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Brendan Fitzgerald, Dustin Poirier and Chael Sonnen debate who could be Khamzat Chimaev’s first title challenger after Dana White says he’d consider adding a middleweight title fight to UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi in October.
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How about for Hamzachimay and Drizz Dupy
as we revisit our main event. What can
you say about Hamzachimay's dominant
performance?
What about Chamay being so calm when he
was up here with us? He won a gold belt
that I dedicated my life to. He won a
black belt after he won the gold belt. I
mean, not for nothing, this was his
night and he had already moved on. He
was already looking for who's next. He's
already talking about turnarounds and I
want to make money. I don't know him
very well, but I learned a lot about him
in that interview. And that type of
composure is one of the reasons that he
doesn't fatigue
and he does want the quick turnaround
for a fighter that we've only seen
compete once a year for the last several
years. Dana White spoke about a possible
next scenario for Hamzachi Mayv.
He had said all fight week he wants to
turn around and fight in Abu Dhabi. Um
is that something you would consider or
do you feel like with the heavyweight
title already on that card like he maybe
I just had a kid fight Tuesday and
wanted to turn around and come here? I I
would Abu Dhabi I would definitely
consider.
So there you go. He will consider it,
Dustin. We'll see if Hamza Chim gets on
that card late October. It's a quick
turnaround, but who does he fight? Who
does he fight at the middleweight? You
know, um Fluffy. Fluffy had a great win.
He could be up there, Cal. But he has a
fight booked. That would be a quick
turnaround for the winner of that fight.
I'm just wondering who's next uh there.
And it's hard for me to imagine that
Fluffy is going to headline a
pay-per-view. However, I'll remind you
guys, he's won eight in a row. The
alltime record was 10 in a row, and that
went to Morra before finally getting a
title shot. So whether you like the idea
of fluffy or not, you're going to have
to learn to love it within within a
fight.
Well, here's the scenario at
middleweight. The top contender is
Nasardini MV. He's fighting Kaio in two
weeks in Paris, France. Safe to say that
might be the contender fight. Rineer
Derritter's unbeaten in the UFC. He's
climbed the ranks very quickly. And then
of course, Fluffy Hernandez is in there.
But a lot of fresh matchups for
Hamzachimay in the top 10.
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