Henry Cejudo thinks Khamzat Chimaev should go after the middleweight title – not welterweight. With Leon Edwards knocking out Kamaru Usman to capture the 170-pound title this past Saturday at UFC 278, a trilogy bout is expected to take place in early 2023. Chimaev (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) faces Nate Diaz (20-13 MMA, 18-12 UFC) in the UFC 279 headliner Sept. 10 and with a win, Dana White said he’s next in line for a title shot . But that was before Edwards became champion. Now, instead of waiting, Cejudo thinks Chimaev should just challenge the winner of the185-pound title fight between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, which headlines UFC 281 on Nov. 12. “If I was Khamzat Chimaev, I would go up,” Cejudo said on his YouTube channel. “Because these guys (Edwards and Usman) aren’t gonna fight until February. I think Khamzat beats him (Diaz). I think he challenges the winner of Israel and Pereira, and I think if he decides he wants to come back down, he should come back down. But I ...
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