Welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev is prepared to just accept fights in two totally different weight courses, however his coach needs him to face middleweight champion Alex Pereira subsequent.
Chimaev (12-0) is ranked No. 3 within the UFC’s 170-pound division, however half of his octagon appearances have been as a middleweight. “Borz” not too long ago mentioned that nobody needs to struggle him, together with Pereira.
“Alex Pereira, he has a 6-1 document. I’ve by no means misplaced in my life, and he misplaced towards a sh*t man. The man’s not within the UFC as properly. UFC don’t need it. The man don’t need it,” Chimaev mentioned on his YouTube channel.
The UFC might not need it, and Pereira might not need it, however Chimaev’s coach, Andreas Michael, needs the struggle.
“Middleweight,” Michael answered when requested what weight class he’d like Chimaev to struggle in subsequent. “For the belt. I would really like that. That’s the very best, an incredible struggle.”
Chimaev didn’t make weight for his scheduled welterweight match towards Nate Diaz at UFC 279 in September forcing a last-minute shakeup of the principle card.
After failing to make weight, Diaz as an alternative fought Tony Ferguson in the principle occasion whereas Chimaev confronted Kevin Holland in a catchweight bout. Holland was initially slated to tackle Daniel Rodriguez. As a substitute, Rodriguez was pitted towards Ferguson’s unique opponent Li Jingliang.
Michael mentioned that Chimaev might struggle at welterweight in his subsequent outing however wants correct discover.
“We are able to struggle at 170. There’s no drawback. There’s on drawback in any respect. There is no such thing as a drawback in any respect,” Michael mentioned in a YouTube video posted by Chimaev. “It’s simply good preparation, good warning. If we’re going to drop rather a lot down in weight, we’d like time, not this 5 weeks, or 4 weeks preparation factor as a result of it’s not doable in that point.”
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