The MMA world is watching with bated breath for the next moves of the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight and light heavyweight kings.
In August, Khamzat Chimaev claimed the 185-pound crown by running roughshod over Dricus Du Plessis. A few months later in October, Alex Pereira secured his old light heavyweight belt back by punching out Magomed Ankalaev in 80 seconds. Since then, much of the banter and many a hypothesized matchup have considered what would happen if the unbeaten wrestler took on the former two-division champ.
Earlier in the week, Chimaev said in an interview that he was the A-side in a theorized matchup between himself and “Poatan.