Khamzat ChimaevvsAlex Pereira

When Khamzat had 1.2 kg left to cut, his body completely shut down from oxygen deprivation and he nearly lost consciousness. They had to pause for an hour, got a doctor involved, but pushed through anyway. He'd cut from 105 kg down to 84 kg after originally being promised a fight with Jiri Prochazka at light heavyweight. After weigh-ins, he only gained back 5 to 6 kg instead of the usual recovery weight, and his brother says you could see his body failing by round two. 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 team's already asking for a Strickland rematch in Abu Dhabi this October, but first, Chimaev gets to remind everyone why his grappling is absolutely terrifying.