Khamzat Chimaev considers taking “easy” title fight with Israel Adesanya after massive weight miss at UFC 279
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Khamzat Chimaev considers taking “easy” title fight with Israel Adesanya after massive weight miss at UFC 279

Khamzat Chimaev‘s UFC 279 weight-cutting fiasco has pushed the narrative that he needs to move up to the middleweight division where a potential matchup against champion Israel Adesanya awaits. Chimaev’s main event welterweight fight against Nate Diaz was canceled after he turned up at the scale 7.5lbs overweight. He was rescheduled for a catchweight bout…

John McCarthy doesn’t believe Khamzat Chimaev lost fans over UFC 279 controversies
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John McCarthy doesn’t believe Khamzat Chimaev lost fans over UFC 279 controversies

John McCarthy doesn’t believe Khamzat Chimaev has lost fans despite the controversy surrounding his part in UFC 279’s press conference brawl and missing weight for his bout with Nate Diaz. ‘Borz’ was originally set to face Diaz at UFC 279 last weekend but was forced out of the main event after missing weight. Chimaev instead…

Johnny Walker discloses what went down before he and his team were “kicked out” from UFC 279 arena
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Johnny Walker discloses what went down before he and his team were “kicked out” from UFC 279 arena

Johnny Walker was seemingly kicked out of the T-Mobile Arena during UFC 279 this past weekend following his fight with Ion Cutelaba. The light heavyweight contest opened the main card, with Walker able to secure a submission victory in the first round. Soon after, a video surfaced online posted by John Kavanagh, Walker’s coach. It…

Former MMA referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy details what NSAC investigation could mean for UFC 279 fighters
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Former MMA referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy details what NSAC investigation could mean for UFC 279 fighters

Former MMA referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy has revealed what the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s (NSAC) investigation into UFC 279 could mean for the organization and the fighters involved. It was recently reported that NSAC is investigating the events of UFC 279 that led to the press conference being canceled. Khamzat Chimaev, Kevin Holland, Li Jingliang,…

Darren Till responded to Khabib Nurmagomedov and others speaking harshly of Khamzat Chimaev missing weight ahead of UFC 279
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Darren Till responded to Khabib Nurmagomedov and others speaking harshly of Khamzat Chimaev missing weight ahead of UFC 279

Darren Till has addressed the criticism directed towards Khamzat Chimaev by former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and others in the MMA community. Ahead of last Saturday’s UFC 279 event, Chimaev missed weight for his non-title welterweight bout against Nate Diaz by a whopping 7.5 pounds. The undefeated ‘Borz’ was rescheduled to face Kevin Holland…

Li Jingliang spoke in detail about the behind-the-scenes brawl that led to the cancellation of the UFC 279 press conference
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Li Jingliang spoke in detail about the behind-the-scenes brawl that led to the cancellation of the UFC 279 press conference

Li Jingliang had a front-row seat to the chaos that led to the cancellation of UFC 279’s pre-fight press conference. The incident unfolded on the Thursday ahead of UFC 279 and involved Khamzat Chimaev, Kevin Holland, Nate Diaz, and members of their respective teams. UFC president Dana White said an altercation between Holland and Chimaev…

Nate Diaz gives nine-word reaction to Khamzat Chimaev’s UFC 279 performance
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Nate Diaz gives nine-word reaction to Khamzat Chimaev’s UFC 279 performance

Nate Diaz was originally meant to fight Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279. However, the bout was canceled when ‘Borz’ couldn’t make the welterweight limit of 170 lbs. The Chechen weighed in at 178.5 lbs and the UFC matchmakers were forced to reshuffle the card. Diaz and Chimaev seemed to be carrying bad blood into this…

Dana White jokes about the UFC asking Johnny Walker to leave the arena without shoes after UFC 279 fight
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Dana White jokes about the UFC asking Johnny Walker to leave the arena without shoes after UFC 279 fight

Dana White was met with tough questions when he appeared in front of the media following UFC 279. He was questioned about the UFC allegedly kicking out Johnny Walker immediately after his event. Johnny Walker’s coach, John Kavanagh, posted a series of tweets showing that Walker and the rest of the team were kicked out…

Khamzat Chimaev reacted to fans booing him  his victory over Kevin Holland at UFC 279
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Khamzat Chimaev reacted to fans booing him his victory over Kevin Holland at UFC 279

Khamzat Chimaev delivered yet another flawless performance at UFC 279. ‘Borz’ took on Kevin Holland in a five-round catchweight (180 pounds) bout in the co-main event. The Chechen-born Swede took Kevin Holland down in very beginning of the fight and then proceeded to submit him via a D’Arce choke. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация…

Reaction of professional fighters after Nate Diaz taps out Tony Ferguson at UFC 279
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Reaction of professional fighters after Nate Diaz taps out Tony Ferguson at UFC 279

UFC 279 event was headlined by a welterweight matchup between fan favorites Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson. Diaz (21-13 MMA) was originally slated to face Khamzat Chimaev (11-0 MMA) in tonight’s event headliner. However, after ‘Borz’ badly missed the welterweight limit of 171lbs, the promotion decided to switch things up and have ‘The Stockton Slugger’…