Dana "Don't believe his lies" White strikes again with Khamzat Chimaev, Did RDR duck or what?

[RockyLockridge]

Is this 2nd 2025 fight in the room with us?

Oh my mistake! I thought whittaker vs khamzat was this february

But that was izzy vs imavov

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I get fans are hype for rdr and Fuffy styles, but the disrespect for Imavov/Ciao winner is too much. Both those guys have proven to be the clear 1&2 currently in MW a real sport would announce the winner fighting Khamzat next.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

They probably didn't feel the need to put Khamzat on the Abu card since Apsinall is already headlining. They are going to save him to main event another card on Paramount. They aren't going to give ESPN any big fights that they don't have to since they are leaving.

 

[KavkazDominance]

You lost me at "bro"

As soon as anyone says that,
people tune out.

We ain't, you ain't.
That is all that was absorbed.

Again, DDP got pinned.

I think DDP needs time to learn technique tbh

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

ok, Duplexis should prepare for rematch then

 

[gentel]

Are we really out here accusing RdR of ducking a title fight?

 

[CasualBot]

I think DDP needs time to learn technique tbh

There is zero doubt about that.

It was Lesnar vs Mir 2.
Except Lesnar punched Mir's face into mush.

DDP was fine. Just got out wrestled.
Hamfat chose to toss rabbit punches.
It was an odd fight choice.
Hamfat wins the rematch, if he learns G'n'P.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Or cause RDR signed the contract when he tweeted to Khamzat "Send Location"?

you dum son

How do you think contracts work? They happen instantaneously?

 

[Jonjonesgonemad]

I get it, but I just like great fights and imo RDR/Fluffy is that. Khamzat hopefully fights very early 2026 or sooner vs one of the winners of these upcoming 2 big MW fights. Not a huge tragedy imo.

It is a tragedy, dude, first, the UFC is wasting Khamzat's prime A LOT, secondly, Khamzat gets targeted with hate 24/7 from Islamophobes, Merat Devalishvili didn't get this amount of hate for his boring style but if it's Belal or even Khamzat whom even is a way lesser annoying guy than Belal, and actually a humble, honorable fighter, he gets a lot of hate, like, make it make sense.

No, I hope Khamzat be more active, it's what he wants, it's what the fans want, otherwise, the UFC no longer gives the fans what they want.

 

[Adamant]

From this, you can see that Dana White would consider booking Khamzat against RDR in Abu Dhabi

And then, the very next day, he books this gay fight:



And according this scum (cause he lies a lot, and he brags that he don't miss whenever the UFC books a fight he announced but when he misses, he turns out to a big liar), the UFC will decide to book Khamzat a next fight next year



And then, Dana White stated according to someone's Twitter (which is not a deleted tweet) that Imavov vs Caio is not a No. 1 contender fight, which sparked rage from some fans, like this one:



And even JoyeMMA:



And then, you have this baldy being confused about which one should be next for Khamzat



And remember when Khamzat wanted RDR in Abu Dhabi and RDR said "send location"





What is Dana White doing? why he's making the UFC champions inactive? like, isn't it enough that there's no title fight in September? what's he doing? this is really pissing me off, keeps one shotting the fans after he hypes them!!!!

UFC is totally content with wasting Khamzat's prime years. We'll be lucky if he has 2-3 more top level killer fights left in him before he falls off from old age (for a combat athlete). It's absolutely disgusting.

 

[Conan the K-9]

Where do all these white belt hazmat huggers come from?
Who has a window seat already?

 

[StoicBeau]

Khamzat is likely being saved for Abu dhabi in january.. for the first paramount deal debut.

3 months won´t be a long lay-off he can fight in january then again in summer and then in the end year

3 fights in 2026 for Khamzat

 

[mkess101]

It is a tragedy, dude, first, the UFC is wasting Khamzat's prime A LOT, secondly, Khamzat gets targeted with hate 24/7 from Islamophobes, Merat Devalishvili didn't get this amount of hate for his boring style but if it's Belal or even Khamzat whom even is a way lesser annoying guy than Belal, and actually a humble, honorable fighter, he gets a lot of hate, like, make it make sense.

No, I hope Khamzat be more active, it's what he wants, it's what the fans want, otherwise, the UFC no longer gives the fans what they want.

Ehh, I'll get annoyed if he doesn't have a fight scheduled by early 2026. Ideally by December. I like watching the guy fight too. But as long as it's at least twice a year, that seems reasonable to me.

 

[Jonjonesgonemad]

Ehh, I'll get annoyed if he doesn't have a fight scheduled by early 2026. Ideally by December. I like watching the guy fight too. But as long as it's at least twice a year, that seems reasonable to me.

Nah, and wait until he fights 3 times next year, maybe 4, Dana knows next year is a World Cup year and doesn't want to see his sport get lesser views due to WC, 2022, he managed to make MMA fun even tho it was a WC year.

If you review 2022, it was a fantastic year.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

So RDR is ducking Khamzat to fight a dangerous contender so he can get hopefully get a title shot against Khamzat after that instead of having a guaranteed title shot? Makes no fucking sense.

 

[Jonjonesgonemad]

So RDR is ducking Khamzat to fight a dangerous contender so he can get hopefully get a title shot against Khamzat after that instead of having a guaranteed title shot? Makes no fucking sense.

I mean, he's the one that said "Send Location" why he didn't live up to his words? answer me.

They hate Khamzat for no reason, want to waste his prime, also, they want to duck him no matter what, he was ducked as a contender and ducked as a champion.

And then, you have bitch fans of MMA say "we love active fighters" like, bro, Khamzat would've been active if you decided to fight him, this was some strategy by RDR to make him look like an active fighter but Khamzat is inactive and gets trashed by the fans, if you go down and look at some of the comments, you will see a lot of Khamzat hate for no reason!!!!

 

[Ramon Antonio]

I mean, he's the one that said "Send Location" why he didn't live up to his words? answer me.

They hate Khamzat for no reason, want to waste his prime, also, they want to duck him no matter what, he was ducked as a contender and ducked as a champion.

And then, you have bitch fans of MMA say "we love active fighters" like, bro, Khamzat would've been active if you decided to fight him, this was some strategy by RDR to make him look like an active fighter but Khamzat is inactive and gets trashed by the fans, if you go down and look at some of the comments, you will see a lot of Khamzat hate for no reason!!!!

Because he didn't get offered that contract. They offered the Hernandez one instead and he accepted because he aint no bitch.

 

[surgeyou1]

RDR isn't ducking a title shot. What kind of moronic logic is that just because he has to accept another fight?

 

[Jonjonesgonemad]

RDR isn't ducking a title shot. What kind of moronic logic is that just because he has to accept another fight?

He'd rather to lose to someone that if he losses to him, it wouldn't burn his soul the core.

I mean, no fighter ducks a fighter but when you see it from another way, Ankalaev for an example, was the last fighter Alex Pereira would ever want to lose to, like when he chose Khalil, Khalil could've made Alex lose, shouldn't that also have made Alex duck him? but no, had Alex lost to Khalil (Alex won tho), Alex would still feel peace in his soul, no wonder he picked the Khalil fight over Ankalaev, unlike when he lost to Ankalaev cause he's Muslim, cause remember, Alex never wanted no part of Ankalaev until the UFC made him do it, which is also a reason why the UFC booked Ankalaev vs Alex in RAMADAN which was a classless move by the UFC.

Like, no shame or anything to feel upset about to lose to Muslim fighters, bro, Muslim fighters are the most humble, moral, noble, brave and honorable combat sports athletes in the world.

We know that if RDR takes the Khamzat fight, he will lose but lose with honor, Fluffy Hernandez could beat him, losing to Khamzat would be better than him losing to Fluffy Hernandez, maybe I could be proven wrong tho, maybe he can beat Fluffy but lose to Khamzat or maybe he can beat both but if he losses, the loss that should be feeling more ashamed of if he losses to Fluffy instead of Khamzat.

 

[Dimbis]

He'd rather to lose to someone that if he losses to him, it wouldn't burn his soul the core.

I mean, no fighter ducks a fighter but when you see it from another way, Ankalaev for an example, was the last fighter Alex Pereira would ever want to lose to, like when he chose Khalil, Khalil could've made Alex lose, shouldn't that also have made Alex duck him? but no, had Alex lost to Khalil (Alex won tho), Alex would still feel peace in his soul, no wonder he picked the Khalil fight over Ankalaev, unlike when he lost to Ankalaev cause he's Muslim, cause remember, Alex never wanted no part of Ankalaev until the UFC made him do it, which is also a reason why the UFC booked Ankalaev vs Alex in RAMADAN which was a classless move by the UFC.

Like, no shame or anything to feel upset about to lose to Muslim fighters, bro, Muslim fighters are the most humble, moral, noble, brave and honorable combat sports athletes in the world.

We know that if RDR takes the Khamzat fight, he will lose but lose with honor, Fluffy Hernandez could beat him, losing to Khamzat would be better than him losing to Fluffy Hernandez, maybe I could be proven wrong tho, maybe he can beat Fluffy but lose to Khamzat or maybe he can beat both but if he losses, the loss that should be feeling more ashamed of if he losses to Fluffy instead of Khamzat.

You seem to think that sending a tweet out (which I think has been disproven and it is not RDR’s account) means a fighter is ready to fight with a contract in hand. That’s not the case at all, these fighters talk shit to each other on social media and through interviews all the time to get traction going and then potentially an offer from the UFC. There is no ducking here. RDR still has to abide by contracts and it’s ultimately up to the UFC to decide which fight to offer and what will come next. There’s no ducking happening.