Khamzat Shimaev in fight against Kamaru Usman No. UFC 294. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/UFCKorea
One of the biggest promises of Ultimate today, BoNickal has already defined his most exciting 'future opponent' of his career. The middleweight prospect (up to 83,9kg) is confident that a fight between him and Khamzat Shimaev is one of the biggest in the UFC at the moment. However, he recognizes that a lot still needs to happen for the duel of undefeated grapplers to come to fruition.
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In an interview with Home of Fight, Nickal stated that in terms of excitement, a fight against Chimaev would be second only to fights like Jon Jones vs. Tom aspinall e Ilia Topuria vs. Islam makhachev. The young man believes that this duel would be something that fans would like to see and that the Chechen would also be interested. However, for the fight to happen, he knows that he needs to keep winning and climbing the rankings.
“100%, this is the most exciting fight in the division in my opinion. I think as far as UFC fights go, you’ve got (Jon) Jones and (Tom) Aspinall at the top, you’ve got Ilia (Topuria) potentially against Islam (Makhachev) or another lightweight, and after that, the most exciting fight would be me against Khamzat. It’s something the fans need to see, something I want to see. I’m sure he wants to see it too, so I just need to keep winning fights to make that happen.” BoNickal.
With victory over Paul Craig No. UFC 309, BoNickal He reached his seventh career triumph, his fourth in the UFC. At 28 years old, the American is considered one of the most prominent stars in wrestling and was a three-time NCAA champion.
The youngster returns to the octagon in the co-main event of UFC Iowa, headlined by Cory Sandhagen and the Brazilian Deiveson Figueiredo.
Meanwhile, Khamzat Shimaev should be the next challenger for the UFC middleweight title, currently held by Dricus Du Plessis.
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