Joaquin Buckley shares his reaction to Khamzat Chimaev’s wild ₽1 million submission-bounty

Joaquin Buckley has reacted to Khamzat Chimaev’s challenge, in which ‘Borz’ claimed anyone who submits him during training will be awarded a million rubles.

Khamzat Chimaev, the unbeaten UFC middleweight, is renowned for his grappling and wrestling prowess and is regarded as the division’s most feared contender. ‘Borz’ has three submission wins in his last five UFC bouts.

In his most recent outing, Chimaev submitted Robert Whittaker in round 1 with a face crank. Whittaker tapped quickly because of the force of the hold and also suffered a dental injury during the bout.

Recently, Chimaev said the following at the ACA 183 press conference:

“Anyone who submits me during training gets a million rubles from me. It hasn’t happened in a long time. When I’m fooling around with young guys, I give up my neck, but when we have a serious grappling match, I offer a million rubles to anyone.”

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ESPN MMA on Instagram shared this challenge offered by Chimaev, in a post captioned:

“Khamzat Chimaev puts out a challenge to try and submit him during training 😳 (via @khamzat_chimaev @tigermuaythai)”

The post caught the attention of Buckley, who didn’t seem interested in submitting ‘Borz.’ Instead, he enquired:

“How much to knock him out 😴”

Check out Joaquin Buckley’s comment below:

In the UFC, Buckley and Chimaev compete in different weight classes. But ‘New Mansa’ is renowned for his intense striking ability, and has won most of his fights by knockout.

Buckley most recently used his striking prowess to leave Colby Covington bloodied at UFC Tampa. He secured a win via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) in round 3, as Covington was deemed unfit to continue.