UFC lightweight No. 1 Arman Tsarukyan plans to have Chimaev as one of his sparring partners in preparation for his fight against Makhachev.
"At the end of this month I will fly to Thailand to shoot Hype Reality. I will spend three weeks there - I will pick up my coaches, we will work in the usual mode, just shoot reality during the day, train the guys. It will be good if there will be an opportunity to train with Hamzat. He's tall, he can work in a left-handed stance, and I'll ask him to help, to work with me. If he doesn't refuse, it would be good for him to become my sparring partner. Of course, he can't work with his heavy weight, but in general he is similar to Islam in terms of anthropometry".
