The UFC President had his praise and advice for the dominant welterweight following UFC 279.
Following a first round submission win vs. Kevin Holland, Dana White had this to say to the media about Khamzat Chimaev
“I don’t know if anybody expected him to do exactly what he did,” White said about Chimaev. “You don’t know what to expect from that guy. This is like his fourth fight that he’s never even taken a punch.
“He’s an absolute f****** freak of nature, and I don’t think anybody expected that, especially against Kevin, who’s 6-foot-2. To say that somebody expected that, there’s no f****** way people expected that. I didn’t expect that.”
While the UFC president was impressed by Chimaev’s performance, he wasn’t happy with weight issues that threw the entire card into upheaval just 24 hours prior to the event.
White said he would like to see Chimaev consider moving up to the 185 pound division, where he’s previously fought in the UFC, so future issues like this one could be avoided.
“It’s a problem,” White said. “That’s a problem that he missed weight. I don’t know. We’ve got to look at it and figure it out. What makes sense is for him to fight at [185 pounds], so we’ll see. It is what it is. It happened. We’ll go back this week and come up with a plan and probably have him fight at [185].”
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