Newly crowned Middleweight king Khamzat Chimaev went live on his instagram and answered fans questions as they flooded the comments. The unbeaten 31 year old has grown a fanbase ever since his debut in the UFC back in 2020. Now 9-0 inside the UFC octagon but with plenty of stumbling blocks along the way, he finds himself with the 185lbs belt and looking for another.
His UFC tenure started at 170lbs, in his first 5 fights he earned performance bonuses in every single one. Late in his debut year he suffered horrendously with Covid-19 and his career could well have been cut short but he returned to the Octagon a year later at the end of 2021 and was victorious once again.