After easily dispatching of his opponent Li Jingliang in his last UFC fight, Khamzat Chimaev made a quick return to action and is filling up his schedule with various combat activities.
After taking time away to recover from a rough bout with COVID19 following his busy debut year in 2020 that saw him fight and win dominantly three times in just over two months, Chimaev faced Swedish grappler and UFC fighter, Jack Hermansson in a freestyle wrestling match at Bulldog Fight Night 9. Chimaev easily defeated Hermansson in a impressive performance.

Chimaev has a perfect 10-0 record in MMA. Six of those wins came via knockout and three came by way of submission.

He is now facing UFC title challenger and BJJ world champion Gilbert Burns in his next UFC fight.

In this recent video compilation of his training with fellow pro fighters at Tiger Muay Thai, we can see just how good his Wrestling and grappling really is.

He takes on various wrestlers, and BJJ black belts and easily manhandles them.

Chimaev has a rich wrestling background taking bronze in the Russian junior wrestling championships. He then wrestled for Swedish Wrestling club BK Athén. He easily won the Swedish national wrestling Championship in freestyle in 2018. He won his matches with a convincing 10-0, 10-0, 10-0 through the tournament and 7-0 in the final. Chimaev has won the Swedish Wrestling Championships in both welterweight and middleweight.

He recently started to train BJJ in the Gi at Allstars Training Center in Stockholm, Sweden. His BJJ instructor Alan “Finfou” Nascimento, a multiple-time BJJ world champion, felt it was time for Chimaev to be awarded his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Throwback to UFC two-weight contender Khamzat Chimaev dominating the wrestling scene prior to his rise in mixed martial arts.

They key to Chimaev’s success is his daily hard work and training: