This isn’t something you see every day.
Ahead of UFC 279 in Las Vegas on Saturday, ahead of a fight against Nate Diaz, Khazmat Chimaev came in weighing in at 178.5 pounds.
I guess that wouldn’t be too much of a big deal … except that’s a whopping 7.5 POUNDS over the welterweight limit.
He was given one more hour to make weight, but I’m pretty sure it’s not humanly possible to shed 7.5 pounds in 60 minutes.
What’s more, Chimaev actually said, “Not bad!” after the weight was announced, which is just wild.
What will happen with this fight? We’ll see. Here’s some reaction from the UFC world:
This really happened
178.5 for @KChimaev. He will have an additional hour to make the weight.
[ #UFC279 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/rJY1WZoKAA ] pic.twitter.com/0xTW3aTzwL
— UFC (@ufc) September 9, 2022
Khamzat Chimaev steps on the scale at 178.5 pounds, missing weight ahead of his #UFC279 main event bout. pic.twitter.com/uSbqRUVH83
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 9, 2022
Some reaction from UFC fighters and others
Dude did all that talking to miss weight. 🙃#UFC279
— Erick Gonzalez 👻🌶 (@GhostPepper_UFC) September 9, 2022
Baffled at how juvenile these professionals are handling themselves.
Do your job, make weight, fight IN the cage, move on. Y’all taking about real gangsters and shit when you can’t even articulate yourselves nor compose a proper fucking sentence.
So much bravado and now look.
— Julia Avila (@RagingPandaMMA) September 9, 2022
He didn’t miss weight. He didn’t want to make weight.. #realfighter #professional @NateDiaz209 💯
— Yancy Medeiros (@ymedeiros) September 9, 2022
— Nick Maximov (@nickmax15) September 9, 2022
Thoughts on khamzat missing weight by that much ? I wonder what Nate will do now with this leverage
— Brian BOOM Kelleher (@brianboom135) September 9, 2022
Khamzat Chimaev fumbled the bag 💼. A -1200 favorite missing weight is unthinkable . With a big draw to build your name off … 🤯🤯🤯 #UFC279
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) September 9, 2022
Real gangsters make weight.
— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) September 9, 2022
Khamzat's post after missing weight 👀 #UFC279
(via @KChimaev) pic.twitter.com/O4XVuxScTr
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 9, 2022
