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UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev has some big plans for 2023.<\/p>\n

‘Borz’ has been out of action since his submission win over Kevin Holland<\/a> in September. While the first-round win was impressive, it didn’t come without controversy. Chimaev was previously scheduled to face Nate Diaz at UFC 279 instead.<\/p>\n

However, the Chechen badly missed weight prior to the event and faced ‘Trail Blazer’ as a result. Due to the severe weight miss, Dana White and Chimaev’s team teased a move to middleweight next. However, the promoter later went against that idea and stated he would like to see him return to welterweight to face Colby Covington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Khamzat Chimaev is willing to compete in both weight classes. In an interview with ESPN<\/em>, the Chechen laid out his plans for the next calendar year. The first mission? A middleweight clash with the newly crowned champion Alex Pereira in Brazil.<\/p>\n

If all goes well there, the rising contender would like to face ‘Chaos’ in March. In the interview, Chimaev also revealed he’s already in discussions with the UFC to face both men.<\/p>\n

\"Khamzat<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, I was thinking if\u00a0Kamaru Usman wins his fight, I will fight with him next,\u201d Chimaev said. \u201cBut he lost. And I was thinking if [Israel] Adesanya won his fight, who\u2019s he going to fight? There\u2019s only me. And he lost as well. Now [Pereira and Adesanya] want to rematch in March, I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re going to do.” (h\/t MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cSo I said to Sean Shelby\u00a0and Dana as well, I\u2019m ready for Pereira in Brazil. Directly after that, March, if Colby wants to fight, I\u2019d take my title and I\u2019d go down to 170 and fight Colby as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSean Shelby, I spoke with him [about Pereira] and he said first, \u2018Yeah, let\u2019s go brother, we\u2019ll do it,\u2019\u201d Chimaev said. \u201cThen I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening. He said, \u2018OK brother, we\u2019ll go Colby first.\u2019 So maybe Colby, for me it doesn\u2019t matter. Colby isn\u2019t talking about the fight or about me, so you know how Colby is doing when he fights somebody, he doesn\u2019t stop talking, so I don\u2019t know. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Khamzat Chimaev might have some big plans, they may not all come to fruition. Earlier today, Alex Pereira hinted at a rematch<\/a> with Israel Adesanya next.<\/p>\n

What do you make of these comments? Do you want to see these fights? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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