‘Nothing's unimaginable to him’: Russian-born Chimaev calls ...

Khamzat Chimaev, the UFC newcomer who scored two quickfire victories on battle Island in July, could face his subsequent opponent inside weeks after reportedly landing a visa with the aid of advertising boss Dana White.

White admitted that his need to host Chimaev on a card turned into being thwarted with the aid of commute restrictions past this month, leaving the UFC president unable to verify when certainly one of his most unique up-and-coming warring parties might be in a position to seem on certainly one of his indicates for a third time.

Chimaev made mild work of John Phillips in his debut at middleweight on Yas Island before stepping right down to welterweight to stop Rhys McKee inside a round in an additional dominant display 10 days later, a UFC record time for consecutive wins.

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these brief turnarounds could have made his enforced lack of a date for his next fight consider like an eternity to the 26-year-ancient, but Ali Abdelaziz, who additionally manages light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has reportedly validated that the problem has now been solved.

The unbeaten former courageous combat Federation celebrity may now combat on September 19, based on MMA Junkie, which quoted him as gratefully announcing: "Nothing is unimaginable to Dana White. he's the brand new James Bond."

White would without doubt get pleasure from being likened to a hero. "I need him here," he confided in an Instagram live chat three weeks in the past. "I want him to come back to the united states and combat. We're engaged on it. We'll see what happens."

"He wants to combat and individuals will combat him however we've set to work on getting him in the [country]. It ain't effortless getting individuals into the country right now."

Chimaev's clearance could pave the style for him to continue his impatient can charge towards the leading names in the activity as he pursues his ambition of becoming the pound-for-pound UFC number one.

Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker labeled Chimaev a "savage" and observed he hoped the Sweden-based mostly Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist would stay at welterweight after staring at McKee fail to land a blow on him as he was blitzed in little greater than three minutes in Abu Dhabi.

Ex-heavyweight and lightweight heavyweight title holder Daniel Cormier and welterweight no 1 Gilbert Burns also heralded Chimaev on social media.