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Alex Pereira is flying high in the UFC. He has followed his arch-rival into the octagon and earned the bragging rights yet again. The Brazilian middleweight will face his nemesis Israel Adesanya for his maiden title-defense rematch. However, conversations about his next opponent have already started to circulate. In that regard, Pereira has discarded Khamzat … Read more

Khamzat Chimaev is one of the most exciting and dangerous UFC prospects in recent times. Coming from the land of Chechnya, Russia, Chimaev has made a massive name for himself in a very short period of time. The 28-year-old made his debut in the UFC back in July 2020 and since then has racked up … Read more

Khamzat Chimaev was once amongst the most active fighters in the UFC, as he once famously fought twice in a span of just 10 days. But things seem to have changed a little, the super-active welterweight contender last stepped inside the octagon in September 2022 where he fought a last-minute replacement opponent, Kevin Holland at … Read more

Colby Covington was prepared to serve as the backup fighter for the main event of UFC 286, which featured Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman going head-to-head. Colby took a shot at his welterweight rival Khamzat Chimaev during the press conference, despite the fact that they did not have to actually fight. The last time we … Read more

When it was revealed that Nate Diaz would fight Khamzat Chimaev for the last fight in his contract, many fans were naturally excited. Khamzat just had a brawl against fellow Welterweight Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns and the old-battered Diaz was not even considered a match unless some accident was to happen. Chimaev issued a lot of … Read more

Khamzat Chimaev is one of the most-promising prospects fighting for the UFC right now. He has been inactive inside the Octagon after his fight against ‘Trailblazer’ Kevin Holland, with many expecting him to fight Colby Covington. Since that fight is probably not going to happen, he now eyes Robert Whittaker. Earlier Borz had this to … Read more

The combat sports world can be brutal not just physically but emotionally as well sometimes. It wasn’t too long ago that Khamzat Chimaev was asked if he wanted to face top middleweight, Robert Whittaker. ‘Borz’ denied the fight expressing his admiration towards the Australian back then but now the fight might be actually happening. In … Read more

Israel Adesanya of New Zealand lost his UFC middleweight title in the main event of UFC 281 to his old rival Alex Pereira via TKO in the fifth round. After losing the title and appearing in the MMA Hour show, The Last Styleblender expressed his desire to fight the Brazilian again to settle his previous … Read more

As the breaks between Khamzat Chimaev’s fights get longer and his weight issues come to light more and more, many fans of combat spots have become worried. Once expected to become a two-division champion in record time now struggles with finding opponents, holding his temper, and making weight. Khamzat indeed had a meteoric rise inside … Read more

2022 was not the best year for Khamzat Chimaev. The Chechen prodigy received the ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to compete against a legend like Nate Diaz but missed the weight by a huge margin and had to settle for a fight against Kevin Holland. Now the dual-weight-class fighter is calling out the newly crowned … Read more