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\nKhamzat Chimaev struggled with his weight cut before losing to
\nSean Strickland. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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Khamzat Chimaev (15-1) had long been hinting at a move up to light Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Chimaev\u2019s brother, Artur Chimaev, recently revealed the former Artur claims Khamzat was originally promised a fight against \u201cThere was an issue with the weight cut,” Artur told SportsRu<\/a>” The question became whether to cancel the
\nChimaev<\/a> was allegedly promised a fight at light
\nheavyweight. <\/p>\n
\nheavyweight. However, Chimaev put his middleweight title on the
\nline against Sean
\nStrickland<\/a> (31-7) at UFC 328<\/a>
\nlast weekend. Chimaev showed signs of fatigue early in the second
\nround, completely abandoning his wrestling thereafter. Strickland
\noutpointed Chimaev on the feet via a split decision, handing \u201cBorz\u201d
\nhis first professional loss. Chimaev had also looked completely
\ndrained at the weigh-ins, even getting accused of missing
\nweight. <\/p>\n
\nmiddleweight champion had a terrible weight cut. Chimaev\u2019s body
\nallegedly shut down with just over two pounds to cut. Artur claims
\neven Khamzat didn\u2019t know how he would go forward with the
\nbout. <\/p>\n
\nJiri
\nProchazka<\/a> at light heavyweight before the UFC suddenly asked
\nhim to fight Strickland. While Chimaev decided to cut down to
\nmiddleweight, it became clear in the second round that he hadn\u2019t
\nfully recovered. However, Artur doesn\u2019t want to make any excuses
\nfor the loss.<\/p>\n\u2018His Body Shut Down\u2019<\/h2>\n
\nfight or take the risk. When there was 1.2 kg [2.7 pounds] left,
\nhis body shut down\u2026Khamzat also said he didn\u2019t know how he could
\nfight in that state. And in the second round it became clear that
\nhis body hadn\u2019t recovered. There was an agreement with the UFC that
\nhe would fight Jiri
\nProchazka<\/a> [at 205]. The contract was already prepared, but then
\nthey contacted him directly and asked him to fight Sean instead.
\nKhamzat is the kind of person who doesn\u2019t refuse in situations like
\nthat \u2014 so he accepted and decided to cut from [231 pounds] down to
\n[185 pounds]. What\u2019s happened has happened, and nothing can be done
\nabout it. I don\u2019t want it to look like we\u2019re making
\nexcuses.\u201d