Khamzat Chimaev shouldn’t be merely content material to carry the UFC’s 185-pound belt and in addition needs the crown held by Alex Pereira. The UFC middleweight champion talked about this throughout a current dialog with Aslanbek Badaev. Chimaev is an undefeated skilled MMA fighter, and his win in capturing the strap towards Dricus du Plessis in August noticed ‘Borz’ writer one of the dominant championship wins in combined martial arts historical past at UFC 319.
Getting into that rarefied air of two-division UFC champions all through historical past is such a compelling factor for thus many fighters which was expressed by the present middleweight kingpin, as Chimaev stated,
“When you ask me, after all, I’d like to struggle for the second belt. It’s no secret the man who’s bought the belt at 205 kilos now’s an excellent matchup for me. Apart from I ought to get reckless standing with him…They are saying he [Pereira] has plenty of energy however I’ve by no means been edged out in that space. He used to struggle at 185, too after which moved as much as 205. So I wish to struggle at mild heavyweight. However whether or not they give me Nassourdine [Imavov], De Ridder, or Hernandez, I don’t care. Simply pay me some good cash.”
Khamzat Chimaev particulars features of Sean Strickland feud
Khamzat Chimaev is eyeing Alex Pereira but in addition has had friction with Sean Strickland, who has been coaching with Pereira in current occasions after beforehand preventing ‘Poatan’ within the UFC cage. The feud between ‘Borz’ and Strickland looks as if it’s been constructing through the years, and Chimaev has pulled again the curtain a bit on that state of affairs.
Strickland and Chimaev beforehand had coaching interactions at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas with the seeds for the animosity seemingly being planted then. When Strickland was lined up for a title struggle with the aforementioned DDP in a rematch in February with Chimaev being placed on the backburner. Sean Strickland then started detailing features of previous coaching periods with the present UFC middleweight champion with Chimaev additionally giving his perspective.
Khamzat Chimaev gave an account of the Strickland state of affairs on Badaev Podcast. Chimaev talked about he bought indignant with Strickland throughout a coaching session and stated Strickland reportedly was toting a gun across the gymnasium the day after that occasion occurred.
