UFC president Dana White has said that he doesn’t believe Khamzat Chimaev had a ‘bad’ week in the lead-up to UFC 279. Regardless of whether you love him or you hate him, there’s no denying that Khamzat Chimaev is must-see viewing whenever he steps foot into the Octagon.
The Chechen sensation is one of the most talked-about fighters in recent memory across all of mixed martial arts and even though he’s only scratching the surface of his potential, he’s still being discussed as an imminent title contender and someone who could potentially win up to three world championships in the UFC.
Of course, we’re getting quite far ahead of ourselves, especially when you consider how turbulent his week was in the days preceding UFC 279. ‘Borz’ was set to take on Nate Diaz in the main event of the pay-per-view but from the minute he touched down in Las Vegas, things started to get a bit chaotic.
He attempted to start a fight with Paulo Costa at the UFC Performance Institute, he was involved in a scuffle that led to the cancellation of a press conference, and he topped it off by missing weight by 7.5 pounds.