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One of the reasons that Chimaev is "freakishly strong" against welterweights is because he's a middleweight. He was significantly bigger than Hermansson.
All of Chimaev's fights at welterweight have taken place in the Middle East, where the role of athletic commissions is essentially done by the promotion putting on the fights. Look how the UFC controls the weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi.
When Chimaev fought in Sweden, India, and the US, it was at middleweight.
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