With just hours to go for Sean Strickland’s title shot against Dricus Du Plessis, there’s one dangerous contender lurking in the background. ‘Tarzan’ addressed this middleweight challenger a few days ago and it was none other than Khamzat Chimaev. Well, Strickland was already upset with the fighting community expecting a bout between DDP and Chimaev after ‘Borz’ literally crushed the bout against Robert Whittaker, even though Strickland was the one who was promised the next title shot. But no one expected the former MW champ to attack Chimaev’s relationship with Ramzan Kadyrov again and diss the Chechen Wolf. Now, it was time for ‘Borz’ to strike back.
A Russian MMA journalist asked Chimaev if he cared about what Strickland said about him. But the undefeated middleweight contender was unflinching. He said, “He is not part of our culture and mentality and he also is a fool. You can’t help a fool not to be one.” The very next question that the journalist threw up was whether there would be trouble when he met Strickland. Well, it all depended on the circumstances was what Chimaev felt.
But one question still remained. How did the middleweights communicate? Was it when they were training together? Chimaev kept his calm and seemed like a changed man. But a wolf can’t hide his carnivore nature. He replied, “We did not communicate, I just beat him up.” Of course, Chimaev landed in Australia to witness the main event and see who he’d fight next.
Russian MMA journos asked Khamzat about the stuff Sean Strickland said about him.
– How did you communicate when you trained together?
– We did not communicate, I just beat him up
Khamzat cornered Abubakar Vagaev today at ACA 183 in Krasnodar, Russia today. Vagaev won the title. pic.twitter.com/IZLDFS6PlK
— PAM (@ParamPam1990) February 8, 2025
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