Khamzat Chimaev vs Leon Edwards, deal done for December 19


Khamzat Chimaev vs Leon Edwards, deal done for December 19
Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev

The Borz, Khamzat Chimaev finally found an opponent for him in the form of Leon Edwards. Edwards is pissed off from UFC for removing him from the ranking and in desperation to fight he called out Khamzat to face him and we get the reply from Khamzat as we excepted The Borz said him I am always ready to fight anyone.

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While talking on the Jim Rowe Show, UFC President Dana White revealed that promotion has come to terms on a potential fight between Chimaev and Edwards, although the date has to be officially fixed yet. But it is speculated that the fight will take place on December 19 at Las Vegas, UFC Fight Night.

Dana White says, “We just got a deal done for Leon Edwards vs Chimaev. They will fight. It will be a great fight and he can stop calling everyone out on Twitter now. He’s got an opponent”. Edwards was removed from UFC’s official rankings due to inactivity but now he is back on the number 3 spot.

Edwards can be the giant leap for Khamzat

Khamzat Chimaev

Khamzat has made a name for himself at the Octagon in a very short period of time and getting a chance to fight the ranked number 3 opponent in his just 4th fight can provide a huge boost to his carrier if he wins it.

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Dana White is so much impressed by him, he says “This guy had 30,000 followers in his first fight, he has almost a million followers now. This kid is one fight away from being a massive superstar. If he can beat Leon Edwards, he’s gonna be a massive superstar in UFC”.

He also says, “He’s a nice guy, but I would say he’s a super confident version of Khabib. This guy wants to fight everybody. He doesn’t care and he’ll move up one weight class, two weight classes. When you’re a fight fan, those guys are fun”.

“You love guys who want to fight like that, that want to become the best fighter in the world in multiple weight classes, or you’re the guy that wants to see that guy lose. It’s good in every way shape or form”.  It is going to be interested to see now that The Borz will ‘Smesh’ Leon Edwards or Edwards will stop his hype train and show him what it is like fighting a ranked opponent.

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