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MALMÖ. Swede Khamzat Chimaev is the most popular fighter in the world right now.
The UFC’s third straight victory was won with a single hit of the match after 17 seconds.
– I’m ready to meet anyone, says Chimaev.
Even before tonight’s lightning bolt at middleweight against Gerald Meerschaert in Las Vegas, Chimaev was raving about his two wins this summer at Fight Island Yas in Abu Dhabi.
He first won the middleweight submission over Welshman John Philips on July 15, a match Chimaev took with only seven days notice. Chimaev made 124 shots with his shots before the match was broken in the second round, while he himself had only taken two shots.
Ten days later he dropped down to welterweight and met Northern Irishman Rhys McKee, also at Yas. That match ended after 3.09 when Chimaev scored 68 strokes without being hit even once.
UFC record
Two wins in ten days is a UFC record. Like three wins in 66 days, now it is.
UFC President Dana White strongly believes in Khamzat Chimaev. He has given the Swede three bonuses of $ 50,000 for extraordinary achievement. One for each game so far. Just over a million and a half kronor extra on top of Chimaev’s usual salary. It will bring much more money to the Chechnya born fighter who now proved that he is also a very sharp foot fighter.
A kick to the leg and thus a rock-hard right a few moments later directly to Meerschaert’s jaw was the only thing that happened in the short match.
– If you win and fight that way, everyone will love you. I have to keep the flow going and knock people out, says Khamzat Chimaev.
Who is up with his new star status.
– It was completely crazy. People come to me and want to take photos.
– I do my hard work in the gym. Always. Now I also live near him and I come and go and then people come up to me and want to talk to me. I love that people respect this sport, says Chimaev.
“HOOOOOOOLY Shitty shit !!!!!!!!!!”
Even before tonight’s match, Dana White had booked Chimaev for a new match. Against Demian Maia at Yas, also the middleweight. White tweeted a few days ago that he was an exception. Otherwise, he never reserves two games at once for a UFC fighter, but the talent the president sees in the Swede is enormous.
“I would never do this to anyone else, but from what I’ve seen, I’m willing to do it to him,” White wrote.
After last night’s lightning bolt, Dana White tweeted:
HOOOOOOOLY Shit shit !!!!!!!!!!
The one who seems calmer in the hype is Khamzat Chimaev.
– I never feel pressure before games. I’ve been doing this my whole life. Now I am a professional fighter.
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