Joaquin Buckley challenges Khamzat Chimaev to one round standing only

The UFC country got a caller spark again, and Joaquin Buckley and the existent middleweight champion, Khamzat Chimaev, were successful the halfway of attention. It each started aft the celebrated combatant shared a video of himself moving connected his striking skills. That signaling did not spell unnoticed, particularly not by the American knockout, who decided to publically respond and nonstop a precise nonstop message.

The American, who is presently moving his mode to the apical of the welterweight division, is known for not being acrophobic to telephone retired large names. Although Kamaru Usman broke his winning streak successful June, helium did not discontinue oregon calm down. On the contrary, helium continued to look for large fights and has present shifted his absorption to the undefeated combatant from Chechnya. He issued a situation done societal networks, which instantly caused stormy reactions.

One circular successful a lasting position

"Man, each that hitting you're showing, conscionable to spell for a takedown successful the archetypal 5 seconds of the fight, that's truly crazy," Buckley said.

Then helium continued without hesitation: 

“So, Khamzat, here’s what I’ll bash for you; if you tin enactment connected your feet for 1 round, lasting up, without utilizing wrestling, I’ll springiness you $50,000. Yes, you heard that right, $50,000. And successful your country, successful rubles, however overmuch is that? About 3 million?”

The American combatant didn’t halt there. He besides brought Nassourdine Imavov into the story, adding: “You cognize that’s bully wealth for you. And conjecture what, Nassourdine, if you tin lucifer that, past that’s a full of $100,000.” 

Finally, the situation ended with a crisp message:

“So, Khamzat, instrumentality that wealth oregon amusement yourself a coward again by utilizing wrestling successful the archetypal 5 seconds. Actually, I’m astatine the ATM close now. I’m going to retreat immoderate money. True, I person to triumph different combat first, but erstwhile I do, I’ll travel for you.”

On the different hand, the champion has already shown however unsafe helium is connected the ground. In the combat for the loop against Dricus du Plessis astatine UFC 319 successful August, the experienced combatant knocked down his rival arsenic galore arsenic 12 times and controlled him for much than 21 minutes, which brought him a definite triumph by unanimous determination of the judges. It remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition respond to this antithetic challenge.