Despite failing to make the welterweight limit at UFC 279, Khamzat Chimaev has teased that he could be remaining at 170 pounds and fighting former welterweight title chall♎enger Colby Covington next — this and much more in Wednesday's social media roundup.
Khamzat Chimaev teases a fight with Colby Covington could be next
Des🌜pite just days ago tea꧋sing a move up in weight classes to middleweight, Khamzat Chimaev has today suggested that he could be fighting Colby Covington next at 170 pounds.
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— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev)
UFC 279 fight week was an extremely eventful week for Chimaev as he was involved in backstage scuffles with both Nate Diaz and Kevin Holland and he also failed to make the welterweight weight limit🔯 by 7.5 pounds for his originally scheduled fight against Nate Diaz.
Due to Chim🃏aev weighing in so much over the weight limit for his scheduled fight with Diaz, the top three fights on the card were all reshuffled and Chimaev ended up fighting Kevin Holland in a 180 pound catchweight bout and Diaz end💞ed up fighting Tony Ferguson in a welterweight bout.
Speculation following UFC ♉279 from both media and even Chimaev himself suggested that Chimaev's future would be in the middleweight division due to his weight struggles, this makes him teasing a fight with Colby Covington today even more unusual.
Fans certꦇainly would not be complaining if the fight between Chimaev and Covington was made as it would be a phenomenal fight.
Aspen Ladd released from the UFC
UFC women's bantamweight fig𒁃hter Aspen Ladd has officially been released from the promotion.
Aspen Ladd is no longer with the UFC.
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie)
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Ladd's release doe🦩sn't really come to much of a surprise as she is quite an unreliable fighter when it comes to making weight.
Ladd has had multiple fights in the UFC cancelled the day before the ⛦fight or the day of the fight due to her facing health issues caused by her weight cuts.
Ariel Helwani speculates as to why the UFC Fight Night event this weekend is closed to both fans and media
Yesterday it was revealed by multiple journalists that this weekend's UFC Fight Night card which will be headlined by Mackenzie Dern vs Yan Xia♑onan would be closed off to both fans and media.
Tཧhis is something which has never happened before in the UF𓄧C, even during the pandemic.
This news has led a lot of fans and med🦄ia to speculate why the event is completely closed. Arielꦉ Helwani has revealed today that he has been told by a source that the event's closure has something to do with Mark Zuckerberg.
Wa🐻tch the clip below to see Helwani exp𝔉lain the situation.
Ariel discusses why the UFC event this weekend is closed to the fans and𒅌 media.
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman)
Shane Burgos' first opponent in PFL has been revealed
Several months ago Shane Burgos who gave himself a re♈putation for being one of the most exciting fighters in the 🧜UFC was not offered an extension by the company.
UFC president Dana White even admitted that the UFC made a♊ big mistake in not resi✤gning Burgos.
The UFC's loss is PFL's gain and his first fight in PFL has jꦿust been made of𓃲ficial.
B꧒urgos will face former UF🦋C bantamweight title contender Marlon Moraes.
UFC veterans Shane Burgos and Marlon Moraes are expected to clash at the 2022 PFL Championships. --
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie)
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Alex Pereira shares an awesome video of himself sparring on a hoverboard
Despite having only three UFC fights to his name, Alex☂ Pereira f൲inds himself with a title shot against his long-time rival Israel Adesanya.
The highly anticipated middleweight title bout w🍌ill take place at UF🍎C 281 in November.
Pereira seems to be taking a more unorthodox approach to his training for 🌞this fight.
Check out th🥂e clip below to see Pereira sparring on a hoverboar꧂d.
Alex Pereira fires back at Israel Adesanya’s tennis ball training --
— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin)
“Training with a tennis b♉all is easy! I want to see him train boxing on🍰 a hoverboard.”
Bo Nickal earns a UFC contract in dominating fashion
Bo Nickal competed for the second time this seasoꦅn on Dana White's Contender Series and once again he finished the fight in dominating fashion.
Niꩵckal dropped his opponent Donovan Beard with a big overhand left and then proceeded to finish th🌼e fight with a perfectly executed triangle choke.
Incase you live under a rock, here is the entire Bo Nickal vs. Donovan Beard fight.
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media)
A STAR IS BORN.--
Even though Nickal is just three fights into his professional MMA career🍷, it is clear to see that he is a very special talent and has a big future ahead of him in th🃏e UFC.
In his first three professional bouts, Nickal has two submission finishes and a knockout win𒁃 with a combined fight time of just two minutes an🌱d 27 seconds.
Dana White announces that Bo Nickal and Raul Rosas Jr will both be added to the EA Sports UFC 3 video game
Last week, Dana White announced on his Twitter that he had been given the go-ahead by EA Sports to add one Contender Series fig🌸hter from this series to add to the UFC 3 video game.
Despite Whit💎e originally saying only one fighter would be added to the game, White announced last night that both Bo Ni👍ckal and 17-year-old Raul Rosas Jr would be soon added to the game.
-- Dana White announces that Raul Rosas Jr. ꦇand Bo Nickal will be added to the UFC 4 game.
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media)
Rafael Dos Anjos to return to welterweight for his next fight
Following a decent run at 170 pounds between 2017 and 2020, the 🐟former UFC lightweight champion and former interim UFC welterweight title contender Rafael Dos Anjos returned to the lightweight division earlier this year and fought twice.
It was revealed yesterday that RDA would be returning to 𝔍the welterweight division for his next UFC fight.
-- Rafael Dos Anjos will return to welterweight for his next fight.
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media)
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