Undefeated welterweight contender, Khamzat Chimaev has emerged as fairly the respectable betting favourite to compile distress on former division champion, Kamaru Usman – and hand the Nigerian a 3rd straight Octagon defeat.
Chimaev, who boasts an undefeated 12-0 skilled file, has been linked with a return to the Octagon at UFC 294 in October on ‘Combat Island’ in Abu Dhabi, UAE – as a part of the group’s return to the Center East for this yr.
As for Usman, the Auchi native is concentrating on a quickfire return to the Octagon following a second profession loss to division kingpin, Leon Edwards in the principle occasion of UFC 286 again in March in London, England – dropping a detailed, majority choice defeat to the hometown product.
Khamzat Chimaev opening as betting favourite over Kamaru Usman
Nonetheless, regardless of his requires a well timed comeback to the Octagon in a bid to snap a two-fight shedding skid, former pound-for-pound primary fighter, Usman has opened as a betting underdog (+135) to defeat the unbeaten, Khamzat Chimaev – who opens as a powerful (-155) favourite.
Polskie kasyna on-line may also help decide markets to additional place bets and wagers on fight sports activities together with the UFC, as each welterweight contenders, Chimaev and Usman proceed to search out themselves linked to an end-of-year showdown.
A possible roadblock to a battle between Khamzat Chimaev and Kamaru Usman comes within the type of an obvious leap to middleweight for the previous, with Usman urged to pursue the same transfer by UFC chief, Dana White – who has shot down a urged catchweight contest between the pair.
“I don’t do catchweights – don’t do it,” Dana White mentioned throughout a current media scrum following UFC Vegas 73 over the course of final weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. “So, you understand how Khamzat (Chimaev) is. For those who discuss sh*t to Khamzat, he’s going to go proper at it with you and doesn’t care who he fights and all that stuff. I don’t know. Clearly, we’ve been making quite a lot of bulletins these days, we haven’t made that announcement but as a result of we don’t have the battle performed but, however, we’re engaged on stuff for Khamzat.”
Fighting weight chopping points two of his three most up-to-date walks on the welterweight restrict, AllStars MMA staple, Khamzat Chimaev did not ship a shocking seven and a half kilos for a scheduled UFC 279 important occasion with promotional alum, Nate Diaz again in September.
As an alternative dealing with Californian striker, Kevin Holland in an impromptu catchweight matchup in a demoted co-main occasion battle on the pay-per-view card, Khamzat Chimaev improved to 12-0 with a devastating first spherical D’Arce choke submission success on the T-Cell Enviornment.
A profession welterweight, Usman had landed the division’s undisputed crown in a one-sided judging win over Tyron Woodley again in March 2019, earlier than touchdown consecutive profitable title defenses towards Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal – each twice, in addition to common-foe and former coaching companion, Gilbert Burns.
Moreover, boasting a promotional-perfect Octagon file previous to his gorgeous back-to-back defeats to Edwards, Usman captured The Utlimate Fighter 21 welterweight crown with a submission success over Hayder Hassan again in 2015.
