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\nKhamzat Chimaev wants another shot at Sean Strickland. |
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Khamzat A statement from Chimaev\u2019s team provided to ESPN<\/a> on Tuesday revealed that the Chechen Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The rematch with Sean Strickland is the only fight that Khamzat That\u2019s a shift from what Both Strickland and Chimaev have received criticism within the MMA Chimaev\u2019s staying power at 185 pounds came into question in Round 2 The 32-year-old Chimaev began his MMA career with 15 straight Khamzat Chimaev wants another shot at Sean Strickland. | Getty\/UFC Khamzat Chimaev may not be headed to the light heavyweight division just yet. A statement from Chimaev\u2019s team provided to ESPN on Tuesday revealed that the Chechen standout is instead focused on a return date with Sean Strickland. Entering UFC 328 as a heavy favorite, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38213","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=38213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChimaev<\/a> may not be headed to the light heavyweight division
\njust yet.<\/p>\n
\nstandout is instead focused on a return date with Sean
\nStrickland<\/a>. Entering UFC 328<\/a>
\nas a heavy favorite, \u201cBorz\u201d relinquished his middleweight crown to
\nStrickland in a surprising split-decision defeat.<\/p>\n
\nwants, he is obsessed with it,” the statement read. “That’s the
\nonly fight he will accept right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nUFC<\/a> CEO Dana White indicated shortly after Saturday\u2019s main
\nevent at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. At the
\npost-fight press conference, White revealed that Chimaev told him
\nthat UFC 328 was his last bout at 185 pounds. However, Chimaev
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\nalso tweeted \u201cSee you soon again\u201d<\/a> to Strickland, perhaps
\nhinting that he had unfinished business at middleweight.<\/p>\nFake Beef and a Bad Cut<\/h2>\n
\ncommunity for manufactured animosity leading up to their title
\nfight, as both athletes touched gloves repeatedly during the
\nmatchup. After the bout, Strickland admitted that much of the
\npre-fight vitriol directed at his former training partner was in
\nthe name of selling the fight.<\/p>\n
\nof the UFC 328 headliner, when he appeared to gas out following a
\nfailed takedown. Though Chimaev ultimately recovered and made it a
\ncompetitive fight down the stretch, that moment made many recall
\nhow difficult the former champion\u2019s weight cut appeared to be.<\/p>\n
\ntriumphs \u2014 including nine in UFC competition. He claimed
\nmiddleweight gold with a dominant five-round verdict over Dricus Du
\nPlessis<\/a> at UFC 319 last August. It\u2019s unclear if Chimaev will
\nreceive an immediate title shot because Nassourdine
\nImavov<\/a>, who has won five straight contests at 185 pounds,
\nappears to be the division\u2019s No. 1 contender in waiting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"