Khamzat Chimaev steamrolled Li Jingliang at UFC 267. Jingliang entered the fight as the No. 11 ranked fighter in the official UFC welterweight rankings. Chimaev returned from a break of more than a year after he suffered from a nasty case of COVID-19 that left him contemplating retirement and thinking he was going to die. The fight lasted 3:16. Jingliang didn’t land a single significant strike. Chimaev went 25-for-25 in that department and then choked his opponent unconscious. The win was an impressive one and seemed to show that Chimaev was back to being the most hyped fighter on the UFC roster.
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