Khamzat Chimaev seemingly went via a grueling weight lower for his first UFC title protection.
Chimaev is slated to defend his middleweight title in opposition to former champion Sean Strickland in the primary occasion of UFC 328 on Saturday evening contained in the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
The rivalry between Chimaev and Strickland has been fueled by nonstop verbal jabs and deeply private photographs all through the buildup to UFC 328. Tensions boiled over as soon as once more throughout the pre-fight press convention, the place each fighters traded heated insults and profanity in entrance of the group. Issues escalated additional throughout their faceoff, as “Borz” all of the sudden misplaced his cool and kicked the outspoken American.
Nevertheless, there was no signal of that very same aggression throughout the official UFC 328 weigh-ins on Friday, the place the undefeated Chechen seemed to be a shell of himself. Chimaev was the final fighter to weigh in, and though the reigning middleweight champion efficiently hit the 185-pound restrict, he appeared severely drained and struggled to cover the toll of a brutal weight lower.
Arman Tsarukyan, who has been carefully concerned in his camp, later revealed that Chimaev went via a brutal weight lower forward of UFC 328, claiming “Borz” had to drop nearly 45 pounds throughout combat week to efficiently make 185 kilos.
Followers Left Shocked After Khamzat Chimaev Seems Visibly Drained Throughout UFC 328 Weigh-Ins
Khamzat Chimaev’s UFC 328 weigh-in look rapidly went viral throughout social media, with followers flooding the web after noticing how unusually drained “Borz” regarded on the size, and whilst he walked out of the room, he appeared utterly lifeless.
His troubling demeanor instantly left many followers questioning how a lot the brutal weight lower could have taken out of him forward of combat evening, with some even predicting that he might undergo the primary lack of his skilled profession tomorrow evening.
Khamzat Chimaev stays unbeaten contained in the Octagon with a dominant 9-0 UFC report that features notable victories over Robert Whittaker, Kamaru Usman, and Gilbert Burns. “Borz” final competed at UFC 319 in August 2025, the place he captured the middleweight title by defeating Dricus Du Plessis through unanimous determination.
