Khamzat Chimaev vows to ‘squeeze Usman’s head off’
It’s been a whereas since we’ve seen Khamzat Chimaev in the Octagon nevertheless forward his presumed return in Abu Dhabi in a pair of months’ time, the unbeaten ‘Borz’ has laid down a narrate to frail UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
Chimaev became remaining seen scoring a instant d’arce choke uncover in opposition to slack replacement Kevin Holland in September of remaining one year after he relatively spectacularly uncared for weight sooner than a proposed predominant occasion fight with Nate Diaz. But with his net page among the terminate contenders at 170-pound having stagnated a shrimp bit owing to his relative recount of no activity, the Chechen-born Swede is focusing on a fight with frail champion Usman to catch his title command abet heading in the correct route.
“UFC told us we own a fight in Abu Dhabi, so that’s what I’m searching forward to,” mentioned Chimaev on his YouTube channel, as eminent by LowKick MMA. “I’m already here in Dubai, living here, coaching camp, everything is good-searching, so I’ve been in form a truly long time ago. I’ve been in Thailand coaching camp, I’ve been here coaching camp, I’ve been in Sweden coaching, so staunch searching forward to the opponent and the contract, so we’ll peer what’s going to happen.”
And as for Usman, Chimaev mentioned that the frail quantity 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport will characterize shrimp bigger than a boulevard block on his route to greatness.
“I are seeking to voice to Usman, I’m ready, staunch signal the contract,” he mentioned. “Let’s fight. Let’s contrivance cash. You wish the cash, you desire the cash, let’s trail. I’m going to squeeze your head off. …Let’s trail, let’s fight. The weight classes, if you feel the good, you don’t settle on to discuss weight class. I like the good, for me it doesn’t matter, I decrease on fight evening to [170-pounds] or [185-pounds], all weight classes. I’m the king.”
UFC 294 takes set in Abu Dhabi on October 21.
