Хамзат Чимаев оставил послание чемпиону UFC

"Borz" once again threw a stone at the garden of the elite fighter, as reported by sportarena.kz.

The number of promises Chimaev has made to defeat someone from the fighters is impossible to count on the fingers of hands and feet. The Chechen fighter threatened to face off in the cage with Shavkat Rakhmonov, Paulo Costa, Leon Edwards, Israel Adesanya, and many others. What happens at the moment Hamzat steps into the fight has long been known - he either gets injured or falls ill. This has happened four times already. Now, "Borz" has focused on middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis from South Africa and stated that finding an easier or more convenient opponent than him is simply impossible:

"Right now, he's at his peak, he's moving forward, but you could say he's a poor version of me. I've just had injuries, illness, but now I'll be back and I'll defeat him. For me, he's much more convenient than other fighters. Take the same Sean Strickland, he stands well, but this one is a wrestler, but he fights based on physics. I can do counter-wrestling to him, take him down, hold him down - he knows this, that's why he's silent about me.- Hamzat Chimaev

There was a time when everyone treated Dricus with great skepticism. Despite all the mockery of his clumsy technique and sexual orientation, the South African rightfully earned a place among the elite middleweights, where he holds the belt. Only the fight with Sean Strickland raises a lot of questions, and then the fight with "Izzy" vividly demonstrated Du Plessis' tough nature. He definitely won't give up just like that.

And for Hamzat, first he needs to reach a fight with Robert Whittaker and defeat him, then talk about title ambitions. "Bobby Knuckles" is quite capable of beating the Chechen and completely shattering his invincible aura, just as Gilbert Burns did once.

It should be noted that for the first time, Robert and Hamzat were supposed to meet in Saudi Arabia at UFC on ABC 6, but Chimaev's hospitalization disrupted all plans for the main event of the evening. Ikram Aliskerov, stepping in on short notice, saved the event but was instantly knocked out. Continue reading: Former UFC champion suspends career.