Khamzat Chimaev made his middleweight debut on December 22, 2018.
The current UFC middleweight king gave fans a glimpse of what was to come at Brave CF 20.
8-3 MMA prospect Sidney Wheeler was the unlucky man booked to face Khamzat Chimaev.
35 seconds was all it took for the American to realize he had no chance of beating ‘Borz’.
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Is there anyone who can beat Khamzat Chimaev?
The UFC middleweight champion has looked unstoppable throughout his 15-0 MMA career.
Khamzat Chimaev poses with his UFC middleweight title post-fight at UFC 319. Credit: Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC
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Watch Khamzat Chimaev maul opponent in 35 seconds
Sidney Wheeler started the fight by charging forward and throwing a two-punch combination.
The commentator thought it landed because Khamzat Chimaev fell forward into his opponent.
In reality, the Russian fighter was simply using Wheeler’s aggression to initiate a grappling sequence.
Chimaev secured a body lock before scoring a trip takedown that was the beginning of the end.
Wheeler immediately gave up his back and ate a bunch of nasty ground strikes from Chimaev.
Things went from bad to worse when Chimaev got wrist control and left his rival defenseless.
There was no escape, and every punch that the future star landed was harder than the last.
Wheeler saw no way out, so he…
2025-12-23 12:00:00
