Khamzat Chimaev invited to challenge for light heavyweight belt

Light heavyweight champion Khamzat Chimaev precocious received an invitation to effort his manus astatine a 2nd UFC belt; this clip astatine airy heavyweight. It’s been little than 2 weeks since the 29-year-old Chimaev dethroned Dricus du Plessis successful the main lawsuit of UFC 319 successful Chicago to triumph the middleweight title. However, fans are already eagerly awaiting his 2nd satellite rubric shot.

Light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev presently has a rubric combat scheduled and is already preparing for a rematch with Alex Pereira astatine UFC 320 successful aboriginal October. However, Ankalaev has yet to combat a combatant similar Khamzat Chimaev, who tin use unit and support takedowns astatine a apical level.

Nevertheless, the 30-year-old Ankalaev is acceptable to invited the Swedish combatant to the airy heavyweight division. “I’m inactive successful this division,” Ankalaev told Sport24Ru. "If idiosyncratic wants to travel and effort their manus astatine my value class, I ever say, 'Welcome.' If (Chimaev) comes, fto him come. No problem."

Chimaev seems determined to enactment progressive arsenic a champion and has already called for a speedy instrumentality to the cage astatine the extremity of October astatine UFC 321. His ambition to triumph belts successful 2 value classes shows that helium is not satisfied with conscionable the middleweight title, but wants challenges and designation successful the airy heavyweight part arsenic well.

Fans and pundits alike are watching with involvement however this concern volition develop; whether Ankalaev and Chimaev volition 1 time look disconnected successful the airy heavyweight part remains to beryllium seen.

What tin we expect?

Chimaev has shown his beardown ambitions successful his vocation countless times. He's a UFC combatant who has nary occupation warring anyone successful the cage, and he'll apt instrumentality immoderate enactment Dana White and the UFC connection him.

This lucifer would surely beryllium a spectacle and a existent accidental for fans to bask the moves of 2 apical fighters who person shown countless times what qualities they possess. Maybe things volition beryllium known successful the coming weeks, but surely the concern surrounding these 2 fighters is highly interesting.