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UFC 308 LIVE: Robert Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev. 21:07, Alex Pattle. This one may well be a No 1 contender’s fight at middleweight. Chimaev sprinted to the ring, before an intense-looking ...
A five-round middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev took place at the event. [6] They were previously expected to headline UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov last June, but Chimaev withdrew due to illness. [7]
However, Chimaev withdrew due to an illness and was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov, who was scheduled to fight a week earlier at UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira. [6] A middleweight bout between Sharabutdin Magomedov and Ihor Potieria was expected to take place at the event. [5] However, Potieria was pulled to face Michel Pereira at UFC 301. [7]
Robert John Whittaker (born 20 December 1990) is an Australian professional mixed martial artist.He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and the first Australian to win a UFC championship.
Say you’re Robert Whittaker.Say you’ve got a big fight booked against the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev as the headliner of Saturday’s UFC Saudi Arabia (3 p.m ET, ABC/ESPN+). It’s a fight ...
The battle won the Fight of the Night award. You can re-live the wild brawl in the video above. Related UFC 279 lineup bulks up with Tony Ferguson moving to welterweight vs. Li Jingliang, Dana ...
Chimaev turned professional on 26 May 2018, at International Ring Fight Arena 14, against Gard Olve Sagen. [35] He won the fight via technical knockout in the second round. [36] Chimaev's next fight took place on 18 August 2018, against Ole Magnor at Fight Club Rush 3. [37] He won via submission with a rear naked choke late in the first round. [38]
This event was the fourth and final UFC Fight Island event that took place on Yas Island, following UFC 251, UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige and UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2, as part of a plan to facilitate the hosting of events involving fighters impacted by U.S. travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.