Khamzat Chimaev

Marvin Vettori and Robert Whittaker have apparently agreed to fight on September 3 in Paris, France. The pair were officially booked against each other for UFC 275, set for Singapore on June 11. However, Whittaker was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury. Now, the two have taken to social media to…

Khamzat Chimaev got the win at UFC 273 but not by following the game plan. Chimaev is a rising star in the UFC. Since making his debut in the summer of 2020 in Fight Island, he has been turning heads. He is now 5-0 in the UFC and just got his first win over a…

UFC welterweight contender Belal Muhammad isn’t interested in being an official backup for the upcoming title fight between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards, but he is open to fighting on the same card. In an interview with MMA Junkie where Muhammad also left Kamaru Usman off his welterweight Mount Rushmore, “Remember the Name” was asked…

Charles Oliveira and Khamzat Chimaev reached out to Tony Ferguson on social media following the former interim champion’s UFC 274 loss. Ferguson suffered his fourth-straight loss to Michael Chandler at UFC 274 after getting his with a vicious front-kick to the face in Round 2. He had returned following a year away from the sport…

Dana White is providing some clarification on the recent reports that Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz is around the corner. Last week, the UFC‘s matchmaking board was captured on camera during a podcast episode. Several major bouts were noticed on the board, many of which were announced soon after the “leak.” At yesterday’s UFC 274…

UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev is ready and willing to face Nate Diaz should the UFC go forward with their leaked matchmaking plan. The UFC’s matchmaking board was leaked on social media this week, and features targeted matchups with some of the top stars in the game. Chimaev vs. Diaz caught many UFC fans by…

Several high-profile matchups may have just been inadvertently leaked by the UFC when their matchmaking board revealed the promotion’s plans for the months ahead. During an episode of The Pivot Podcast, hosted by Channing Crowder, Fred Taylor & DC & RC co-host Ryan Clark, fans caught a rare glimpse of the confidential UFC board when Dana…

Despite his three-round war with Gilbert Burns at UFC 273, Khamzat Chimaev is already back into the swing of things in the gym, and is hard at work preparing for his next fight. But having previously uploaded a YouTube video showing him completing a gruelling bootcamp alongside his Allstars Training Center teammates in a Swedish…

While he’s set his immediate sights on the welterweight title, rising star Khamzat Chimaev wants to collect a history-making sum of gold in the UFC. In 2018, he made his MMA debut. In 2020, he made his UFC debut. In 2022, he’s a bonafide title contender at 170 pounds. Not many have had a run…

UFC welterweight contender Gilbert Burns has described the emotion that overcame him after defeat to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273. It’s been over two weeks since Burns and Chimaev went to war inside Jacksonville’s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The pair’s collision not only secured Fight of the Night honors at the April 9 pay-per-view but…