Chimaev is out of next week's main event against former champ Whittaker.
The UFC's first event in Saudi Arabia is set to take place on Saturday, June 22nd and it has lost its highly-anticipated main event between middleweight contenders Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev. The two were supposed to collide in a confirmed title eliminator, but everything went up in smoke after Whittaker's cryptic post on Instagram.A post shared by Robert Whittaker
While fighters post that classic quote all the time, the fans were on edge following the potential fallout of the UFC 303 main event, especially after several reports circulated on the Internet of Whittaker vs. Chimaev being off, leaving several UFC fighters to throw in their hat for what could be a replacement opportunity of a lifetime.
Nassourdine Imavov was reportedly the front-runner to face Whittaker as he just beat the brakes off of former title challenger Jared Cannonier at UFC Louisville last Saturday in a rather controversial TKO stoppage. Though, the fight with Whittaker obviously didn't come into fruition for whatever reason.
Paulo Costa, who's coming off back-to-back losses to Sean Strickland and the aforementioned Whittaker, also showed his interest in running it back with the former champion - which was met by a hard pass from the UFC.UFC Fight Night: Alex Perez vs. Tatsuro Taira Full Card Predictions Paulo Costa was originally supposed to be Ikram Aliskerov's first fight in the UFC top 15 back at UFC 291 but the two middleweights were rebooked for new fights altogether. Now, the unranked Aliskerov has the chance to take Whittaker's top spot in the UFC rankings at #3.
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