ABU DHABI (The Thursday Times) — Khamzat Chimaev ne Saturday ko Abu Dhabi mein Real American Freestyle ke wrestling muqablon ke main event mein Chris Weidman ko technical fall ke zariye 10-0 se shikast de di, jabke Merab Dvalishvili ne shehar ke aik hotel ki lobby mein apne upar hamle ke teen din baad Marlon Moraes ko 90 second mein pin kar diya.
Chimaev, jo UFC ke sabiq middleweight champion hain aur UAE ki numaindagi karte hain, Etihad Arena mein pehle period ke baad 5-0 se aage thay. Doosre period ke aaghaz par unhon ne chaar points ka daao lagaya, jise Weidman ne challenge kiya magar un ka challenge nakaam raha, aur yun light heavyweight crossover title muqabla waqt se pehle khatam ho gaya.
UFC ke 42 saala sabiq middleweight champion Weidman ko chand din ke notice par us waqt shamil kiya gaya jab RAF champion Colby Covington aik na-maloom chot ke baais markazi muqable se dastbardar ho gaye. Weidman May mein RAF ke aik muqable mein Covington se faisle par haar gaye thay.
Yeh May mein New Jersey mein Sean Strickland ke haathon split faisle par UFC title haarne ke baad Chimaev ka pehla muqabla tha. Woh un ke professional career ki pehli shikast thi.
Dvalishvili dobara maidan mein
UFC ke sabiq bantamweight champion Dvalishvili ko Moraes ko pin karne mein dairh minute laga. Budh ko Yas Island ke aik hotel ki lobby mein interview dete hue un par hamla kiya gaya tha, aur is jhagre mein PFL ke lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov aur deegar afraad shamil thay.
Abu Dhabi ki aik adalat ne Jumme ko is larai par aath afraad ko qaid ki saza sunai, aur ittelaat ke mutabiq Dvalishvili ko jurmana kar ke riha kar diya gaya. Muqable se pehle Dvalishvili ne kaha tha ke woh nahin chahte ke Nurmagomedov is hamle ki wajah se jail mein rahein.
Un ke training partner Saba Lazishvili, jo Umar Nurmagomedov ko hataye jane ke baad mukhtasar notice par muqablon mein shamil hue, ne UFC title ke sabiq challenger Urijah Faber ko 12-7 se hara diya.
Deegar muqablon mein UFC ki sabiq women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña ko Diana Avsaragova ne pin kar diya. Olympic champions Kyle Snyder aur Abdulrashid Sadulaev dono jeet gaye; Snyder ne Shamil Erdogan ko 11-0 ke technical fall se aur Sadulaev ne Dauren Kurugliev ko points par 8-5 se haraya, jabke Jordan Burroughs ne Azamat Nurykau ko 9-0 se shikast di.
