Khamzat Chimaev recently suggested that he was retiring from mixed martial arts after months of harsh COVID-19 complications kept him in and out of the hospital.
His lungs reportedly sustained serious damage, and the UFC rising star also posted a photo of what appears to be blood he coughed out. His manager also previously described how Chimaev “thought he was going to die.”
Despite the seriousness of his health matters, Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov and UFC President Dana White both came out with statements downplaying any talk of retirement.