Is the Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker Fight Canceled- UFC’s Deleted Post Fuels Speculation

Allan Binoy | 02/09/2024
Is the Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker Fight Canceled- UFC’s Post Fuels Speculation

The UFC may have just accidentally revealed some distressing news for Khamzat Chimaev fans. After pulling out of his previous encounter with Robert Whittaker due to illness, fans had hoped he would show up for this one. As it turns out, there may just be more drama surrounding the fight as the UFC has seemingly called the Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov fight the co-main event for UFC 308.

The tweet has since been deleted. The original co-main event of the evening was supposed to be Whittaker taking on Chimaev for essentially the #1 contender spot for Dricus du Plessis’ middleweight title.

The UFC were quick to delete the tweet, but not before the eagle eyed fans took screenshots of it. The speculations and rumors regarding the fight have now started circulating.

Fans are now wondering what could possibly have gone wrong for the fight to be removed from the co-main event. The pair were set to take each other on for five rounds.

Many believe it could be because either one of the fighters doesn’t want it to be a 5-round fight, while others think Chimaev has fallen ill again.

Regardless, if the fight goes ahead as scheduled, it would seem Whittaker already has a simple plan for the Chechen juggernaut.

Whittaker’s plans for Chimaev

Robert Whittaker has fought five round fights multiple times. He doesn’t mind the grind and the soul crushing exhaustion of the championship rounds!

Chimaev, on the other hand, has never been in a fight for 5 rounds. The last time he went the distance in a fight was against Gilburt Burns and he almost lost that one!

So as an experienced vet, Whittaker has a simple game plan for his opponent.

In an interview with Submission Radio, the New Zealand native spoke about what he was preparing for the fight,

“Got to worry about how hard he’s going to push the wrestling envelope in the first few rounds. Then, what I’m going to do after that. After I stop the takedowns, after I get back up, just take the fight to him.”

 

Now, all that said, Chimaev did hold his own even after he was busted open and battered by Burns. So it won’t be too much of a surprise if he manages to do that against the Aussie.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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