Khamzat Chimaev denies Alex Pereira’s claims that he was up for the fight. Alex Pereira is the newly crowned king of the middleweight division. Moreover, he snatched the throne from an all-time middleweight great and his long-time foe, Israel Adesanya.

Khamzat ‘Borz’ Chimaev challenged the middleweight champion ‘Poatan’ on social media. After Alex Pereira’s astonishing win over Israel Adesanya, Chimaev unleashed his war cry. Furthermore, he claimed that it was ‘easy money and that he would finish the champ inside a round or less.

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The Swedish middleweight fighter is fresh off a victory over Kevin Holland at UFC 279. Although he was supposed to fight Nate Diaz, Borz could not make the weight cut as he was 7.5 lbs over the limit. Perhaps Diaz was a tougher fight than Kevin Holland, but the beef between them was real, as seen during the canceled UFC 279 pre-fight press conference.

Khamzat Chimaev calls out fake claims from Poatan

On ‘The MMA Hour’ show, Poatan disclosed that he wouldn’t mind facing the Swedish fighter in January. Pereira, alongside his coach Plinio Cruz, said how they offered the fight for 205 pounds at Rio. Moreover, they claimed that both the fighters were big and should not worry about the weight cut.

On the other hand, Chimaev ridiculed these claims from the Poatan’s camp. Allegedly, these claims were inaccurate, which led to Khamzat tweeting about it. He called the belt, Poatan’s coach Glover Teixeira and Poatan fake.

“Wtf,” was his first reaction. He further tweeted, “I asked them about this fight in Brazil, fake belt, fake coach, fake fighter,” to put an end to the saga.

Chimaev right to deny the claims as fans embrace Pereira Vs Adesanya 2

Perhaps Chimaev rightly denied the claims by the champion. If everything is taken into perspective, Adesanya will get the rematch to get back his title.

Alex Pereira faced Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title at UFC 281. The blockbuster fight took place at the Mecca of combat sports, ‘Madison Square Garden’. In a thrilling fight, the Brazilian claimed victory in the championship round by TKO.

It came as a surprise to many as even during the fight, The Stylebender was dominating. This paved the way for a rematch. It is a match-up demanded by fans as well.

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