Khamzat Chimaev Has Designs on Becoming Three-Division UFC Champ

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It took a little longer than expected, but Khamzat Chimaev’s chance to vie for Ultimate Fighting Championship gold has arrived.

“Borz” will face reigning middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis in the UFC 319 headliner on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago. After beginning his promotional tenure at 170 pounds, Chimaev has found a home at middleweight.


The Chechen-born fighter took the MMA world by storm with a trio of dominant victories in 2020, and it seemed a lock that he would be fighting for a title in the near future. However, issues with health and making weight slowed Chimaev’s progress — though he has yet to suffer a defeat in eight UFC appearances thus far.

While Chimaev has a difficult task in front of him, he hasn’t ruled out a return to welterweight sometime in the future.


“I work with a new coach. I talk to him about going down again, back to my first fights at 170. He said if they give me a couple months, we’re gonna make it,” Chimaev told ESPN.

“This Australian guy [welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena] would be a good fight for me. I go down, fight with him and could take the belt there.”

Della Maddalena is expected to make his first 170-pound title defense against ex-lightweight king Islam Makhachev in the near future. A date for that proposed bout has not been announced.

Chimaev also believes he is capable of moving up yet again and making waves in the light heavyweight division.

“If I go up, and there is [Magomed] Ankalaev and Alex Pereira — they are fighting now,” Chimaev said. “I can fight for that belt as well.”

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Khamzat Chimaev Has Designs on Becoming Three-Division UFC Champ

It took a little longer than expected, but Khamzat Chimaev’s chance to vie for Ultimate Fighting Championship gold has arrived.

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Thats why he "hidden himself completely" when Jiri called him out after Khamzat was saying that LHW would be easy for him?? As fact Khamzat never again spoke about LHW or Jiri from that moment. Its literally crazy to me how people still trust to this clown and clowns similiar to him...

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Oh get the fuck out of here. You cant make 170 again. If you won 185 that could be a nightmare for THAT division. Not because of Khamzats skills but his availability

Stfu. I heard you were thinking of retiring anyway

These fighters are so selfish and pompous thinking they deserve to reign multiple divisions

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Khamzat please take it one at a time. Live at the moment. Until that moment is done than move on.

No need to go way ahead of yourself. Win the title and defend it a few times and than you can do your next move. But never get ahead of yourself or look past an opponent. Live in the moment, that's all you have in life.

 

[Yabadabaev]

I was triple champ once in school, pub and gas station at the same time undefeated