Khamzat Chimaev’s withdrawal as a result of meals poisoning is nothing greater than faux information.
Roughly two weeks earlier than he was scheduled to headline UFC’s huge debut in Saudi Arabia towards Robert Whittaker, ‘Borz’ was compelled to bow out of the bout after turning into “violently sick.” Shortly after the information broke, pictures surfaced of Chimaev within the hospital and searching worse for put on. Because it stands, solely individuals inside his circle have the main points, however lately, rumors started to flow into that the affliction was as a result of a extreme case of meals poisoning.
Nonetheless, Tam Khan, a member of Chimaev’s coaching camp has known as “bullsh*t” on these rumors, indicating that the sickness was one thing way more extreme.
“All these faux rumours about [Khamzat Chimaev] pulling out as a result of meals poisoning is completely bullshit,” Khan wrote on X. “I used to be a part of the camp & behind the scenes. As a brother I gained’t share his darkish instances however belief me after I say, he was very sick & hospitalised. The man’s a beast & to see him so unhealthy wasn’t time for us all.
“Praying for his restoration & comeback. Sadly God had different plans & no person might’ve anticipated or foreseen this. The final weeks have been robust & he tried each answer however final week received so unhealthy that it was unimaginable to combat. InshaAllah he’ll be again, however for now, relaxation & restoration is required.”
This isn’t Khamzat Chimaev’s first time coping with a critical sickness
That is actually not the primary time Khamzat Chimaev has discovered himself in a scenario like this. In 2020, ‘Borz’ handled an particularly nasty bout of COVID-19 that was so extreme, that he had contemplated retiring from MMA altogether.
“It affected him so rapidly,” Chimaev’s jiu-jitsu coach, Alan Nascimento, informed MMA Preventing’s Portuguese-language podcast Trocação Franca. “He had each symptom, together with problem to breathe. We have been apprehensive. He began to wrestle desperately in the midst of the night time, he couldn’t breathe, and we needed to take him to the hospital.”
Luckily, ‘Borz’ made a full restoration, however after the fast begin to his UFC profession that noticed him rating three wins within the span of seven weeks, it was greater than a yr between his win over Gerald Meerschaert and his return towards Li Jingliang.
Within the 4 years since, he has solely fought 4 instances, seeing a number of most important occasion alternatives fall by means of.
Stepping in Chimaev’s place at UFC Saudi Arabia on June 22 can be relative newcomer Ikram Aliskerov.
Incomes his UFC contract on a 2022 episode of Dana White’s Contender Collection, Aliskerov has earned back-to-back first-round finishes contained in the Octagon, dispatching Phil Hawes and Warlley Alves final yr. With a win over ‘The Reaper’ in Riyadh, Aliskerov would instantly thrust himself from exterior of the welterweight prime 15 and into title competition.
