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A middleweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev was expected to headline the event. [5]
Whittaker was scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev on 22 June 2024, at UFC on ABC 6. [101] However, Chimaev withdrew due to illness and was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov. [102] He defeated Aliskerov by knockout in the first round. [103] This fight earned him another Performance of the Night award. [104]
Chimaev was scheduled to face former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker on 22 June 2024, at UFC on ABC 6. [96] However, he was forced to pull out of the contest due to an illness and was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov. [97] Chimaev ended up facing Robert Whittaker on 26 October 2024 at UFC 308. [98]
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 ...
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 ...
The bout between middleweights Khamzat Chimaev and Robert Whittaker will headline UFC's first fight night in Saudi Arabia.
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]
In turn, Aliskerov was pulled from that bout to instead face former UFC Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker on June 22, 2024, in the main event at UFC on ABC 6, as a replacement for an ill Khamzat Chimaev. [70] He lost the fight by knockout in the first round. [71]