Khamzat Chimaev is scheduled to struggle Robert Whittaker within the UFC 308 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main occasion on Sat. night time (Oct. 26, 2024) at Etihad Area on “Combat Island” in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the second time “Borz” has been paired towards “The Reaper” in 2024.
Their first reserving, deliberate for the UFC Saudi Arabia predominant occasion, went up in smoke after Chimaev bought sick and was compelled to withdraw.
“We have been in coaching camp, the primary month was excellent,” Chimaev stated on Countdown to UFC 308 (transcribed by Farah Hannoun). “The final three weeks, my immunity goes down. I don’t know what occurred. All the blokes ate the identical meals, (however) solely (I) bought sick. I used to be within the hospital for a few days. I got here out and began to coach once more and the identical sh*t occurred once more. The physician stated to me, ‘It is advisable to simply be off from the health club and never simply coaching, not doing nothing.’ I went house to the mountains.”
Quite a lot of issues occur within the mountains nowadays, which might be going to set off UFC middleweight Jack Della Maddalena (due to this).
“He’s a tough fighter,” Whittaker stated about Chimaev on his MMArcade Podcast. “He likes to grapple so much. He makes use of his attain and vary to good effectiveness. He’s bought good knockout energy. He likes to play the villain towards his opponents, however he’s an honorable fighter. We’re going to get in there and we’re going to have an sincere struggle. We’re each going to go away it in there. He’s not a quitter, I’m not a quitter, so I stay up for making historical past in Saudi Arabia.”
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