There Khan, a Saudi businessman and teammate of Hamzat Chimaev, called it complete nonsense that the fighter withdrew from his bout against Robert Whittaker due to food poisoning.
"All these fake rumors about Khamzat Chimaev dropping out because of food poisoning are complete nonsense. I was part of the camp and everything behind the scenes. As a brother, I won't talk about his hard times, but believe me - he was very sick and hospitalized. This guy is a beast and seeing him in such bad shape was very difficult for all of us," the businessman wrote on social media.