Khamzat Chimaev wants to fight newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira in Brazil

Khamzat Chimaev has known as out the newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. Pereira beat Adesanya for a 3rd time in the main-event at UFC 281, ending the Kiwi’s unbeaten run at middleweight.

Chimaev issued a callout to Pereira instantly afterwards, plotting a matchup in the Brazilian’s house nation. ‘Borz’ is trying to fight ‘Poatan’ at UFC 283 which is scheduled for January 21, 2023, on the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Chechen-born Swede wrote on Twitter:

“Ready to fight in Brazil @AlexPereiraUFC let’s go champ 🤪🤝”

The tweet was a follow-up to his earlier tweets the place expressed dissapointment with the UFC 281 headliner and in addition labeled Pereira a straightforward fight.

Let me fight with this man, 1 street end him ⚔️🏼

Let me fight with this man, 1 street end him ⚔️✊🏼

Alex Pereira scored a surprising fifth-round comeback win over Israel Adesanya in the main-event at UFC 282. ‘Poatan’ was shedding the choice on the scorecards after being harm by Adesanya in the closing seconds of spherical 1 and managed the bottom for almost all spherical 3.

However, Pereira wobbled the previous champ with a large left hook in the ultimate spherical and went in for the kill, sensing blood. The finish formally got here at 2:01 of the spherical as referee Marc Goddard stepped in.

Belal Muhammad believes Khamzat Chimaev is a foul matchup for Alex Pereira

Khamzat Chimaev has fought in each the middleweight and welterweight divisions, though he has earned extra accolades in the 170 lbs. weight class. However, a everlasting transfer up to 185 lbs. appears impending for ‘Borz’, contemplating his final weight miss at UFC 279.

While Chimaev eyes a title shot towards Alex Pereira, UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad believes ‘Borz’ could be a foul matchup for the Brazilian. ‘Remember the Name’ wrote:

“Khamzat is a terrible matchup for alex”

Muhammad’s feedback will not be baseless contemplating Pereira bought dominated on the bottom by Adesanya, who’s a pure striker. Chimaev, who has grappled with the likes of Gilbert Burns, will certainly be an enormous problem for ‘Poatan’.