Undefeated middleweight contender, Khamzat Chimaev has been urged to forget about hs calls for a title fight in his return to the Octagon at UFC 308 later this year, with former two-division champion, Daniel Cormier labelling the Chechen “crazy”.
Chimaev, the current number eleven ranked challenger at the middleweight limit, has been sidelined since October of last year, most recently improving to 13-0 in a controversial majority decision win over former welterweight champion and pound-for-pound number one, Kamaru Usman.
Missing out on a return last month as he battled an apparent “violent” illness, Chimaev was forced to withdraw from a main event fight with former undisputed champion, Robert Whittaker at UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia.