{"id":41435,"date":"2026-11-02T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-vs-Jorge-Masvidal-grappling-match-reportedly-set-203461"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:04:02","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-vs-jorge-masvidal-grappling-match-reportedly-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khamzat-chimaev-vs-jorge-masvidal-grappling-match-reportedly-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev vs. Jorge Masvidal grappling match reportedly set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/khamzat-chimaev-vs-jorge-masvidal-grappling-match-reportedly-set.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jorge-Masvidal-7688\">Jorge<br \/>\nMasvidal<\/a> are reportedly scheduled to meet in a submission-only<br \/>\ngrappling match on Dec. 4 at The Agenda in Dubai, United Arab<br \/>\nEmirates. The matchup is expected to headline ALF League\u2019s<br \/>\ninaugural event.<\/p>\n<p>ALF League announced the pairing Sunday, according to MMA Fighting,<br \/>\nalthough the original social media post has since been removed.<\/p>\n<h2>Khamzat Chimaev and Jorge Masvidal reportedly scheduled for<br \/>\nDec. 4 submission-only match in Dubai<\/h2>\n<p>Chimaev has remained active on the wrestling circuit since losing<br \/>\nhis UFC middleweight title to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> by split decision at UFC 328 in May. He has competed<br \/>\nagainst <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dillon-Danis-247811\">Dillon<br \/>\nDanis<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tyron-Woodley-42605\">Tyron<br \/>\nWoodley<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gilbert-Burns-91727\">Gilbert<br \/>\nBurns<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Robbie-Lawler-2245\">Robbie<br \/>\nLawler<\/a> under the Real American Freestyle banner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorz\u201d is also scheduled to face former UFC interim welterweight<br \/>\nchampion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Colby-Covington-57269\">Colby<br \/>\nCovington<\/a> in the main event of RAF Abu Dhabi on Nov. 14. The<br \/>\nreported Masvidal matchup would give Chimaev another assignment 20<br \/>\ndays later.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal has not competed in MMA since 2023. The former UFC<br \/>\nwelterweight title challenger last boxed in July 2024, losing a<br \/>\ndecision to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nate-Diaz-11451\">Nate Diaz<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamzat Chimaev and Jorge Masvidal are reportedly scheduled to meet in a submission-only grappling match on Dec. 4 at The Agenda in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The matchup is expected to headline ALF League\u2019s inaugural event. ALF League announced the pairing Sunday, according to MMA Fighting, although the original social media post has since been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41435","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\/41435","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=41435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}