Khamzat Chimaev Offers Generous Reward in Gym Submission Challenge

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Khamzat Chimaev has an ongoing million rubles (approximately $10,000) challenge at his gym.

Khamzat Chimaev Offers Generous Reward in Gym Submission Challenge

Khamzat Chimaev has an ongoing million rubles (approximately $10,000) challenge at his gym.

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The middleweight contender claims he hasn’t been submitted for a long time, even in practice. While he admittedly offers some vulnerable positions while training with youngsters, Chimaev takes it to another level during serious sessions. “Borz” has an open challenge offering a million rubles to anyone who can submit him in the gym.

Chimaev also said that his teammate Abubakar Vagaev is the one who has come the closest to submitting him in recent times. The Chechen-born Swede was in Vagaev’s corner when he dethroned Albert Tumenov via unanimous decision to win the welterweight title at ACA 183 on Saturday.

“Anyone who submits me during training gets a million rubles from me,” Chimaev told media at the post-fight press conference after ACA 183 via Home of Fight). “It hasn’t happened in a long time. When I’m fooling around with young guys, I give up my neck, but when we have a serious grappling match, I offer a million rubles to anyone. Let them come to the gym and try. Who came closest to submitting me? The guy sitting next to me [Vagaev]. I won’t point fingers, or it’ll be his moment of fame (laughs).”

With six finishes in eight UFC wins, the undefeated Chimaev is likely the frontrunner for the next middleweight title shot. The 30-year-old most recently submitted former champ Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 this past October.

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[nonoob]

Absolutely LOVE that confidence, hope he shows us some of the challengers that try.

 

[don't ask]

I've got a submission he couldn't escape from if he lets me get it on him. It's a bicep slicer I learned from Japanese catch wrestling and, once it's in, there's no out. Same thing with that Bas Rutten submission from side control, though I think I remember a UG thread where someone had an escape.

 

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[Kowboy On Sherdog]

@Neck&Neck @helax @Bobby Boulders

 

[jeff7b9]

1 million ruples = $10,317.83

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Would he accept someone like Gordon Ryan or Jailton Almeida?

 

[Bobby Boulders]

@Neck&Neck @helax @Bobby Boulders

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I dig this, I wish more fighters were about these kinds of things. Maybe someday there will be a Chimaev in Action bootleg floating around

 

[JonnyBonesPharmacist]

Go get his money

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I've got a submission he couldn't escape from if he lets me get it on him. It's a bicep slicer I learned from Japanese catch wrestling and, once it's in, there's no out. Same thing with that Bas Rutten submission from side control, though I think I remember a UG thread where someone had an escape.

Bruh, I got 1million rubles he gets out haha


I got caught in nasty bicep-slice last year and my arm still hurts there, partly because I try to not tap to pain moves and always find the route to escape

Last slicer I was put in very deep, I simply put my knee across his face with all my weight peeling my arm away. It was pain vs pain, and his face was getting it good so he let go and smiled, cause he knew

 

[Mammothman]

Ngannou shows up.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Sounds dumb. It's training

 

[Poirierfan]

I think Khamzat will get exposed when he fights DDP. I don't see him making it past the 3rd.

 

[fzoid4454]

I've got a submission he couldn't escape from if he lets me get it on him. It's a bicep slicer I learned from Japanese catch wrestling and, once it's in, there's no out. Same thing with that Bas Rutten submission from side control, though I think I remember a UG thread where someone had an escape.

Except when it's serious grappling, where he offers the reward, you don't start with the submission sunk in and see if he can get out.

You'd also have to get him into the position to try your sub, from scratch, which wouldn't happen.

 

[don't ask]

Except when it's serious grappling, where he offers the reward, you don't start with the submission sunk in and see if he can get out.

You'd also have to get him into the position to try your sub, from scratch, which wouldn't happen.

Rickson used to let people start with submission sunk in, not sure if Khamzat does the same. He makes it sound like he lets people get the submission and then he fights out.

 

[don't ask]

Bruh, I got 1million rubles he gets out haha


I got caught in nasty bicep-slice last year and my arm still hurts there, partly because I try to not tap to pain moves and always find the route to escape

Last slicer I was put in very deep, I simply put my knee across his face with all my weight peeling my arm away. It was pain vs pain, and his face was getting it good so he let go and smiled, cause he knew

lol, well, okay, I guess he could try to claw my eyes or something. If I'm not expecting it, I wouldn't block it, but otherwise he doesn't have much. I guess he could try punching me in the back of the head or spine, that I might not be able to block.

 

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[Neck&Neck]

Sounds Haram