Khamzat Chimaev as soon as mentioned that Ikram Aliskerov was one of the best fighter he had ever fought, in or out of the UFC.
This previous summer season, Robert Whittaker, who welcomes Chimaev again to the Octagon in Abu Dhabi at subsequent weekend’s UFC 308 occasion, wanted lower than two minutes to knock out the previous four-time Fight Sambo world champion, snapping Aliskerov’s seven-fight win streak and turning into the one different man moreover ‘Borz’ to carry a combined martial arts win over him.
Subsequent Saturday evening, former UFC middleweight champion Whittaker will look to turn into the primary fighter to ever defeat Chimaev within the cage when the 2 conflict with 185-pound title rivalry on the road — and if Whittaker is ready to repeat the kind of efficiency he confirmed in his final battle with Aliskerov, who’s to say he can’t?
Take a look at Whittaker vs. Aliskerov in full beneath.
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