Turning heads together with his gorgeous submission win at UFC 308, Khamzat Chimaev seems to have garnered the eye of ex-champion, Israel Adesanya — who admits he was “surprised” by his dominant win over common-opponent, Robert Whittaker, and expressed a willingness to struggle him quickly.
Booked to make his personal return to motion, former two-time undisputed middleweight gold holder, Adesanya will headline UFC Battle Night time Saudi Arabia firstly of February, matching with streaking contender, Nassourdine Imavov in a high-stakes conflict in a bid to forestall a three-fight shedding run.
As for Chimaev, the Chechen finisher rubber-stamped his declare to a title struggle in his subsequent outing at UFC 308 two months in the past, laying straightforward waste to the above-mentioned, Whittaker with a shocking face crank submission win in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Israel Adesanya eyes struggle with Khamzat Chimaev quickly
Lacking out on a title struggle with the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis in the intervening time, Chimaev will lay in wait as former coaching accomplice, Sean Strickland rematches the Pretoria native at UFC 312 in February besides, nonetheless, a monstrous struggle with Adesanya is definitely viable based on the Metropolis Kickboxing star.
“I was surprised by the way Khamzat (Chimaev) ran through Rob (Whittaker) — crazy, that was like, ‘Wow’,” Israel Adesanya mentioned on his YouTube channel. “That made me wanna fight him. I was like, ‘Okay, sh*t, this guy is really, really good.’ Yeah.”
