Chechen-born Swedish sensation Khamzat Chimaev is struggling to land a big-name opponent, along with his present unranked standing making it powerful for a high fighter to comply with face him. However one man has supplied him an opportunity.
That man is English middleweight contender and former welterweight title challenger Darren Until, who took to social media to current a possible alternative to the hard-charging UFC new boy.
“Rankings have by no means mattered within the @ufc,” Until tweeted.
“@KChimaev after I destroy Jack (Hermansson) in December, in case you are nonetheless struggling to get a match, I will offer you a go on the massive boys son!!!”
Rankings have by no means mattered within the @Ufc@KChimaev after I destroy jack in December, in case you are nonetheless struggling to get a match.
I’ll offer you a go on the massive boys son!!!
🦍— D (@darrentill2) October 10, 2020
Chimaev had beforehand tweeted to state that he had been supplied Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at welterweight and former middleweight champion Chris Weidman at 185 kilos, however each potential opponents turned down the struggle.
Chimaev’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz, even joked concerning the difficulties he is having discovering his shopper a struggle.
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“I need to give everybody an replace about @KChimaev subsequent struggle,” he tweeted final week.
“The UFC is working very exhausting to get an opponent. One opponent mentioned referred to as in sick, one other one modified his citizenship so he couldn’t be allowed to the US with out visa. And the third man mentioned he was too previous.”
I need to give everybody an replace about @KChimaev subsequent struggle the ufc is working very exhausting to get an opponent. One opponent mentioned referred to as in sick, one other one modified his citizenship so he couldn’t be allowed to the US with out visa. And the third man mentioned he was too previous. 😂
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) October 7, 2020
However now evidently Chimaev might have a possible dance accomplice for early-2021. The large query, for now, is who he’ll face subsequent, given his want to struggle not less than as soon as extra earlier than the top of the 12 months.
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