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Alex Pereira offers to fight Khamzat Chimaev at light heavyweight in Brazil UFC return

Recently minted undisputed UFC middleweight champion, Alex Pereira has offered to share the Octagon with undefeated welterweight contender, Khamzar Chimaev – at the light heavyweight limit, in a return to his native Brazi to boot. Taking main event status at UFC 281 earlier this month at Madison Square Garden, Pereira managed to clinch the undisputed […]

Taking main event status at UFC 281 earlier this month at Madison Square Garden, Pereira managed to clinch the undisputed middleweight championship – stopping arch-rival, Israel Adesanya with a rallying fith round standing TKO victory.

Off the back of the victory, Pereira was linked with a future title fight against the undefeated, Chimaev, with the Chechen-born contender offering to make a stunning quickfire turnaround and fight the Sao Paulo native at UFC 282 later this month in ‘Sin City’.

Khamzat Chimaev has been offered a light heavyweight clash by Alex Pereira

Offering to make a fight with Chimaev a reality should the AllStars MMA staple remain keen on a matchup, Pereira, a former two-weight GLORY Kickboxing champion, has offered to make a light heavyweight return in a Brazil homecoming against Chimaev at UFC 283 in January.

“Okay, number one, he (Alex Pereira) said he’ll fight (Khamzat) Chimaev in Rio at light heavyweight, right,” Alex Pereira told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour through an interpreter. “Not a problem for him – number two, I think Brendan Schaub was running his mouth, you know, I don’t even wanna translate.”

“So, here’s the deal, he’ll fight Chimaev in Rio at 205 (pounds), and he proposes to do a bet with Schaub.” Alex Pereira said. “$50,000 if he beats Chimaev. If we both go, and those 50k from both sides, we donate to kids in aid. Also, 50 more ($50,000) that he (Chimaev) will not take him down in 30 seconds, to donate to the charity too.”

Despite urging Adesanya to think about some time off following his knockout defeat in New York City earlier this month, Pereira insists if the City Kickboxing trainee wants to fight him next, he will oblige in an immediate title re-run.

Watch: Khamzat Chimaev submits Neil Magny in sparring session

Khamzat Chimaev burst into the UFC leveling three straight opponents in two months’ time. After walking through John Phillips, Rhys McKee, and Gerald Meerschaert, nobody wanted a piece of Chimaev, except for one man; Neil Magny. Openly lobbying for a crack at the UFC’s new welterweight monster, the two fighters were rumored to square off […]

Openly lobbying for a crack at the UFC’s new welterweight monster, the two fighters were rumored to square off on more than one occasion, but an especially bad bout with COVID-19 kept Chimaev on the shelf for more than a year. Khamzat Chimaev has since returned, scoring three more impressive wins inside the Octagon, but the career trajectory of both men has gone in opposite directions making a fight between the two unlikely anytime soon.

Khamzat Chimaev and Neil Magny Spar Together in New York

However, a recent video posted on YouTube revealed that the two fighters had in fact met on the mat. Both fighters were putting in work at Renzo Gracie’s New York facility where the video footage was captured. Just over the 4-minute mark of the clip, Magny and Chimaev can be clearly seen grappling with one another.

‘Borz’ appears to lock in a mounted triangle before they reset and continue. Of course, this was nothing more than a light sparring session, but it could give fans an idea of how things might have gone had the two met inside the Octagon. At the very least, it’s an interesting behind-the-scenes glimpse at two of the best 170-pounders in the world.

Watch: Khamzat Chimaev Taps Out Neil Magny In Training

Neil Magny was asking to fight Khamzat Chimaev, and he got to taste what that would feel like. When nobody else was calling to fight the UFC ‘s new boogeyman in 2020-21, Magny was one of the only people to speak up. He even had bouts looking to b…

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Khamzat Chimaev Explains Why UFC 279 Boos Didn’t Bother Him

UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev knew his UFC 279 weight miss wouldn’t be positively received, though it didn’t throw him off his game. Chimaev defeated Kevin Holland via first-round submission at UFC 279 earlier this year. He was…

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Khamzat Chimaev Receives New Callout From Top-5 Middleweight

UFC star Khamzat Chimaev is awaiting a return to the Octagon and has plenty of options for opponents, including a new name at 185lbs. Chimaev hasn’t fought since a win over Kevin Holland in the UFC 279 co-main event. He was supposed to face Nate …

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Sean O’Malley backs Khamzat Chimaev against Alex Pereira: “He can knock motherf*ckers out”

Khamzat Chimaev made waves on Twitter when he revealed that he had accepted a short-notice fight with newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. With Pereira fresh off his shocking fifth-round knockout of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, it seemed highly unlikely that he would be ready to go on such short notice, making a […]

Khamzat Chimaev made waves on Twitter when he revealed that he had accepted a short-notice fight with newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira.

With Pereira fresh off his shocking fifth-round knockout of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, it seemed highly unlikely that he would be ready to go on such short notice, making a quick turnaround to compete at UFC 282 on December 10th. Especially against an opponent as formidable as Khamzat Chimaev. However, the recent revelation that Jiri Prochazka is out of the previously scheduled UFC 282 main event led some to speculate the UFC was attempting to make a massive middleweight title fight between the two behemoths in place of the light heavyweight title rematch.

UFC fan favorite Sean O’Malley shared his thoughts on the hypothetical pairing through his YouTube channel. The No. 1 ranked bantamweight contender is confidently backing Khamzat Chimaev, believing his grappling and power would be enough to take out Alex Pereira.

“Khamzat could f**k Alex up… That left hand is nasty, but if I had to put money on Alex vs. Khamzat I’d put it on Khamzat… He can grapple big scary guys like that. I’d put money on Khamzat if they fought… His grappling is good, and he can knock motherf***ers out,” O’Malley said.

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Alex Pereira Unlikely as the UFC Promotes Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev to Main Event

Fans immediately began salivating over the potential of a surprise showdown between Khamzat Chimaev and Alex Pereira, though the bout seems unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever. The UFC may have looked into the possibility as a knee-jerk reaction to Jiri Prochazka’s withdrawal from the event but with the event roughly two weeks out, it seems that the promotion has moved onto another plan.

Following the announcement that Prochazka had withdrawn and vacated his UFC light heavyweight championship, the promotion promoted Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev to the main event slot. The two will now compete for the vacant 205-pound title.

As for Sean O’Malley, the outspoken striker is coming off the biggest win of his career, scoring a split-decision victory over Petr Yan. The victory extended his win streak to four and improved his overall UFC record to 8-1. Now sitting at No. 1 in the bantamweight rankings, O’Malley is eyeing a fight with the returning ‘Triple C’ Henry Cejudo or a title opportunity against reigning division champion, Aljamain Sterling.