Khamzat Chimaev is on a winning spree… And it doesn’t seem like he’s eager to stop competing. After first easily taking the win against Li Jingliang in his most recent UFC bout, Chimaev took it to challenge himself in a freestyle wrestling match against Jack Hermansson, at Bulldog Fight Night 9. Needless to say, he dominated and impressed with his performance.
But now it seems like he wants to challenge himself even further – to unprecedented lengths even! On November 30, he first called out former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar to a fight:
Let’s fight till one man leaves the cage @BrockLesnar 💀
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) November 30, 2021
He then called out Georges St-Pierre:
New King of UFC vs a Legend. What you think ? @GeorgesStPierre
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) November 30, 2021
And then… He called out Daniel Cormier to a wrestling match! D.C. replied in short fashion:
In a real wrestling match? Are you crazy Khamzat? Love that you’re confident but brother this is 10-0 DC ! @KChimaev https://t.co/yZhpi9Viiz
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 30, 2021
But despite D.C.’s confidence, Chimaev’s wrestling is no joke. Back in his younger days, Khamzat took bronze in the Russian junior wrestling championships, and then wrestled for the Swedish Wrestling club BK Athen. From there, he managed to win the Swedish National Wrestling Championship in freestyle (in 2018); with three of the matches being won 10-0 and the final match by 7-0.
With that said, he actually won the Swedish National Wrestling Championships in both welterweight and middleweight classes.
Check out Chimaev and D.C. play-wrestling on the video below… Even D.C. admitted that Khamzat is not to be fooled with!
