There appears to be good reason why Khamzat
Chimaev was left out of the middleweight title picture at the
beginning of the year.

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In addition to
suffering a torn ligament in his hand in his hand during a
victory over Kamaru
Usman at UFC 294, Chimaev revealed that he was recently “very
sick” in a since-deleted post on social media.

“I was very sick, my hand was injured, so I couldn’t return right
away,” Chimaev wrote in the translated post, which was accompanied
by several concerning images. “I want to tell all the fountains, I
want to see myself in battle more than all of you. I love this job.
I will do and prove that I am the best, as always we do, and I will
be back soon to Insha’Allal training.”

While Chimaev appeared to be a leading candidate to face reigning
middleweight champion Sean
Strickland following his triumph at UFC 294, Strickland’s
manager said that Chimaev
wasn’t discussed as a potential option. Instead, Strickland is
slated to face Dricus Du
Plessis in the UFC 297
headliner on Jan. 20 in Toronto.

After deleting the initial post, Chimaev took on a more optimistic
tone in a subsequent video.

“I’m coming back for my belt,” he said.

Chimaev has emerged as one of the UFC’s hottest stars since his
promotional debut in 2020. “Borz” has compiled a 7-0 record in the
Octagon, with most of his victories coming in dominant fashion. His
ledger includes triumphs over the likes of Usman, Gilbert
Burns, Kevin
Holland and Jingliang
Li.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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