At UFC 308 on October 26, Khamzat Chimaev lastly makes his return to the Octagon after over a 12 months out of motion when he takes on Robert Whittaker in a five-round co-main occasion.
Regardless of being probably the most feared fighters on the present UFC roster, inactivity has hindered Khamzat Chimaev‘s UFC profession with him having solely fought 3 times previously two years.
Earlier this 12 months, ‘Borz’ was scheduled to tackle Robert Whittaker within the UFC’s inaugural occasion in Saudi Arabia, when the 2 have been set to most important occasion, however just some weeks out, Chimaev as soon as once more withdrew.
New Khamzat Chimaev coaching footage is launched previous to UFC 308 combat
Since becoming a member of the UFC in 2020, the 30-year-old has persistently suffered from well being points to the purpose the place he thought-about an early retirement from the game.
After contracting COVID-19, Chimaev withdrew from a number of scheduled fights towards Leon Edwards, and the aftereffects are seemingly nonetheless taking their toll on the Chechen.
Having stated that, earlier this 12 months, ‘Borz’ reunited together with his former coach and revealed that he is now training properly as an alternative of overtraining, which he claims is the rationale for his fixed well being problems.
Chimaev admitted that he used to coach to exhaustion however now his coaches are letting him relaxation and get better correctly in between rounds and coaching periods.
Earlier this Monday, Chimaev’s teammate, Ildir Aisin posted a video of the 30-year-old throughout one among his coaching periods through which the Chechen was seen quickly shadowboxing.
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Followers react to Khamzat Chimaev coaching footage claiming he appears to be like quicker than ever
Chimaev undoubtedly appears to be like in nice form forward of his enormous middleweight combat towards Whittaker, nevertheless, some followers are nonetheless pretty skeptical that we’ll see Chimaev at UFC 308.
“Simply hope Khamzat Chimaev stays wholesome. Everyone knows how proficient he’s, he simply can’t keep wholesome to indicate it within the cage,” one fan commented.
The one factor I hate about him is how inactive he turned, such an entertaining fighter
— 𝙰𝟷 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂 ⚔︎ (@A1HANDS) October 14, 2024
One other fan was totally impressed with Chimaev’s coaching effort, commenting on X: “I really feel like he’s going to beat Rob and make it look simple for some purpose.”
He at all times appears to be like good in his coaching or sparring movies, thats not the issue. The issue is he overtrains then will get sick or injured after which is pressured to tug out and this has been taking place ever since he bought Covid and had that experimental Russian surgical procedure accomplished on him
— The Fight Sports activities Matrixer (@TheCSMatrixer) October 14, 2024
Whittaker stands as his hardest take a look at thus far, regardless of his final outing having come towards former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, who was stepping in on quick discover.
“He’s going to demolish the division,” one other fan commented on X.
Though each Chimaev and Whittaker are hopeful that the winner of their bout will go on to challenger Dricus Du Plessis for the title, UFC CEO Dana White just lately confirmed that Sean Strickland is subsequent up for the South African.
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