K. Chimaev (left) starts to challenge N. Diaz (right) to fight in the UFC. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage
Amid speculation of a confrontation with Brazilian Gilbert Durinho, Khamzat Shimaev continues firing his “machine gun of challenges”, this time almost literally. The target of the time was again Nate diaz.
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Last Sunday (14), Khamzat Shimaev published, on his official Twitter profile, a photo in which he appears holding a rifle and a pistol. In the caption, the Russian-born Swedish citizen challenged the youngest of the “Diaz brothers”.
I'm coming 209 🤪@ NateDiaz209 pic.twitter.com/JjWZC1cTxE
— Khamzat Shimaev (@KChimaev) November 14, 2021
“I’m coming, 209 @NateDiaz209,” wrote Chimaev, mentioning the number “209”, the area code for Stockton, Nate’s hometown and Nick Diaz and used with pride by the brothers.
This wasn't the first time Chimaev challenged Diaz. Right after defeating li jingliang, UFC 267In October, the Swede made public his desire to face the North American. At the press conference at the same event, Dana White assured that he would make the proposal to Nate diaz, who only has one more fight left on his UFC contract.
Khamzat Shimaev he debuted in the UFC in July 2020 and, very quickly, became a phenomenon of popularity for the organization. This is largely due to the fact that they achieved three overwhelming victories in two months, two of them in the space of just ten days. After that, the Swede was away for more than a year and even considered retirement due to complications related to Covid-19.
If Chimaev is a recent phenomenon, Nate diaz has been carrying this status for a long time. The North American is one of the most popular fighters on the entire UFC roster and gained even more notoriety after defeating Conor McGregor at UFC 196, in 2016. Diaz's form, however, is not the best, with three defeats in the last four fights.
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