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Teammate & Friend Gives Update On Khamzat Chimaev’s Future Plans, Says He Is Training With ‘Boxing National Team’ For Comeback

The last few years have been anything but plain sailing for Khamzat Chimaev in the UFC. Issues with fighting in the United States have made it harder for the UFC to book him fights but the much bigger problem has been his own health. “Borz” has been kept relatively inactive for a long time largely […]

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The last few years have been anything but plain sailing for Khamzat Chimaev in the UFC.

Issues with fighting in the United States have made it harder for the UFC to book him fights but the much bigger problem has been his own health.

“Borz” has been kept relatively inactive for a long time largely due to his current condition which seems to have significantly impacted his progress in MMA.

All of this could have been put behind him in June when he was set to return against former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

A win over a top contender in Whittaker in Saudi Arabia will have finally put Chimaev back on track and where he should be – but this wasn’t to be as he was forced to withdraw from the fight a week out due to illness.

With the hopes of returning later this year at what will likely be UFC 307, there is still hope that he can return to form inside the Octagon.

Guram Kutateladze Says Khamzat Chimaev Is Back Training With October Return In Mind

Georgian lightweight contender Guram Kutateladze is a close friend and training partner of Chimaev’s at Allstars Training Center in Sweden.

During a recent interview with James Lynch for Sportskeeda MMA, he spoke about how Chimaev is progressing after overcoming the illness which led to Ikram Aliskerov taking his place last month.

Kutateladze had some promising and hopeful things to say about the middleweight contender’s current situation.

He believes that we will see him in Abu Dhabi in Octoberm which will be roughly one year on from his last appearance where he defeated Kamaru Usman via majority decision at UFC 294.

“It was unfortunate but again, we have to keep positive thoughts, positive mentality. He’s feeling better now. He’s been for a few weeks in Caucasian Mountains, breathing fresh air, mountain air and training there with his team. With his brothers and team and I think boxing national team too so hopefully, as he said himself, we gonna see him in Abu Dhabi in October and I’m sure 100% that he will be ready and as always, energized.”

Read also: Daniel Cormier Questions Why People ‘Discredit’ Sean Strickland As Number One Contender: ‘He Beat Costa Better Than Whittaker Did!’ 

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Video – Phone knocked from fan’s hand after heckling Khamzat Chimaev, UFC 279 weight miss

Khamzat ChimaevA fan, recording footage of undefeated UFC welterweight challenger, Khamzat Chimaev following his UFC 279 victory over Kevin Holland last weekend, saw his mobile phone knocked from his hand by lightweight contender, Guram Kutateladze, after he mocked the Chechen’s weight miss.  Chimaev, who improved to 12-0 as a professional at UFC 279 last Saturday, stopped […]

Khamzat Chimaev

A fan, recording footage of undefeated UFC welterweight challenger, Khamzat Chimaev following his UFC 279 victory over Kevin Holland last weekend, saw his mobile phone knocked from his hand by lightweight contender, Guram Kutateladze, after he mocked the Chechen’s weight miss. 

Chimaev, who improved to 12-0 as a professional at UFC 279 last Saturday, stopped short notice opponent, Holland in the event’s co-headliner, landing a first round D’Arce choke submission win.

However, on Friday of last week, Khamzat Chimaev was pulled from his originally slated main event against Nate Diaz, after he missed weight for the welterweight clash by seven and a half pounds. 

As a result, Khamzat Chimaev would then face Holland, while Diaz, who remained on the card, eventually faced former interim lightweight titleholder, Tony Ferguson, scoring a fourth round guillotine choke victory. 

Receiving mass criticizm for his weight missing blunder, Chimaev was recorded by a fan as he made his way through a casino lobby in Las Vegas, Nevada – before the fan shouted, “you didn’t make weight” – resulting in Chimaev’s entourage, including Georgian fighter, Kutateladze surrounding him, before knocking his phone onto the ground. 

Touted to likely make a middleweight division leap before the close of this year amid his massive weight miss, Chimaev, who has competed just once at the limit before in his UFC debut win over John Philips, has turned in welterweight triumphs over Rhys McKee, Gerald Meerschaert, Li Jingliang, Gilbert Burns, and now, Holland. 

Khamzat Chimaev receives support from Ramzan Kadyrov

Despite his weight miscue, Chimaev did, however, receive support from friend and criticized Chechen warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov – who claimed the AllStars MMA stalwart would just exact his will inside the Octagon, regardless of weight class or situation. 

“(Khamzat) Chimaev absolutely does not worry about his weight, but he does not stand on ceremony with other categories either,” Ramzan Kadyrov posted. “He just goes out, wins, dictates his conditions in the Octagon and puts things in order.”