Khamzat Chimaev is disappointed he didn’t fight Nate Diaz at UFC 279. On the other hand, maybe it was for the best. “If I fought him, I would kill him,” Chimaev said at the press conference following Saturday’s pay-per-view event. “I would be in a jail, so maybe I have to be happy.” Chimaev definitely… Poursuivre la lecture Khamzat Chimaev on Nate Diaz after UFC 279: ‘If I fought him, I would kill him’

Nate Diaz is counting Friday’s chaos as a win over Khamzat Chimaev ahead of UFC 279. “Scared. That f****** fool is scared,” Diaz said Friday night on the ESPN weigh-in show. “At least I don’t have to deal with this, so that’s 1-0 on [Chimaev]. So if I can get through this dude tomorrow, then… Poursuivre la lecture Nate Diaz proclaims himself ‘1-0’ over ‘little-leaguer’ Khamzat Chimaev, reacts to chaos at UFC 279

According to Khamzat Chimaev’s coach, the chaos surrounding the UFC 279 press conference was exaggerated, but not everyone escaped untouched. In a live Instagram video, coach Andreas Michael commented on the melee that ensued Thursday in Las Vegas, having a laugh at some of the stories coming out of the incident while also claiming that… Poursuivre la lecture Coach: Khamzat Chimaev put ‘a boot in the chest’ of Kevin Holland during UFC 279 backstage brawl

This Saturday the UFC returns with another pay-per-view event, UFC 279, headlined by a welterweight fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz. Chimaev enters the bout as a prohibitive favorite, and with this being the final fight on Diaz’s current UFC contract, many view this as the UFC attempting to send their soon-to-be-former star out… Poursuivre la lecture Paths to Victory: How Nate Diaz can pull off miracle upset at UFC 279

Johnny Walker hasn’t been the same for the past three years, he said in an interview with MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca. The Brazilian brawler, who returns to action Saturday against Ion Cutelaba at UFC 279, opened up on how using cannabidiol (CBD) led to a decrease in quality of life and mental health issues. Walker… Poursuivre la lecture ‘I was drugging myself for the past three years’: How Johnny Walker found new life ahead of UFC 279