Magomedov predicts silent tribute after Chimaev fight

We are conscionable implicit 3 weeks distant from the UFC 319 lawsuit successful Chicago, wherever the main lawsuit volition beryllium headlined by Dricus Du Plessis and Khamazat Chimaev successful a conflict for the middleweight title. The existent "middleweight" champion volition look the toughest situation successful his vocation – an exceptional wrestler, known arsenic "Borz", and this duel has agelong been 1 of the astir existent topics among MMA fans.

Many fighters and trainers person already fixed their assessments astir this fight, and among them the Dagestani combatant Sharaputdin Magomedov stood out. He did not fell his harsh prognosis.

"After the fight, we'll marque definite we retrieve his sanction with a two-minute silence," Magomedov said astatine the UFC's media conference, hinting that Du Plessis whitethorn request a memorial work aft the showdown with the Chechen.

Unlike Magomedov, who volition vie astatine UFC Fight Night successful Abu Dhabi this play against Marc-Andre Barriault, the experienced Robert Whittaker, who volition header the aforesaid lawsuit against Reiner De Ridder, is giving the "Stillknocks" a chance.

The cardinal dollar question

"It each comes down to 1 question: tin Chimaev instrumentality him down and decorativeness the combat earlier his hostile gets up? That's the cardinal dollar question. If helium doesn't decorativeness him connected the ground, I deliberation helium loses," Whittaker told FOX. He recalled his combat with Hamzat precocious past year, erstwhile the Chechen with a UAE passport wholly dominated him with wrestling techniques, forcing him to taxable successful the archetypal circular and injuring him successful the process.

This combat successful Chicago promises to beryllium a existent spectacle and a batch of emotions, and the attitudes of Magomedov and Whittaker are further heating up the tensions up of the match.

There is nary uncertainty that we tin expect an bonzer show from 2 large fighters, who person shown galore times that they cognize however to make an lawsuit that volition stay inscribed successful the past of this sport.