Former UFC fighter and current commentator and analyst Chael Sonnen believes that Khamzat Chimaev can go down to the welterweight division and fight the champion in this weight Leon Edwards.
“It’s starting to look more and more like Edwards’ next opponent won’t be Makhachev. If this is not Islam, then obviously it must be Belal Muhammad. But this won’t happen either. They won’t have Rakhmonov either. Along with his team, he admitted to defrauding the Nevada State Athletic Commission. So who could it be? When you think about this, you begin to remember Khamzat Chimaev. This is a guy who took the easy path. This is the guy that certain parts of the world want to see as champion. But in the middleweight division he will not be given such an opportunity, because there are Israel Adesanya and Dricus du Plessis. Do you understand what I mean? Something is definitely happening, we just don’t know what it is yet.”
