Khamzat Chimaev’s future in UFC is still uncertain
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Khamzat Chimaev was one of the fastest rising prospects in the UFC with winning three back-to-back fights in two different weight classes, but due to Covid-19, his future in the company remains uncertain.
Khamzat had to pull out twice from his fight against Leon Edwards due to covid complications, and after not being able to compete he posted a heartfelt message on Instagram to announce his retirement.
He wrote, “Thank you all so much for supporting me in my journey in this sport. I think I’m done. It’s not the most important victory in this life. It may upset you, but my heart and body tell me everything.”
Dana White reacted to this and said this whole thing was crazy, he said, “I thought it was crazy. We just talked to the guy. I just flew him out here to get looked at by doctors out here. The problem is the guy has no patience whatsoever. He wants to fight every weekend. He knows he has the ability to be a world champion. He wants it now; he doesn’t want to wait.”
“They had him on Prednisone, which is a nasty steroid to help his lungs recover and the guy’s going into the gym and training when he’s not supposed to be. He’s supposed to be relaxing. He’s supposed to get through this prescription then they’re going to find out how he looks and he wouldn’t wait. He just keeps on training. You can’t do that when you have what he’s got going on.”
“I have no idea what’s going to happen with him,” says Dana White
Following his attitude about recovery Dana white is also uncertain about his future in the UFC, he said, “It’s why we all love him and why the guy got over like a million followers in two weeks on social media,” White said. “You love guys like this. These are the type of guys that fans want to see fight and want to follow and get behind.
“But trying to contain and control this guy to do the right thing is absolutely impossible.”
“To be honest with you, I have no idea what’s going to happen with him,” White said. “I don’t know.”
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