Rumor had it that Khamzat Chimaev and middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis would have finally come face to face with each other at UFC 317 on June 28. Alas, reports over the past few days suggest that the South African champion is injured and will not be able to headline the International Fight Week card.
In the meantime, #6 ranked surging Fighting Nerds team member, Caio Borralho, has thrown his name in the hat to fight ‘Borz’ on the late June card. And guess what? It seems the undefeated Chechnya native has accepted this offer! At least that is what many took away from a cryptic X post Chimaev posted on his handle.
The X post consists of the Emirati picking up a person who looks like Borralho from the back (we can’t see his face in the picture), along with an equally mysterious caption that reads: “”.
Is this a hint from ‘Borz’ about his next opponent and he is deliberately keeping things ambiguous since Dana White and Co. have yet to announce the fight officially? That is certainly what it looks like.
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) April 20, 2025
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