“I Will Fight Whittaker. I Want This Fight.”

Sweden’s Khamzat Chimaev believes that his subsequent opponent ought to be the previous UFC middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker.

Australia’s Robert Whittaker was left with out an opponent because the deliberate match with Paulo Costa fell by way of because of the Brazilian fighter having contract negotiation points.

In an interview with Red Corner MMA, ‘Borz’ defined why Whittaker ought to be subsequent for him. He stated:

“I feel I’ll battle Robert Whittaker. He’s received no opponent. Paulo Costa ran away after speaking that a lot about me and Robert. So, I’ll battle Whittaker. I need this battle though I like him as a human being. He’s a strong man, doesn’t speak trash, doesn’t cross any strains … We’re going to have enjoyable on the press convention and battle one another.” [Transcript courtesy of MMA Mania]

See the complete interview beneath:

Khamzat Chimaev’s subsequent battle to be at middleweight

‘Borz’ Khamzat Chimaev has tried to leap between the UFC’s welterweight and middleweight divisions. At middleweight, he has defeated John Phillips and Gerald Meerschaert, each unranked. At welterweight, he has defeated Rhys McKee, Li Jingliang, and Gilbert Burns thus incomes himself a top-five rating within the division. He most lately defeated Kevin Holland however was alleged to face Nate Diaz nonetheless he missed weight by too giant of a margin.

Subsequent, Khamzat Chimaev needs a battle at middleweight in opposition to the previous champion Robert Whittaker. Most lately, the Australian athlete is coming off a win in opposition to Italy’s Marvin Vettori. At the moment, ‘The Reaper’ Whittaker and Chimaev don’t have any fights booked for 2023.