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Khamzat Chimaev and Ciryl Gane are known to be working with a rising PFL heavyweight, and the rising fighter recently spoke about some of these training dynamics. The fighter in question is Pouya Rahmani, who will fight Karl Williams on February 7 at PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis. He was addressing high-level people he has […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis’ previous praise of Khamzat Chimaev didn’t last long after their UFC 319 title fight. Dricus du Plessis was one of the reigning UFC title holders to lose their title in 2025. Du Plessis, who entered his UFC 319 bout with undefeated Khamzat Chimaev as one of the greatest […]
According to Joe Roganthe blueprint for dominant defeat UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev is simple in theory, but virtually impossible in practice: you have to be an Olympic-caliber wrestler. In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experiencethe commentator dissected Chimaev’s wrestling dominance, especially after the champion’s title-winning performance against Dricus du Plessis at UFC […]
While Khamzat Chimaev and Nassourdine Imavov are both in the upper echelons of the UFC’s middleweight division, a clash between the two doesn’t appear to be imminent if the former has his say. This was stated by the reigning UFC middleweight champion during a recent interview with ESPN MMA. A snippet of the chat was […]
Khamzat Chimaev has faced elite fighters, short-term replacements, dangerous strikers and world-class wrestlers. None of them have found a reliable way to neutralize him. Game plans continue to fail for one simple reason: Chimaev forces the fight into his world before opponents can settle into theirs. Most fighters prepare to be a striker or a […]
UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev will go under the knife before focusing on his return to the Octagon next year. After defeating Dricus du Plessis earlier this year at UFC 319, UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev is keeping his eye on the top contenders as his title reign gets underway. There is no shortage of […]
Newly crowned UFC Middleweight Champion Khamzat Chimaev will be out of action until at least April 2026as a necessary foot surgery has put his first title defense on hold. The news comes after his dominant wrestling performance in capturing the title from Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319, dashing hopes of a quick turnaround for […]
Ikram Aliskerov made a point to clarify that it was a teammate of his who recently won inside the BRAVE CF cage after a playful internet rumor surfaced that the fighter was the brother of Khamzat Chimaev. This joke received a lot of attention from popular martial arts broadcaster Ben Davis, and the occasional fighter […]
Sean Strickland is the toughest challenge Khamzat Chimaev could face during his tenure as UFC middleweight champion. This sentiment was expressed by a former 185-pound titleholder within the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Luke Rockhold was the fighter in question and he expressed this thought during a recent appearance on the Jaxxon podcast. Rockhold detailed his thoughts […]
Khamzat Chimaev stands high on the proverbial mountain of UFC’s middleweight division, greatly inspiring up-and-coming fighters who emerged from the literal mountains of Chechnya. The Chechen MMA fighter in this context is Tamerlan Dulatov who will test his skills with Henrique Melo at OCTAGON 78: Eckerlin vs. Trušček on October 18. Dulatov appeared on Bowks […]
