Turning heads together with his beautiful submission win at UFC 308, Khamzat Chimaev seems to have garnered the eye of ex-champion, Israel Adesanya — who admits he was “shocked” by his dominant win over common-opponent, Robert Whittaker, and expressed a willingness to struggle him quickly.
Booked to make his personal return to motion, former two-time undisputed middleweight gold holder, Adesanya will headline UFC Struggle Evening Saudi Arabia firstly of February, matching with streaking contender, Nassourdine Imavov in a high-stakes conflict in a bid to forestall a three-fight shedding run.
As for Chimaev, the Chechen finisher rubber-stamped his declare to a title struggle in his subsequent outing at UFC 308 two months in the past, laying straightforward waste to the above-mentioned, Whittaker with a surprising face crank submission win in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Israel Adesanya eyes struggle with Khamzat Chimaev quickly
Lacking out on a title struggle with the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis in the interim, Chimaev will lay in wait as former coaching accomplice, Sean Strickland rematches the Pretoria native at UFC 312 in February besides, nonetheless, a monstrous struggle with Adesanya is actually viable in response to the Metropolis Kickboxing star.
“I used to be shocked by the way in which Khamzat (Chimaev) ran by means of Rob (Whittaker) — loopy, that was like, ‘Wow’,” Israel Adesanya mentioned on his YouTube channel. “That made me wanna struggle him. I used to be like, ‘Okay, sh*t, this man is de facto, actually good.’ Yeah.”
