UFC 328 is lower than 24 hours away, with the fundamental event fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland for the UFC Middleweight Championship officially on as each men made the championship weight limit, or did they?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fight fans in every single place have analyzed Chimaev’s weigh-in and consider that something wasn’t quite right. The champion barely made 185 kilos with lower than 20 minutes to go until his allotted closing date expired, and while he looked drained and dejected (as do most fighters after cutting weight), it was announced that Chimaev weighed in at exactly 185 kilos. This footage didn’t sit right with quite a lot of people, including current UFC bantamweight Bryce Mitchell, who even took to Instagram<\/a> to precise his frustrations on how the upcoming title fight is already rigged in favor of Chimaev.<\/p>\n Khamzat Chimaev just made weight with only 20 minutes to spare \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n DC: “He looks pretty dejected, man. He’s hurting. He’s miserable. He looks so skinny.” pic.twitter.com\/bKLjV1NLar<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Comfortable Punch (@HappyPunch) May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mitchell stated that the scales weren’t balanced and that there was no way that Chimaev could have made 185 kilos, which in his mind makes Strickland the unofficial champion already. Mitchell also brought up Chimaev’s previous weigh-in controversy where he weighed seven-and-a-half kilos over the welterweight limit to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 279, which ended up being the night where Chimaev was allowed to almost move as much as middleweight the day of his newly scheduled fight.<\/p>\n Strickland himself has called Chimaev out on the ceremonial weigh-in,<\/a> outright claiming Chimaev to be a coward who didn’t make the load.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n