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Khamzat Chimaev faced severe weight cut issues before UFC 328, leading to his first professional loss against Sean Strickland. His brother revealed that Chimaev's body shut down just before the fight.
Khamzat Chimaev struggled with his weight cut before losing to Sean Strickland. | Getty/UFC
Khamzat Chimaev was allegedly promised a fight at light heavyweight.Â
Chimaev (15-1) had long been hinting at a move up to light heavyweight. However, Chimaev put his middleweight title on the line against Sean Strickland (31-7) at UFC 328 last weekend. Chimaev showed signs of fatigue early in the second round, completely abandoning his wrestling thereafter. Strickland outpointed Chimaev on the feet via a split decision, handing âBorzâ his first professional loss. Chimaev had also looked completely drained at the weigh-ins, even getting accused of missing weight.Â
Chimaevâs brother, Artur Chimaev, recently revealed the former middleweight champion had a terrible weight cut. Chimaevâs body allegedly shut down with just over two pounds to cut. Artur claims even Khamzat didnât know how he would go forward with the bout.Â
Artur claims Khamzat was originally promised a fight against Jiri Prochazka at light heavyweight before the UFC suddenly asked him to fight Strickland. While Chimaev decided to cut down to middleweight, it became clear in the second round that he hadnât fully recovered. However, Artur doesnât want to make any excuses for the loss. Artur told SportsRu.
âThere was an issue with the weight cut. The question became whether to cancel the fight or take the risk. When there was 1.2 kg [2.7 pounds] left, his body shut downâŠKhamzat also said he didnât know how he could fight in that state. And in the second round it became clear that his body hadnât recovered. There was an agreement with the UFC that he would fight Jiri Prochazka [at 205]. The contract was already prepared, but then they contacted him directly and asked him to fight Sean instead. Khamzat is the kind of person who doesnât refuse in situations like that â so he accepted and decided to cut from [231 pounds] down to [185 pounds]. Whatâs happened has happened, and nothing can be done about it. I donât want it to look like weâre making excuses.â
Khamzat Chimaev experienced significant difficulties during his weight cut, with his body allegedly shutting down just over two pounds from the target weight.
Khamzat Chimaev lost to Sean Strickland by split decision at UFC 328.
Artur Chimaev revealed the struggles Khamzat faced during his weight cut to explain the fatigue and performance issues that contributed to his loss.

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