Khamzat Chiamev spent a short night in Las Vegas. Chimayev ruled out deafening boos from the crowd inside T-Mobile Arena and submitted Kevin Holland in the first round of Saturday’s UFC 279 co-main event.
There was a lot of animosity between Chimayev and Holland during fight week, including a backstage physical altercation that forced UFC president Dana White Cancel Thursday’s pre-match press conference.
As soon as the fight began, Chimayev began his explosive knockout, leaning on his bread and butter. With Chimayev’s insistence, the Netherlands repeatedly passed. Multiple loops on the ground make it exciting to watch. Chimayev glued himself to the Netherlands and gradually improved his status. It was the D’arce choke that made Chimaev capitulate at 2:13 of the first round. Chimaev didn’t absorb a single blow in the Netherlands bout — his fourth such feat under the UFC flag.
“Now say something!” Chimayev said in a post-match interview. “I am the most dangerous person here, I will kill everyone!”
Logan asked Chimayev about His significant weight loss This leads to Three games were shuffled On the UFC 279 main card. Chimaev initially planned to headline a welterweight bout with Nate Diaz, before bumping up to 178.5 pounds for a 171-pound bout. Chimaev’s response was swift and to the point.
“I don’t care about that shit. I killed that man!” Chimayev said.
Chimaev improved to 12-0 overall with six successful victories inside the octagon. He is currently number one. The third-ranked UFC welterweight contender who has fought twice at middleweight during his promotion.
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