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This one's wild. Khamzat Chimaev is jumping straight into a grappling match against Dillon Danis on June 13 in St. Louis, just a month after losing his first ever fight to Sean Strickland at UFC 328. The RAF wrestling league announced this matchup, and honestly, it's the kind of chaos only MMA can deliver. Chimaev's already back to training too, spotted on a solo night run getting right back to work. Here's the thing though. The details about what went down before that Strickland fight are absolutely insane. TJ Dillashaw spoke with nutritionist Sam Calavitta and learned Chimaev nearly died during the weight cut.
Expect Chimaev to hunt for the finish early, looking to drag Danis into deep water where that suffocating pressure and those nasty chokes take over.
He trusted the wrong people at the end of camp and only drank one quarter of the required water. He was vomiting green bile and on the verge of death. The situation was complicated by Chimaev having only half of his thyroid gland, which slows his metabolism significantly. He approached fight week 16 pounds over the limit, and the improper water loading protocol caused severe complications. At one point, Chimaev wanted to forfeit and offered Strickland a million dollars rather than continue the cut. Now Chimaev's switching gears to pure grappling against Danis, who trains out of SBG Ireland and has serious BJJ credentials from his Bellator days. This is basically Khamzat getting back to what made him scary in the first place.
That rear naked choke that finished Robert Whittaker in just over three minutes at UFC 308? That's the Borz everyone remembers. The submission that choked out Kevin Holland in two minutes? That's his world. The matchup comes after Danis was banned from future UFC events following a sideline brawl at UFC 322 in Madison Square Garden. Dana White confirmed the ban after Danis got into a scuffle with members of Islam Makhachev's team before the main card.
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This one's wild. Khamzat Chimaev is jumping straight into a grappling match against Dillon Danis on June 13 in St. Louis, just a month after losing his first ever fight to Sean Strickland at UFC 328. The RAF wrestling league announced this matchup, and honestly, it's the kind of chaos only MMA can deliver. Chimaev's already back to training too, spotted on a solo night run getting right back to work. Here's the thing though. The details about what went down before that Strickland fight are absolutely insane. TJ Dillashaw spoke with nutritionist Sam Calavitta and learned Chimaev nearly died during the weight cut.
Expect Chimaev to hunt for the finish early, looking to drag Danis into deep water where that suffocating pressure and those nasty chokes take over.
He trusted the wrong people at the end of camp and only drank one quarter of the required water. He was vomiting green bile and on the verge of death. The situation was complicated by Chimaev having only half of his thyroid gland, which slows his metabolism significantly. He approached fight week 16 pounds over the limit, and the improper water loading protocol caused severe complications. At one point, Chimaev wanted to forfeit and offered Strickland a million dollars rather than continue the cut. Now Chimaev's switching gears to pure grappling against Danis, who trains out of SBG Ireland and has serious BJJ credentials from his Bellator days. This is basically Khamzat getting back to what made him scary in the first place.
That rear naked choke that finished Robert Whittaker in just over three minutes at UFC 308? That's the Borz everyone remembers. The submission that choked out Kevin Holland in two minutes? That's his world. The matchup comes after Danis was banned from future UFC events following a sideline brawl at UFC 322 in Madison Square Garden. Dana White confirmed the ban after Danis got into a scuffle with members of Islam Makhachev's team before the main card.
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