Unbeaten middleweight contender, Khamzat Chimaev is once more expected to make his long-anticipated return to action later this year in a reworked title eliminator against former champion, Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 — and is certainly ramping up training for his comeback bout.
Chimaev, the current number twelve ranked 185lbs contender, has been sidelined since he landed a controversial majority decision win over former welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman in a short-notice co-main event fight at UFC 294.
And booked to return earlier this summer, Chimaev was ruled from a UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia headliner with the above-mentioned, Whittaker, until a reported “violent” illness ruled the Chechen from his first promotional main event outing.