The crowd chanting USA while Holland was getting ragdolled was absolutely hillariois! 😂

“I don’t care about that. I care about my family, my career, and my money. So what now? The people don’t like me? One day they are with me, one day they’re not with me. I am a real guy, so I like the people that are real. Not the fake people that go one way and then goes the other.” (chimaev) I agree. be yourself. your family is more important than thinking about stupid fans...

"I feel alive. When I'm in trouble I feel alive. When I win my fights I feel alive. When's I'm fighting I feel alive. When somebody don't like me, I feel alive". - Chimaev

Nobody talking about how Dana tried to feed Nate to a killer for his last fight. Dana is a smart man. He wanted Nate to get destroyed which is dark af. The fight commission saved Nates entire soul

He talks so calmly you wouldn't even know he just rag-dolled a guy that even Vettori and Brunson couldn't submit

People wanna hate on him but they forget what kind a childhood he had and where he is coming from. I wish him all the luck and happiness for his family. 💪🏽👍🏼

I like that he spoke good about Kevin, even offered him a place at All Stars

the hate he’s gotten has been so overblown, he’s never had trouble making weight before and literally was forced to stop cutting weight by the ufc. y’all fanboys who switched up on him are such sheep, just going with whatever the popular narrative is, don’t come back once he’s a double champ.

Love how after the fight he’s humble and offers him to come train with him doors open just out of wanting to better and help people

Kinda wholesome to invite Kevin Holland to All-star gym. Never thought smesh bro's needed a 3rd member.

The way Khamzat talks about Whittaker:) I love Whittaker as well, true warriors both of them.

An amazing performance by Khamzat. When he sticks to his roots this dude won't be losing any time soon. Hats off to Holand for taking the fight. The crowd went bananas when this fight was going on, that should tell you something, irregardless of the boos and whatnot.

The more fans go against him, the more crazy he is as a fighter… lucky mate

"One day people are with me, other day they're not with me, but whatever I don't care" PREACH IT! 🙌 Khamzat is unstoppable.

Khamzat seemed pretty relaxed and respectful and gave a good interview 👌 I like the mutual respect between him and Holland who in my opinion stood absolutely no chance of winning the fight but gave a good account of himself, would love to see Khamzat fight Costa

“Why you laughing?” “What do you want me to do? Crying?” 😂

Respect to kevin holland, no one usually accepts fight with khamzat, but he did it in 1day. And he himself told he prepared for striker but is fighting against grappler, And he sucks at wretling too but he stepped up. Khamzat dominated, but repect to kevin too for accepting in 1 day notice

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain…” - Khamzat Chimaev

Nate got saved. Khamzat would totaly have destroyed him

The ufc doctors stopped him from cutting weight exactly at 178 and no one finds that suspicious at all? Everyone was on charles side but completely bashes this guy.

"I like the people who are real" Words for life

"A lot of guys talking shit about me. I'm gonna take their heads off you know." That's the spirit!🐺

Khamzat understands 99% of people have a herd mentality. Smash the opponent as fast as possible, put the fans in their place, now they worship the ground he walks on. Khamzat is psychologically very intelligent, he knows how to run things.

You know, I don't usually get caught up in the drama and storyline for these events(and I still remained reasonably detached from this one), but this brief presser was a good reminder of how much is going on behind the scenes that we do not see. There was so much that went into Khamzat missing weight by the margin that he did, from accepting a fight in September vs. October, to the doctor recommending he stop cutting and get rehydrate, etc. His weight was likely much closer to being on the target weight of 171 before these things took place. All that to say, while I still would like to see someone come in on weight(as a former fighter, this is something that is important to me), I don't think the backlash is completely warranted. He's never missed weight before, not even(to my knowledge) for his wrestling tournaments for the last decade and a half. I understand the fans and fighters displeasure with the situation, but I also understand what lead to it. And, like he said, fans are fickle. He cares about his team, his family, and his career. And I can definitely respect that.

I love Nate and he’s a warrior but this guy would have killed him. 24-0 at wrestling and 12-0 in UFC. He’s also wrestled at 200lb so he’s an absolute monster.

You can hate him but you cant deny his talant. Guy is a absolute killer. He ran through Kevin ..hope he fight with Paulo costa next.

This man is too real. It’s starting to show. People are gonna have to respect it even if they don’t like it. He literally just loves to fight. Man said I’ll give him all my money. And he’s the only fighter that says that that I actually believe.

He really trust and respect his coach very much that's why he's great. He's not cocky just confident.

When he said “I was watching his head not his hand” 😂 love him man 🐺🗡

Anyone that doesn’t absolutely love this guy has far too much hate in the blood. Age of UFC where everyone plays it safe and Khamzat wants to fight everyone all the time. Completely wreckless legend.

I really hope Kevin takes him up on training with them you’d love to see it. ✊🏼👊🏼

Stupid questions, khamzat made weight 5times before, he misses 1 and oh he is finished at 170. Fish memory

"If you want, I can go squeeze his head off again" absolute rofl I've always watched Khamzat through the lens of thinking he was playing a character, and I didn't like his attitude at the weight miss, but seeing this has restored my confidence in him. I took off that lens and tried seeing him totally believe everything he's saying, and it checks out honestly. I liked him alot before 279 and am happy to see he really does have integrity. Now I reckon the reason he's fighting as on oversized WW is a long term plan to secure the triple belt as he's said twice now. He wants all three up to LHW, and why not the lightest first while you're young and can cut easier. I know some of you will judge me for drinking the secret cool-aid here but I think this guy is the real no bullshit deal. When he talks about fighting a war, he might just be talking literally. When he says he can take anyone, hels the champ and everyone else is just a matter of time, he is being extemely confident accidentally just by being blunt and honest about his feelings. And from the looks of things so far, he might be right. Ok Khamzat, you got me. I might be wrong, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're a genuine guy, I believe you can be champ and you got a fan. This is what I needed to see. I'd be really intrigued to see Kevin train with him.

Khamzat fought like lion, straight to the neck. What a fighter.

When he said “Diaz has to thank them THAT HE DIDNT FIGHT WITH ME” 😂 To be honest thats probably the case, because Nate seemed like relieved when he found out he will fight Tony and not Khamzat.

Love this dude even more after this interview. He's not gonna pretend he cares about goofy nate Diaz fans booing him and admits its all about family. Felt genuine emotion it was hard to catch my breath my heart was besting so fast watching this last fight against Holland. The only dude to keep my eyes on at now that Isreal only rarely fights and it's boring.

"My plan is make much money and help people."- Khamzet Chimaev 👊

This guy is the real deal...completely destroyed Holland,,and made it look sooo easy,,respect.

Khamzat missed weight to not kill diaz, wat a nice guy

Hes speaking pure facts “Holland was better than Nate. If Holland fought nate he would beat nate.” listen to this man. Pure facts.

He might sound cocky but he is absolutely right. The doctor saved Nate and gave him a worthy exit from the UFC. Nobody talking about Holland making jokes backstage but getting ragdolled when there are no guys to hold Khamzat back? Everyone loves Nate for throwing a bottle but where I come from throwing a bottle in a fight is a p***y move.

So much respect to you Khamzat! Real warrior!!

People don’t get what this guy went through in his life. When he says he isn’t scared he actually means it. And fans tend to suck. They change on fighters like the wind.

Would love to see Bobby Knuckles train with khamzat to take his grappling to the next level. It was nice hearing that recognition of skill.

Pretty sure khamzat could’ve taken Diaz + the 10 guys who tried to jump him 😅

The fake fans turn on everyone in the end this man is a beast and sure he will smesh for many years to come

Diaz dodged a fucking bullet

Reporter mentions Khamzat didnt get touched and how he feels about that. Khamzat responds by saying he likes getting punched. The dude is different man. Dana knew it. The greatest mma scout in the world knew it. Win lose or draw he is going to give us amazing moments and fights. Russians and chechens man just a different breed. You can tall he just doesnt understand the over the top hollywood questions these reporters throw at you.

It's like Khamzat was in a trans before the fight and after the fight he has returned to his calm and humble self.

Love what he said about Whittaker.

Khamzat Chimaev made welterweight one week after fighting at middleweight. Considering he could make the cut in a week, it's safe to say he'll be able to do it again in the future. This was just a weird one off miss that he will learn from.

Noone is lucky than Nate he dodged 🦅 🐺

Man he's real he was willing to give all his money to Nate, but he didn't want to go home without a fight.

We seriously need some better people interviewing these fighters. These questions are so obvious and they constantly try to lead fighters into specific answers.

Khamzat is an absolute machine

lets all thank the ufc for switching fights and saving nate

It's jarring how bad some of these reporters are at posing questions to someone whose first language isn't English. Some expressions & word choices used are so obviously unclear to a foreign speaker.

Guy is spitting facts

Monster! The guy is a gift to true fans of the sport

Dude grew up in two wars, and look at him now...

Nate was saved by scale. I could tell Nate wasn't happy retiring by being ragdolled by Khzat so was salty about it from the beginning.

Khamzat great job listening to your Coach. 🙏🏻 Keep it this way.

Hamzat Chimaev picking up Darren Till's Accent and way of talking like it

I don’t know what you’ll dislike about him. This guy is dominant and confident

Why everyone is thinking that that was doctor or Khamzat decision! It's all staged from ufc. They don't want Nate Diaz to be killed on his last fight.

I would say the UFC played a trick game a little bit. The first card was just bad, Tony and Nick would be completely destroyed and the fans wouldn't appreciate it, a bad picture for the organization. It's more tolerable now. Plus drama and more viewership, very well played. And Khamzat is right, the fans are ungrateful bastards, just emotions rule the people.

Khamzat is a smart dude , knows multiple languages 💯

He won't be the heel for long. Fans will soon forget, and get behind him again.

and people were thinking nate had any chance of surpassing round 1 with this beast

I fucking love Khamzat! Shame on the fans in the arena for booing on him! He is a fucking BEAST! Love from Norway!!

“You wanna go back? I squeeze his head again.” Lol!!!!! He is the best

"We gonna take everything from this ufc brother, now I am ufc brother" Hazmat

Dude could have easily beat the shit out of nate right after Holland at same night. Idk why people dislike him a lot, for me he is the revolutionary to MMA world, dude will reach heights none has ever reached. As much unlikable he is, he is a beast.

I thought Khamzat acted like an idiot this week but I liked this interview for the most part, especially the respect he gave Kevin and Bobby. With that said he could do himself some favors by taking some responsibility for the weight miss.

this guy is going to be a double champ

Chimaev has always been a pretty unlikeable guy in a lot of ways, but has always been real. Dude is a savage and a force of nature.

I don't like Nate Diaz...but that guy is a UFC legend for sure...and made weight to fight khamzat....that dudes real....Go Nathan

The most intense fight I've ever seen & it didn't even need a single strike. The intensity is otherworldly. This guy is like a heavyweight.

Huge Respect for KHAMZAT, Cant Imagine What KHAMZAT WOLF would have done to Uncle Nate Dog after seeing What KHAMZAT did to Kevin Holland.

Khamzat beats Nate in an english speaking test. Prove me wrong

I wasn't a khamzat fan till this fight. Thought he was overrated especially after burns but now I'm a fan the way we flipped us off man really doesn't give a fuck and we need that in the ufc right now a young killer who's just down to fight.

Should i cry? I was happy i had a fight 💪🏽💪🏽

I like how he kisses the people he beats. Nice guy humble winner

I knew it. Karen fans. Whining at everything. I kinda feel Khamzat's abit upset about how he was bashed . I don't think it was abit fair. There were reasons for the weight miss. In life we face tough situations like this, nobody can deliver without taking priority of one's body. Man even was ready to give up his purse for the fight. I don't think he did it out of disrespect for the fans and the UFC...it was just unavoidable... considering even dana defending the whole weight fiasco. Felt like he was all alone at one point. I don't think he's a bad person at all... just some antics any fighter can display. Why do fans expect every fighter to be like brandon moreno...? When the whole world is against you, you change psychologically. Hate him or love him...this man has made a statement... Glad, I'm now convinced of a fighter i can invest in...win or lose.

He genuinely just loves fighting lol he says he feels alive

when he said "Whittaker?" I thought he'd go for that stupid overdone joke "___ who?" but I like it that he kept it real

Reporter: "What did you have for breakfast?" Khamzat: "I don't care i kill guy for breakfast" Reporter: "Will you take some time off after this fight?" Khamzat: "I don't care i just kill guys" Reporter: "Thanks. Have a great day" Khamzat: "I just kill guys"

He is right, Diaz v Tony was fucking terrible.

I will stop making jokes about Chimaev. Thank you for your understanding.

“yeah but if I fight him, like I would kill him you know. I would be in the jail” 😂💀

Khamzat you're the best! Don't let the haters or the booing audience affect your path and goals. Keep up the Elite champion level work. Wish you the best on your life and ufc career

If you can't beat him join him type of a feeling with this dude

Man this man is a legend by far my favorite fighter

People hating on him think they're so smart. People whined when he showed his nice side. Now he purposely becomes a villain and people fall right into what he wants. It's hilarious how the masses are manipulated.

When nick and nate Diaz misses weight on purpose they are loved. This guy is stopped by ufc doctors at exactly 178 pounds the same weight as Holland ironically and he is the worst person on the planet.

Khamzat just wants to be loved. He’s very good and comes from a hard place and just wants love and acceptance. Don’t understand missing weight by that much but…Khamzat always offers to help people he seems very caring and sincere

Khamzat referring to the Diaz brothers as smokers and drug dealers... obviously he doesn't realize it's medicinally legal in most United States

In REAL world "7 pound" is not problem!:-) Big support for Khamzat!

I absolutely love this man. He doesn’t care a fuck .😂

I would be very impressed if Khamzat becomes "the bad guy". He has such a nice heart. He does this to help people and also, the level of respect he shows to others, such as Whittaker, is gold. So unfair that he's been judged so badly for the weight cut thing. It wasn't even his decision.