Khamzat Chimaev might be on the rise at welterweight but what has he done at middleweight to deserve a title shot?
Diddly-squat. Absolutely nothing.
That’s according to Israel Adesanya’s head coach Eugene Bareman, who claims ‘rising star’ Chimaev (2-0 at middleweight) has to establish himself at 185 before he starts talking about a title shot against newly-crowned champion Alex Pereira.
“I haven’t seen the numbers on the last fight, but I’m sure they’re very, very good,” Bareman told Submission Radio about Adesanya vs. Pereira (h/t MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck). “I think in the middleweight division, I still think that’s the biggest fight.