The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, shared his impressions of communicating with mixed style (MMA) fighters, among whom was Khamzat Chimaev, known as New Khabib. The post is available on Kadyrov’s VKontakte page.
“We had a great time talking. The fighters unanimously assured me that everyone is ready even now to enter the octagon against the most powerful rivals, ”the head of Chechnya shared. President of the fight club “Akhmat” Abuzaid Vismuradov presented Chimaev with a Mercedes.
In addition, the meeting with the head of Chechnya was attended by fighters Magomed Ankalaev, Maxim Grishin, Albert Duraev and Mayrbek Taysumov. Mercedes also received Ankalaev and ex-champion of the Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) Rustam Kerimov, whose name was not named on the guest list.
On November 30, Chimaev challenged Brock Lesnard, Georges Saint-Pierre and Daniel Cormier. He called the fighters legends and promised to beat each of them. Only Cormier replied to the Swedish fighter, who thought that he would easily win. The head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White said that other fighters are afraid to fight Chimaev.
The new Khabib has won four straight UFC fights. In his last bout at UFC 267, he defeated China’s Li Jingliang with a rear naked choke. In total, he has ten victories in ten fights.
Chimaev is a native of Chechnya. He left Russia at the age of 19 when his family moved to Sweden.
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