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Khamzat Chimaev admits it was a “little bit hard” to fight Gilbert Burns following a chance encounter with his children.<\/p>\n

Chimaev (11-0 MMA) and Burns (20-5 MMA) collided in a highly anticipated welterweight bout on the main card of last night’s UFC 273 event.<\/p>\n

‘Borz’ had entered the contest looking to improve his\u00a0Octagon<\/a> record to 5-0. The undefeated Swede had last competed at UFC 267 where he earned a first round finish<\/a> over Li Jingliang.<\/p>\n

As for Gilbert Burns, the former welterweight title challenger had entered UFC 273 looking to build off his recent victory over Stephen Thompson.<\/p>\n

Last night’s \u2018Chimaev vs. Burns\u2019 matchup proved to be an absolute war. ‘The Wolf’ was able to drop ‘Durinho’ near the end of the opening round but the Brazilian followed suit by dropping the Swede in round two. Round three was an all out slugfest and after fifteen minutes of action Khamzat Chimaev was awarded the decision victory (29-28 x3).<\/p>\n

\"Gilbert<\/p>\n

While it was not the “smeshing” that some fans were expecting, it was undoubtedly an impressive showing for Chimaev.<\/p>\n

Speaking with the UFC<\/a>\u00a0after the fight, Chimaev admitted that things didn\u2019t exactly go according to plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I did not expect it. I was trying to like \u2014 I was so excited for the fight. \u2018He\u2019s number two-ranked, I\u2019m gonna take his whole head off.\u2019 That\u2019s why it wasn\u2019t that good. My coach was \u2014 you can see in the middle of the round, he just came back, he said, \u2018What are you doing? Work like we do.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t my best because I wanted to take his whole head off but you learn, ya know? I\u2019m just going to war and dropped him, he dropped me and I came up and showed my heart. You learn a lot of things from these fights and I\u2019m happy for that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Later, at the UFC post-fight press conference, Khamzat Chimaev details how a chance encounter with Gilbert Burns kids also affected his mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt actually was a little bit hard to fight him because I see his kids. They come to me (and say) \u2018you fight my daddy\u2019 and I said ‘s**t’, I don\u2019t need that. I don\u2019t want to fight with some daddy. I need some killer like me, who will kill somebody and don\u2019t care about that s**t. I go to him (after that fight), I said I respect you brother, sorry for punches and we do that for our family and to have fun as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Khamzat Chimaev is expected to face Colby Covington in his next UFC appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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