Khamzat Chimaev sets sights on Pereira title fight

UFC middleweight combatant Khamzat Chimaev is already making it wide that his ambition for 2026 knows nary bounds. The existent champion of that part wants to instrumentality a large measurement and situation Alex Pereira successful the cage, for the belt. In caller months, Chimaev has been gathering the communicative of the "hunt for Poatan", and present helium has raised the full run to a higher level, announcing an lawsuit that could go historical - a UFC lawsuit successful beforehand of the White House.

On his X profile, helium posted a wide connection to the Brazilian legend:
- Let's spell to the White House. Don't worry, I'll decorativeness you disconnected successful nary time.

With this, helium erstwhile again confirmed that helium is not looking for "another fight", but the biggest imaginable country and the strongest opponent. Chimaev antecedently claimed that Pereira was "running away", and present the UFC is getting an astir finished spectacle - a combat betwixt 2 champions of 2 categories, with wide stakes that the assemblage tin recognize without further explanations.

Pereira has not yet responded to the caller rotation call. The Brazilian precocious mentioned that the lawsuit astatine the White House is progressively looking similar a "no go" for him, which tin trim the symbolism and media effect of Chimaev's plan. Still, Pereira seems beardown and convincing astatine the moment; successful October, astatine UFC 320, helium won backmost the airy heavyweight loop by knocking retired Magomed Ankalaev successful the archetypal round. His footwear is inactive considered "fatal", careless of the opponent.

Chimaev's story

Chimaev, connected the different hand, has conscionable begun his communicative successful title style. In August astatine UFC 319, helium defeated erstwhile champion Roberto Soldic, Dricus du Plessis, to triumph the middleweight loop and amended his grounds to 15-0. His "scalps" already see names similar Robert Whittaker and Kamaru Usman, and present helium wants an adjacent bigger trophy successful the 2nd division.

After the archetypal message, Chimaev additionally addressed the assemblage and raised expectations:
- All Brazilian fans, archer that boy: if he's not afraid, fto him fight.

The lawsuit successful beforehand of the White House is tentatively scheduled for June 14, arsenic portion of the solemnisation of the 250th day of American independence. No bout has been officially confirmed yet, but Chimaev intelligibly doesn't privation to hold for quiescent negotiations down the scenes. The main question remains – what does the UFC privation from this lawsuit and whether it volition propulsion American fighters to the forefront.