UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev has his first title protection scheduled for May towards Sean Strickland, after which he’ll hit the wrestling mats someday quickly after that.
Chimaev’s signing was introduced throughout RAF 8 on Saturday.
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While he’s greatest recognized for his MMA profession, Chimaev began in wrestling after shifting to Sweden the place he competed in quite a few tournaments and put collectively a powerful resume. But he finally determined to make his transfer into preventing slightly than doubtlessly pursuing worldwide wrestling titles.
Since making MMA his full-time job, Chimaev has develop into some of the dominant and fashionable fighters on all the UFC roster.
He stays undefeated with an ideal 15-0 report together with 9 wins within the UFC capped off by a lopsided resolution win over Dricus du Plessis this previous August to declare the middleweight title.
Chiamev is set to defend his belt towards Strickland on May 9 within the UFC 328 fundamental occasion .
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It seems regardless of the consequence, Chimaev is gearing up for a run in RAF the place there’s no scarcity of potential opponents, particularly after Olympic champion Kyle Snyder really stated that’s a matchup he would welcome.
“I’ve seen clips of him wrestling and I think he’s pretty good,” Snyder told MMA Fighting about Chimaev. “He’s similar to Arman [Tsarukyan] where you watch him wrestle and you’re like wow, pretty good. They know what they’re doing. So I think that’s an interesting matchup.”
Whoever it is, Chimaev will undoubtedly draw a variety of eyeballs when he makes his debut hopefully this summer season.
