Khamzat Chimaev worked his entire career for the UFC middleweight title.
Just a couple of days after winning it from Dricus du Plessis atop the UFC 319 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Chicago, “Borz” flew to Chechnya to surrender the strap to human rights hurter and head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. If you’re unfamiliar with Kadyrov’s highlight reel, he’s the maniac who opened a concentration camp for homosexuals back in 2017
.That lasted about as long as his fight club for toddlers.
“Belt
is important for my country,” Chimaev told Joe Rogan at UFC 319.
Kadyrov attended Chimaev’s wedding in 2022 and frequently trains with the UFC middleweight champ, which is one of the reasons “Borz” had issues entering the United States. Fortunately for Chimaev, UFC CEO, Dana White, is buddy-buddy with U.S. President, Donald Trump.
Hopefully Chimaev fares better than Kadyrov’s previous ward, UFC light heavyweight Abdul-Kerim Edilov, who died under “mysterious circumstances” just a few years back.
