Sveriges Khamzat Chimaev kommer ställas mot den tredjerankade engelsmannen Leon Edwards, i samband med UFCs sista gala för året. Neil Magny har nu uttalat sig om den uteblivna matchen mellan honom och Chimaev.
”Edwards bättre matchning för Chimaev”
Magny befinner sig på plats nummer nio, i UFCs officiella rankning för welterviktsdivisionen. Under en intervju med ESPNs Ariel Helwani, lade amerikanen fram sin teori om varför matchen mellan honom och svensken aldrig blev av. Den enda anledningen Magny kunde komma på, grundade sig i vilken fighter som Chiamaev tyckte var enklast att möta. Transkribering via ’MMA Mania’.
The only thing I can think of that caused this fight not to go through is his team thought that was a better matchup for him. I am not going to sit there and toot my own horn and say that fighting the No. 8 guy is a better deal that fighting a No. 3 guy, but I am pretty sure his team might have thought that Leon Edwards was the easier fight for him He matched up better with Leon Edwards than he would against me
Vidare hävdade Magny att den 26-åriga svensken vill fightas mot alla inne i buren, utom amerikanen själv.
The fact that he was willing to fight everyone else but me, I think that is pretty obvious at this point that his team and himself believe that the easier match for him was Leon Edwards. In my opinion it’s a no-brainer.
Magny har vunnit sina tre senaste matcher och står med ett totalt matchfacit på 24 vinster och sju förluster. Chiamev står med ett totalt matchfacit som lyder 9-0-0. Tre av dessa vinster har kommit sedan UFC-debuten i somras.
"I think it's pretty obvious at this point that his team and himself believe the easier matchup for him was Leon Edwards."@NeilMagny told @arielhelwani why he believes Khamzat Chimaev opted to fight Edwards and not Magny, who had been campaigning. pic.twitter.com/LsWgD6SX7i
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 28, 2020
