Khamzat Chimaev is oozing confidence ahead of the biggest fight of his career. Chimaev (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) meets former title challenger Gilbert Burns (20-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC 273 main card and could emerge as the No. 1 contender with an impressive win. Although he’s only four fights into his UFC career, Chimaev has taken the MMA world by storm and has no doubt that he can handle both UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya . “Usman almost handicapped, brother,” Chimaev said in an interview with Daniel Cormier. “His knees doesn’t work, his back hurts, his arm hurts, operation everywhere.
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Khamzat Chimaev on Kamaru Usman, Israel Adesanya: ‘I’m gonna go and smash them both’ – MMA Junkie