“I Already Agreed”: After Israel Adesanya, Colby Covington, and Gilbert Burns, Khamzat Chimaev Now Wants To Fight Alex Pereira for UFC Title

Afnan Chougle | 21/11/2022

One thing the UFC welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev has been doing since his debut in the promotion is calling out top-tier fighters for a fight. He made his UFC debut in 2020, and since then he has remained undefeated and cemented his position among the top 5 of the welterweight division.

However, Chimaev is yet to fight for the UFC title for which he has been campaigning for a long time now. But it seems like UFC wants him to compete in one more fight, before giving him a title shot.

Khamzat Chimaev wants to fight Alex Pereira

The Russian-born Swedish fighter did not just call out fighters from the welterweight division, but other weight classes as well. He has several times stated he can defeat elite middleweight fighters.

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In particular, Chimaev has targeted former champion Israel Adesanya. The Swede has called Izzy ‘easy money’ after several of his fights on Twitter. Now, since ‘The Last Stylebender’ lost his title to Alex Pereira at UFC 281, Chimaev wants to fight the Brazilian.

Recently, ‘The Lone Wolf’ took to his official Twitter account and stated that he has agreed to fight Pereira on 10th December in Brazil at UFC 282. But was waiting for the Brazilian’s reply.

“@AlexPereiraUFC 10 December let’s go, I already agreed. Now it’s your turn,” Chimaev wrote. However, there has been no such announcement from the UFC. And a light heavyweight title fight between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira is already set to headline UFC 282.

Chimaev’s fight talks with Colby Covington and Gilbert Burns

Previously, the Swede was in talks for a fight with former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington. Even the UFC president Dana White was interested in this match-up. However, we are yet to hear about that bout.

Amidst the talks, Chimaev recently called out his former opponent Gilbert Burns for a rematch. ‘Borz’ already has one win over the Brazilian, who surely was his toughest test in the UFC. With all these callouts, Chimaev seems desperate for a title fight.

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What are your thoughts on Chimaev’s random call-outs?

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Afnan Chougle

Afnan Chougle is a UFC author and content manager at The SportsRush. Afnan has written over 900 articles about combat sports before joining The SportsRush. He has now worked in the industry for over two years. He uses his expertise and enthusiasm to advance his professional career and offers insightful commentary on anything related to combat sports. Since UFC 229, Khabib Nurmagomedov fan Afnan has faithfully followed MMA. Besides "The Eagle," Muhammad Ali is his favorite athlete. Apart from his professional exploits as a UFC journalist, Afnan enjoys honing his skills as an amateur actor/boxer and loves going on occasional treks.

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