Khamzat Chimaev angles for matchups with Leon Edwards, ‘b*tch’ Colby Covington

Khamzat Chimaev seems to have everyone on his wish list.

[autotag]Khamzat Chimaev[/autotag] seems to have everyone on his wish list.

From former UFC dual-champ Daniel Cormier, to Brock Lesnar, to Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor, Chimaev (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) hasn’t discriminated when calling people out.

But when it comes to his division, the unbeaten star has zeroed into the top welterweight contenders. In a recent sit-down interview with “Hustle MMA,” Chimaev was asked who he’d like to face the most out of [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag], Gilbert Burns, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal and he was quick to answer.

“With Edwards, of course,” Chimaev said.

Chimaev has a long history with Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who has diverted his attention to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman after his UFC 269 fight with Masvidal fell through. Chimaev threw his name in the hat as a replacement, but the fight was removed from the card.

Not only did Chimaev and Edwards see multiple bookings scrapped due to COVID-related health issues, but according to Chimaev, Edwards refused to spar him years ago prior to “Borz” signing with the UFC.

“He was in our gym. I wanted to spar with him, but he ran away,” Chimaev said. “When I wasn’t in the UFC, I offered to spar. He wouldn’t even spar with me. He said, ‘In the future, maybe – we’ll see.’ When the fight was scheduled for the first time, he had COVID, and then I had my own problems.

“Now we are back. I challenged him and he said that he wants to fight Usman, and Usman isn’t going to fight for six, seven months. So is Edwards just going to sit around? I don’t think so. I don’t know. He’s a weird dude, too. If you want to earn money and be the best, you have to fight everyone. I won’t wait a year to fight for the belt. A year will pass and then he gets injured. Another year will pass. What for? Seize the moment while you are young – you can fight, make money. Do your job. Be the best in what you do.”

Chimaev also took to Twitter to call out former two-time title challenger [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC), who recently took aim at the highly touted prospect.

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