At UFC 308 on October 26, Khamzat Chimaev finally makes his return to the Octagon after over a 12 months out of motion when he takes on Robert Whittaker in a five-round co-main event.
Despite being probably the most feared fighters on the present UFC roster, inactivity has hindered Khamzat Chimaev‘s UFC profession with him having only fought 3 times prior to now two years.
Earlier this 12 months, ‘Borz’ was scheduled to tackle Robert Whittaker within the UFC’s inaugural event in Saudi Arabia, when the 2 were set to predominant event, but just a number of weeks out, Chimaev once more withdrew.
Latest Khamzat Chimaev training footage is released prior to UFC 308 fight
Since joining the UFC in 2020, the 30-year-old has consistently suffered from health issues to the purpose where he considered an early retirement from the game.
After contracting COVID-19, Chimaev withdrew from several scheduled fights against Leon Edwards, and the aftereffects are seemingly still taking their toll on the Chechen.
Having said that, earlier this 12 months, ‘Borz’ reunited along with his former coach and revealed that he’s now training properly as an alternative of overtraining, which he claims is the rationale for his constant health complications.
Chimaev admitted that he used to coach to exhaustion but now his coaches are letting him rest and get well properly in between rounds and training sessions.
Earlier this Monday, Chimaev’s teammate, Ildir Aisin posted a video of the 30-year-old during one in all his training sessions wherein the Chechen was seen rapidly shadowboxing.
Fans react to Khamzat Chimaev training footage claiming he looks faster than ever
Chimaev undoubtedly looks in great shape ahead of his huge middleweight fight against Whittaker, nevertheless, some fans are still fairly skeptical that we’ll see Chimaev at UFC 308.
“Just hope Khamzat Chimaev stays healthy. All of us know the way talented he’s, he just can’t stay healthy to indicate it within the cage,” one fan commented.
One other fan was entirely impressed with Chimaev’s training effort, commenting on X: “I feel like he’s going to beat Rob and make it look easy for some reason.”
Whittaker stands as his hardest test up to now, despite his last outing having come against former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, who was stepping in on short notice.
“He’s going to demolish the division,” one other fan commented on X.
Although each Chimaev and Whittaker are hopeful that the winner of their bout will go on to challenger Dricus Du Plessis for the title, UFC CEO Dana White recently confirmed that Sean Strickland is next up for the South African.
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