger fighter

alex says he can't cut to 185 until may so he proposed 205

 

[markg171]

I'd have turned that down too when I'm a MW and you're the current MW champ but won't fight me at MW where you can lose your belt.

Who thought this was a good idea from Alex's side to put this out there lmao.

 

[campbecc]

I agree with the people who say the UFC would not make that fight. Having a guy who fights at WW (though did miss weight last time pretty bad and he has fought at MW) fight a MW at LHW in a fight that is not really short notice would be weird and a loss would hurt one of the guys they are trying to promote.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

LOL

Who knows what is true and what not... but I'm glad guys like Paulo and Pereira are calling Chimaev on his bullshit.

 

[Elvis.]

alex says he can't cut to 185 until may so he proposed 205

That’s a reasonable explanation , I still understand why Khamzat would turn it down , the belt wouldn’t even be at stake

 

[Viva]

Why would Khamzat take this fight?

He wants a strap, and Alex can’t put his belt in the line if it’s at 205.

Love Alex but this just seems like him throwing shade.