{"id":36519,"date":"2026-01-12T21:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-Targets-UFC-White-House-Event-for-Poatan-Fight-199719"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:07:45","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-targets-ufc-white-house-event-for-poatan-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khamzat-chimaev-targets-ufc-white-house-event-for-poatan-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev Targets UFC White House Event for &#8216;Poatan&#8217; Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/khamzat-chimaev-targets-ufc-white-house-event-for-poatan-fight.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Khamzat Chimaev still has his sights set on Alex Pereira. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> has a singular focus when it comes to his next desired<br \/>\nopponent.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> middleweight champion continued his ongoing callout of<br \/>\nlight heavyweight kingpin <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> in a series of posts on social media. While the target<br \/>\nis nothing new, this time Chimaev has a date and venue in mind for<br \/>\nthe matchup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \u201cLet\u2019s go White House,\u201d Chimaev wrote on X. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, I will<br \/>\nfinish you fast [Pereira].\u201d<center readability=\"0.9963503649635\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.985401459854\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s go White House \ud83e\uddbe<br \/>Don\u2019t worry, I will finish you fast <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPereiraUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexPereiraUFC<\/a><br \/>\n\u26b0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> (@KChimaev) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KChimaev\/status\/2010645960523972765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJanuary 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The UFC White House event is expected to take place on June 14,<br \/>\nthough the date has yet to be officially confirmed. Pereira had<br \/>\npreviously expressed interest in a clash against former heavyweight<br \/>\nchamp <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jon-Jones-27944\">Jon<br \/>\nJones<\/a>, but the Brazilian indicated in a recent post that his<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alex-Pereira-Says-Participation-at-UFC-White-House-Event-a-No-Go-199444\"><br \/>\nparticipation at the event was a \u201cno go.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pereira is 6-1 since moving to light heavyweight and is coming off<br \/>\na first-round stoppage of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Ankalaev-170785\">Magomed<br \/>\nAnkalaev<\/a> to regain the 205-pound belt at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-320-Oct-4-108436\">UFC 320<\/a><br \/>\nthis past October.<\/p>\n<h2>One-Track Mind<\/h2>\n<p>Chimaev captured the middleweight strap at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-319-Du-Plessis-vs-Chimaev-108116\"><br \/>\nUFC 319<\/a> with a dominant five-round verdict over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dricus-Du-Plessis-146193\">Dricus Du<br \/>\nPlessis<\/a> this past August. He has <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-Believes-He-Is-Bigger-Star-Than-Alex-Pereira-199353\"><br \/>\npublicly called out<\/a> Pereira on more than one occasion in recent<br \/>\nmonths. However, outside of offering to face \u201cBorz\u201d in a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alex-Pereira-Proposes-Special-Charity-Match-Against-Khamzat-Chimaev-199033\"><br \/>\ncharity grappling match<\/a>, the Brazilian star hasn\u2019t seemed<br \/>\ninterested in the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Brazilian fans tell this boy if you\u2019re not scared tell him to<br \/>\nfight,\u201d Chimaev added.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"0.77037037037037\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.8518518518519\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All Brazilian fans tell this boy if you\u2019re<br \/>\nnot scared tell him to fight \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> (@KChimaev) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KChimaev\/status\/2010646280020869225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJanuary 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamzat Chimaev still has his sights set on Alex Pereira. | Getty\/UFC Khamzat Chimaev has a singular focus when it comes to his next desired opponent. The reigning UFC middleweight champion continued his ongoing callout of light heavyweight kingpin Alex Pereira in a series of posts on social media. While the target is nothing new, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}