“If you ask me, of course I would love to fight for the second belt,” Chimaev told Aslanbek Badaev (via Red Corner MMA). “It’s no secret the guy who’s got the belt at 205 pounds now is a very good matchup for me, except for should I get reckless standing with him. They say he has a lot of power, but I’ve never been edged out in that area. He used to fight at 185, too, and then moved up to 205, so I would like to fight at light heavyweight.”
“I think that’s kind of like the story of Chimaev, right? Like he just talks a lot,” Allen told reporters at the UFC Vancouver media day (via MMA Junkie). ”He gets a lot of eyes. It’s not to the degree, but it’s like Conor (McGregor) talking, talking, talking just to stay relevant. Obviously, Chimaev’s not that bad, right? He doesn’t say that much stuff and that much reckless stuff, but I don’t know. I think he’s got a lot of work to do in our division first. It’s not like he’s a huge 85’er that’s cutting a lot like Alex was to get to 185 to where it’s like, ‘Alright, I became a champion, I defended once, let’s just go up.’ It’s weird, but I don’t think that’s in his future right now.”
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