Dana White has given the explanation as to why Khamzat Chimaev is out of his fundamental occasion battle towards Robert Whittaker at UFC Saudi Arabia.
Chimaev was set to headline subsequent Saturday’s card towards Whittaker in a possible title eliminator bout at middleweight. It was a battle many followers have been trying ahead to, however on Thursday, it was revealed that Chimaev was out of the scrap and Ikram Aliskerov could be function his alternative.
Throughout Dana White’s announcement, he gave a purpose for Chimaev being out and he mentioned it was resulting from him being violently ailing.
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“Somewhat information right here, sadly, Khamzat Chimaev is out of the battle subsequent weekend in Saudi Arabia, violently and I imply violently ailing, so he’s going again residence and hopefully he will get nicely quickly,” White mentioned.
How or when Chimaev acquired sick is unsure, nevertheless it was sufficient for him to be within the hospital and be pulled from the battle. Hopefully, Chimaev can get wholesome quickly and he’ll have the ability to battle once more quickly and get one other massive battle subsequent day trip.
Khamzat Chimaev is presently 13-0 as a professional and coming off a choice win over Kamaru Usman again in October in his return to middleweight. Chimaev holds notable wins over Kevin Holland, Gilbert Burns, and Li Jingliang amongst others.
With Chimaev out, Robert Whittaker will now face Ikram Aliskerov who was alleged to battle this Saturday at UFC Vegas 93.
UFC Saudi Arabia is now as follows:
- Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alexander Volkov
- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez
- Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Muhammad Naimov
- Volkan Oezdemir vs. Johnny Walker
- Joilton Lutterbach vs. Shara Magomedov
- Jared Gordon vs. Nasrat Haqparast
- Nicolas Dalby vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov
- Farid Basharat vs. Montel Jackson
- Muin Gafurov vs. Kyung Ho Kang
- Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- SD Dumas vs. Denis Tiuliulin
- ChangHo Lee vs. Xiao Lengthy