Khamzat Chimaev joined an elite group hunters after his middleweight title win on UFC 319 last Saturday.
On Saturday, the Premier promotion returned to Chicago for the first time since 2019 with UFC 319 with the head of Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev.
In a surprise result, 'Borz' completely dominated the South African in a dominant display where his cardio held up and sailed to become the new middleweight champion.
After the fight, UFC boss Dana White claimed that Chimaev would be able to return to action sooner, claiming that he is interested in adding him at the UFC 321 event in October after 'Borz' already registered interest in fighting there.
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Islam Makhachev and Jon Jones respond to Chimaev's title profit
Since he debuted in the promotion in 2020, it seemed inevitable that the Chechen UFC would win, but it didn't feel that it would take so long.
And with his victory, Chimaev has joined a small group of elite hunters to win a UFC title while retaining an undefeated record, who joins Israel Adesanya, Ilia Topuria and a few others.
Now Chimaev will probably look to build his legacy, hoping to end his career in the goat debate. And for his first title fight, Chimaev was full of praise about who he believes is the greatest of all time, Jon Jones.
“Congratulations (Wolf),” Jones posted early this Sunday morning on X.
Sending Chimaev A congratulation report was also a former lightweight King, Islam Makhachev, whose team argued earlier with Chimaev after he and Abubakar Nurmagomedov came to the crowd of a UFC event.
“Congratulations, it was certain (happen),” Makhachev posted on his Instagram story.
Can Khamzat Chimaev fall as one of the greatest of all time?
At the moment it is clear that the skills of the Chechen is very limited, but what he does well, he does better than anyone else in the sport.
Someone who was extremely comparable in that respect was Khabib Nurmagomedov, who consistently dominated his opponents on the ground, but his striking left a lot to be desired.
Nevertheless, 'The Eagle' is still generally considered to be one of the greatest of all time, who gives 'Borz' hope that he can also create a similar legacy as his countryman.