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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – APRIL 09: Khamzat Chimaev of Russia reacts after defeating Gilbert Burns of Brazil in the welterweight bout during the UFC 273 event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 09, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – APRIL 09: Khamzat Chimaev of Russia reacts after defeating Gilbert Burns of Brazil in the welterweight bout during the UFC 273 event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 09, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Khamzat Chimaev stirred up quite a storm last year after missing weight for his fight against Nate Diaz. The Chechen star was supposed to be Diaz’s final opponent in the UFC. However, Chimaev fumbled the ball on the scales and earned the ire of the fans. Now, ‘Borz’ has come forward with some claims about the UFC 279 debacle and what happened behind the scenes. However, Diaz’s camp has debunked Chimaev’s claims and fired back with strong words.
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Chimaev recently claimed that Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov offered Diaz $2 million to fight Chimaev after the weight-cut fiasco. The 27-year-old said, “Ramzan Akhmatovich called me and said he would give Nate $2 million to agree to the fight. I told Diaz, but he still refused. He didn’t want to fight me and just found another option.”
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LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 10: Khamzat Chimaev speaks to the media following their UFC 279 win on September 9, 2022, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
However, Diaz ended up fighting Tony Ferguson at UFC 279. Evidently, team Diaz rejected any offer that was made to realize the Chimaev fight. Nevertheless, they have denied Chimaev’s claims of the multi-million dollar offer.
Team Diaz fires back at Khamzat Chimaev
In response to Chimaev’s claims, Diaz’s representative, Zach Rosenfield, laid out their side of the story. He also retaliated in a strong fashion against ‘Borz’s’ claims of offering Diaz more money to fight Chimaev. MMA analyst Ariel Helwani shared Rosenfield’s words in a tweet.
Quote from Nathan Diaz’s rep Zach Rosenfield on Khamzat Chimaev’s recent comments about their failed fight last year. pic.twitter.com/zBsku75ubg
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 10, 2023
Rosenfield said the Russian-born fighter must have asked Diaz for a fight in his ‘fairytail’.
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“The only millions that were negotiated on that Friday were the millions more that we got for fighting Tony after Khamzat was not professional enough to show up for the fight we asked for.”
Evidently, Diaz’s team did not take kindly to Chimaev’s allegations. Despite Diaz’s swan song at UFC 279, his beef with Chimaev is still going on strong and this is only one chapter of it. Fans will have to wait and see what other details of this story will unfold in the coming days.
Many are waiting for Chimaev to get back to the octagon once more. However, he doesn’t have an opponent yet.
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