{"id":457945,"date":"2022-09-11T10:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=457945"},"modified":"2022-09-11T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:08:25","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-explains-why-hes-not-really-interested-in-fighting-robert-whittaker-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khamzat-chimaev-explains-why-hes-not-really-interested-in-fighting-robert-whittaker-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev explains why he\u2019s not really interested in fighting Robert Whittaker next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t expect Khamzat Chimaev to take on Robert Whittaker anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev was at the center of controversy going into UFC 279. He was expected to go one-on-one with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 10. That plan went awry as Chimaev missed weight, which led to the main card being reshuffled.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Chimaev ended up fighting <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/kevin-holland\/\">Kevin Holland<\/a>, while Diaz did battle with Tony Ferguson. Chimaev <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-279-results-khamzat-chimaev-stops-kevin-holland-in-round-1-video\/\">scored a first-round submission<\/a> over Holland, while Diaz submitted Ferguson in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>During the post-fight press conference, Chimaev discussed possibly fighting at middleweight next and he shared why he doesn&#8217;t want to fight Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I like that guy, so I don&#8217;t wanna fight good guys,&#8221; Chimaev said. &#8220;I need some bad guys, so I wanna fight some bad guys.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White told reporters following UFC 279 that he believes Chimaev would be best served to compete at middleweight (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/9\/11\/23346936\/dana-white-calls-khamzat-chimaev-f-freak-of-nature-after-win-ufc-279-recommends-moves-middleweight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"GMESw3\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a problem,\u201d White said. \u201cThat\u2019s a problem that he missed weight. I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ve got to look at it and figure it out. What makes sense is for him to fight at [185 pounds], so we\u2019ll see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"4RJ9La\"><em>\u201cIt is what it is. It happened. We\u2019ll go back this week and come up with a plan and probably have him fight at [185].\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With that said, the UFC boss isn&#8217;t ruling out Chimaev being able to stick around in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-entry-content \">\n<p id=\"tvtkhh\"><em>\u201cAfter he just didn\u2019t make weight, I don\u2019t know,\u201d White said when addressing Chimaev\u2019s future. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of possibilities for him. Possibly at 170 or at 185.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chimaev has been on quite a run and figures to be close to a UFC title opportunity, but weight has suddenly become a talking point with him. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the UFC plays this one out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t expect Khamzat Chimaev to take on Robert Whittaker anytime soon. Chimaev was at the center of controversy going into UFC 279. He was expected to go one-on-one with Nate Diaz inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 10. That plan went awry as Chimaev missed weight, which led to the main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":457963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[81075,10582,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Khamzat Chimaev explains why he\u2019s not really interested in fighting Robert Whittaker next | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Khamzat Chimaev has always been open to fights at middleweight but don&#039;t expect him to fight Robert Whittaker.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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