Overview
- UFC confirmed Khamzat Chimaev will defend the middleweight title against Sean Strickland at UFC 328 on May 9 in Newark, New Jersey.
- Official UFC Eurasia footage shows Chimaev dropping light heavyweight contender Khalil Rountree Jr., who later called the training week painful and humbling.
- Daniel Cormier reports Chimaev has offered cash to elite partners who can beat or submit him in the gym, describing the approach as a self-imposed bounty.
- Strickland has started provocative online attacks, including a Facebook post claiming their bout is not on the White House card because “they don’t like terrorists there.”
- Chimaev posted a welcome to ACA welterweight champion Abubakar Vagaev reportedly signing with the UFC, which Tapology says ACA’s CEO confirmed, though the UFC has not announced it.