However, Chimaev missed weight by a whopping 7.5 pounds. He was resultantly rescheduled to face Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight matchup. ‘Borz’ dominantly beat Holland via first-round submission at UFC 279.
In the ensuing days, Chimaev hinted that his next UFC bout could be contested at middleweight. The Chechnya-born Swedish wrestling savant is undefeated in his MMA career, having impressed at both welterweight and middleweight thus far.
Speaking to The Schmo, Sean O’Malley opined that – as opposed to what Chimaev’s done to most opponents – he’s unlikely to dominate the elite UFC middleweights.
The UFC bantamweight (135-pound) superstar indicated that ‘Borz’ won’t have it easy against fighters such as former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa and former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. Predicting that Chimaev will probably fight at middleweight next, O’Malley stated:
Watch O’Malley discuss the topic at 3:42 in the video below:
Michael Bisping reveals which fighter Khamzat Chimaev needs to beat to earn a UFC middleweight title shot
Taking to his YouTube channel, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping addressed Khamzat Chimaev’s possible return to middleweight. Bisping opined that if Chimaev intends to earn a UFC middleweight title shot, he first needs to defeat Paulo Costa.
Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa got into a verbal altercation at the UFC Performance Institute (PI) a few days ago. They’ve time and again clashed on social media as well. Highlighting their ongoing feud, Bisping insinuated that Costa’s doing a great job of building up their potential fight:
Watch Bisping’s assessment below:
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