{"id":357145,"date":"2020-07-26T06:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T13:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=357145"},"modified":"2020-07-26T06:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T13:08:01","slug":"dana-white-plots-quick-turnaround-for-special-khamzat-chimaev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-plots-quick-turnaround-for-special-khamzat-chimaev\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White plotting another quick turnaround for &#8220;special&#8221; Khamzat Chimaev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is very impressed by Sweden&#8217;s Khamzat Chimaev, and is hoping to get the undefeated welterweight prospect back into the Octagon soon.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev competed on last night&#8217;s UFC on ESPN 14 card, wiping out the debuting former BAMMA champion Rhys McKee inside the first round. Amazingly, Chimaev made his own UFC debut <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khamzat-chimaev-makes-quick-return-at-ufc-fight-island-3-has-chance-to-set-ufc-record\/\">just 10 days&#8217; earlier<\/a>, submitting John Phillips in the first round of a middleweight fight on July 15.<\/p>\n<p>Having kickstarted his UFC career with two first-round finishes in quick succession, Chimaev has already earned the adulation of White.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, White labelled Chimaev &#8220;special&#8221; and divulged that he hopes to have him fight again on August 15 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> and he said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KChimaev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KChimaev<\/a> \u201cis special\u201d and wants to fight again on Aug. 15 at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC252?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC252<\/a>. He said he\u2019ll make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Iole (@KevinI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinI\/status\/1287231432817958912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just spoke to @danawhite and he said [Khamzat Chimaev] \u201cis special\u201d and wants to fight again on Aug. 15 at #UFC252. He said he\u2019ll make that happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With his first two Octagon wins, Chimaev, who trains alongside Alexander Gustafsson and Ilir Latifi at Allstars Training Centre in Stockholm, is now a perfect 8-0 as a professional mixed martial artist.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, White is keen to introduce this new super prospect to the masses by giving him a place on the stacked UFC 252 card.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 252 will be headlined by a heavyweight championship rematch between champ Stipe Miocic and challenger Daniel Cormier, who are tied 1-1 across their two previous fights. The card will also feature appearances from Junior dos Santos, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and another massively hyped prospect in Sean O&#8217;Malley. The will already have a lot of eyes on it, and adding Khamzat Chimaev to the bill will only add more hype.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Khamzat Chimaev is a future champion in the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is very impressed by Sweden&#8217;s Khamzat Chimaev, and is hoping to get the undefeated welterweight prospect back into the Octagon soon. Chimaev competed on last night&#8217;s UFC on ESPN 14 card, wiping out the debuting former BAMMA champion Rhys McKee inside the first round. 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