Off the back of a seemingly scuppered pairing against the unbeaten, Khamzat Chimaev, despite links to a UFC 294 matchup in October, former undisputed welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman has claimed the Chechen-born contender is “flirting” with him on social media, however, has no actual interest in fighting against him.
Usman, the current number one ranked welterweight contender, has been sidelined since headlining UFC 286 back in March of this year, suffering a close, majority decision loss to Birmingham native, Leon Edwards in the pair’s championship trilogy rubber-match in London, England.
As for Chimaev, the undefeated number four ranked challenger has yet to return to the Octagon since he co-headlined UFC 279 back in September, securing his twelfth consecutive professional win, courtesy of a first round D’Arce choke submission win over Kevin Holland.