MMA fighter Khamzat Chimaev renounced Swedish citizenship and will compete for the UAE
Mixed style fighter (MMA) Khamzat Chimaev has changed his citizenship. SVT reports this.
The athlete’s manager, Mahdi Shammas, announced that Chimaev had renounced his Swedish citizenship. “He emigrated, he is no longer Swedish,” he said. In his next fight, Chimaev will compete for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
On October 21, Chimaev will meet with Brazilian Paulo Costa. The fight will take place in Abu Dhabi as part of the 294th edition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Chimaev had 12 fights in his professional career without suffering a single defeat. In his last fight, on September 10, 2022, the athlete defeated American Kevin Holland by choke. The fighter was born in Chechnya, but at the age of 16 he moved to Sweden.
Source: Lenta
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