Khamzat
Chimaev is the man nobody in the UFC wants to face.
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The 28-year-old Allstars Training Center representative is ready to
return to the Octagon, but finding a willing opponent has been
something of a challenge.
“They gave me four different countries, four different opponents,”
Chimaev recently said on his video blog. “Nobody wants to
fight.
“I’m gonna fight somebody, I don’t know who. They change opponents
all the time. Every week I have new opponent, but nobody wants to
fight … I’m always ready.”
Though he doesn’t have a dance partner at this point in time,
Chimaev seems hopeful that his next Octagon appearance will come at
UFC 285.
“We’ll see what’s gonna happen now. I think we’ll be, hope so,
March [in Las Vegas] but I don’t know who,” he said.
Chimaev last appeared at UFC 279 this past September, where he
dispatched Kevin
Holland via first-round submission in a 180-pound catchweight
bout. “Borz” is 12-0 as a professional, with six triumphs coming in
UFC competition. He has fought at both welterweight and
middleweight during his promotional tenure and seems willing to
compete at either weight class.
“It doesn’t matter. Just need some opponent …I am the next for the
title, so who are these guys going to fight,” Chimaev said.
“[UFC middleweight champ] Alex
Pereira, he has (a 7-1) record. He lost. I never lost in my
life, and he lost against a s—t guy. The guy isn’t in the UFC, as
well. UFC doesn’t want it. The guy don’t want it. What am I going
to do? I just want to fight. Give me somebody. If the guys run away
from me, just give me somebody. I’m ready.”