{"id":450560,"date":"2022-06-15T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T02:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=450560"},"modified":"2022-06-15T19:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T02:35:26","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-says-nate-diaz-is-scared-to-fight-him-he-wont-be-the-same-diaz-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khamzat-chimaev-says-nate-diaz-is-scared-to-fight-him-he-wont-be-the-same-diaz-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev says Nate Diaz is “scared” to fight him: “He won\u2019t be the same Diaz anymore”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t think Nate Diaz will fight him.<\/p>\n

For months now, it has been made clear that the UFC is trying to book Chimaev vs. Diaz in what would be a massive fight as both men are big stars<\/a>. However, it hasn’t come to fruition and according to the Swede it has never actually been close to happening<\/a>.\u00a0Chimaev says that is because Diaz is scared of him and if they do fight, he vows to smash him.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s never been close (to being done),” Chimaev said on The BlockParty Podcast<\/a>. “The skinny boy, when I said let\u2019s fight, I was good weight, good shape, and now I\u2019ve been lifting weights, I go up like three kilos. Now he says let\u2019s fight. He was thinking, is August too early to cut weight? I don\u2019t care, I\u2019m going to cut my weight and fight with him if he\u2019s ready. I\u2019ll smash that boy. He won\u2019t be the same Diaz anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Khamzat<\/p>\n

Not only does Khamzat Chimaev want to fight Nate Diaz, but he says if that doesn’t happen he would like to fight Nate’s older brother in Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n

With Leon Edwards fighting Kamaru Usman for the belt, Chimaev says he wants to be active so he hopes to fight anybody. However, his goal is to fight one of the Diaz brothers and then fight for the belt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Diaz fight is good for us, but skinny boy is scared, and he didn\u2019t answer. We will see. Belal said yes. I don\u2019t care. I\u2019ll fight everyone. Let Leon fight with Usman, who wins there, I\u2019ll go for his head. I\u2019ll take his head and take the money. I can take (his) brother as well. I\u2019ll take his f*****g brother and we can smash him, too.”<\/p>\n

Who would you like to see Khamzat Chimaev fight next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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