yeah i seen the ESPN interview, chimaev does a lot of talking. its what he is good at talk. doesnt change the fact he still hasnt had his passport/visa stamped within the US since 2022. and as i said before even the UFC doesnt have the strings to pull to get him into the US, this isnt a movie. hunter campbell has been on him to fight at 300, but khamzat got sick...... yeah he is sick lets use that excuse......sure looked healthy posting on his social media yesterday.
khamzats coach 4 months ago said out of his own mouth he cant come to america....
In an interview with Chimaev’s coach released hours before his fight with Usman, it was confirmed that Khamzat is unable to travel freely because of his Russian passport and the ongoing war against Ukraine. There’s also the added wrinkle of
Chimaev’s cozy relationship with
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The United States government has heavy sanctions on Kadyrov and his associates thanks to a
growing list of international war crimes.
“With this situation going on, the war, it’s hard for anyone to travel around the world with a Russian passport,” Chimaev’s coach, Alan Nascimento, told
MMA Fighting. “Especially for a Chechen. I won’t go into details, but anyone who knows the story and is following what’s going on in the world knows that everybody is trying to corner Russia with sanctions. He’s living that.”