Roman Dolidze (12-1) besegrade i helgen Jack Hermansson (23-8) och vill nu välkomna Khamzat Chimaev (12-0) tillbaka till mellanviktsklassen.
Roman Dolidze vill möta Khamzat Chimaev i mellanvikt
Dolidze anser sig vara rätt man för jobbet om Chimaev kliver upp till mellanvikt igen. Efter helgens seger via TKO om Jack Hermansson vid lördagens UFC Orlando utmanade georgiern Chimaev och förklarade för reportrarna backstage, däribland MMA Fighting, varför matchen mot svensk-tjetjenen är rimlig:
I think if he will not do anymore 170, and he will be 185, he will need a ranked opponent. I think it’s a good opportunity for him to go in the top 10 and (I’d) like to try. And for me, (it would be) a good opportunity to fight with a name like him.
One more time: I know this guy. He’s a good person. I also respect him as a fighter, so I want to fight the best names in the game. … He’s a good wrestler, high level, but I’m also a very good high-level athlete.
Dolidze är fast besluten att bli ett stornamn i UFC. Utmaningen av Chimaev kommer av samma anledning som Dolidze inte tvekade en enda sekund att ta matchen på kort varsel mot Hermansson:
I’m here just to fight big names. I know this game is just like that. You fight no-name people, you will be no name. If you fight people with names, you will go up and up. And that’s why I’m here. They offered me No. 8 and with all respect, I didn’t know who he is, what he do. I just said, ‘Of course I’m ready. Just ask him if he’s ready or not.
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