“Khamzat’s Falling Out” – Khamzat Chimaev Fails Dana White & Co.’s “Big Test” as Illness Forces UFC Saudi Arabia Withdrawal

The UFC faced one of the biggest setbacks when Khamzat Chimaev pulled out of his clash from UFC Fight Night. Chimaev was all set to take on Robert Whittaker in an exciting middleweight clash. However, ‘Borz’ faced some serious illness during his camp, which forced him out of the contest. While the fans seemed a bit concerned about his health, he once again pulled out of a fight.

Brendan Schaub took to his ‘The Fighter and The Kid’ podcast to share his opinion on the whole. While Schaub seemed a bit disappointed with Chimaev walking out, he felt this might be the end of the road for him.

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30-year-old Chimaev was last seen inside the Octagon in 2020 and impressed everyone with his performance. Since then, the Chechen fighter has faced a lot of issues regarding his health. His absence from the Octagon has raised many questions about his future in the promotion. Once considered the number one contender in the division, Chimaev might now struggle to get future matches feels Schaub. The former UFC fighter in his podcast said, “And Khamzat’s falling out. I don’t know what’s going to happen with him. I don’t know because the UFC is going to be like all right. He’s a liability now. “

The 41-year-old feels that ‘Borz’ has now created a reputation for pulling out of fights. Despite staying unbeaten in the division, Schaub feels he might not get a chance soon. Schaub further added, “What’s going on? He had the super long Covid thing he was talking about. But the UFC once you are unreliable, like you miss the weight. Which he’s done. So if you are missing weight and then you’re not showing up to fights eventually UFC goes all right. Na put him on the back. Agreeing to the claims, Bryan Callen also said, “This was the big test.” UFC CEO Dana White termed the entire situation as ‘violently’ ill’ for the Chechian fighter. It was later found out that the 30-year-old was suffering from food poisoning.

But was he really suffering from food poisoning? A recent post on X by one of Chimaev’s closet friends hints at something else. According to him, Chimaev was struggling very badly in the camp and ruled out any possibility of having food poisoning.

Khamzat Chimaev’s actual situation revealed by one of his closest friends

Since the time ‘Borz’ walked out of the clash because of illness, most of the fans seemed worried. Chimaev’s manager Majdi Shammas then released a statement stating the problems faced by him in the camp. 30-year-old fighter reportedly struggled during the entire camp and eventually had to call the fight off. It was later revealed that he was struggling with food poisoning, which forced his team to take this tough decision. However, one of Chimaev’s closest friends Tam Khan, shared the true picture. MMA Orbit shared the message on their X account, which might surprise the fans. 

The post read as “All these fake rumours about @KChimaev pulling out due to food poisoning is absolutely bullshit. I was part of the camp & behind the scenes. As a brother I won’t share his dark times but trust me when I say, he was very sick & hospitalised. The guys a beast & to see him so bad wasn’t a good time for us all. Praying for his recovery & comeback.” Khan further in his post clarified that the team tried desperately hard to negate the situation. However, Chimaev was in no condition to turn up for the match, which forced the team to call off the clash.

With UFC Fight Night out of the way, it will now be interesting to see whether ‘Borz’ returns to his best or not. However, more importantly, will the UFC back him in the future? What do you think about the claims made by Brendan Schaub about Chimaev? Let us know in the comments below.