Darren Till has shown off a bruise on his face after training with Khamzat Chimaev at his gym in Sweden.
Till is currently in Stockholm training at the Allstars Gym, which is home to Chimaev and other UFC fighters such as Alexander Gustafsson.
The pair have challenged each other to fight last year, engaging in a friendly Instagram live session when Till vowed to easily beat the undefeated Russian.
“Say it to me where you want, I will fight brother. We’ll fight. Bull***t guys talk too much but we’ll have to show real fight, brother” Chimaev told Till during the exchange.
And Till replied: "Oh yeah, I’ll fight you. Of course, you know I will. But you know I beat you right? You know I beat you easy. You know this. You know this."
Till has now been pictured training in Chimaev's gym as he continues to recover from a torn ACL he suffered before his loss against Derek Brunson last September.
The former welterweight title challenger moved up to 185-pounds after missing out on the belt and being knocked by Jorge Masvidal.
Till impressively beat top-ranked contender Kelvin Gastelum in his debut at the weight class, but has since lost consecutive fights to Robert Whittaker and Brunson.
His knee injury has been a contributing factor in those losses and Till will look to fully recover from the injury before booking his next fight.
And before 'Borz' fought Li Jingliang at UFC 267, he offered Till to come to Sweden and train with him.
“No, I like this guy, actually,” Chimaev told BT Sport. “He’s funny. A funny guy. I feel sorry for him about last fight, he lose. He lose many fights last time. I think he’s good, but has to train harder…
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“If he wants to come to Stockholm, he’s welcome,” Chimaev added. “I told him, I can help you with your wrestling or something. And we can spar, we can train.”
Chimaev has switched between 170-pounds and 185-pounds during his four fights in the UFC and is linked to face No.2 ranked welterweight Gilbert Burns at UFC 273.
He recently called out middleweight champion Israel Adesanya after he made the fourth defence of his title at UFC 271 last weekend.
Chimaev is one of the hottest prospects in the UFC, setting a record in 2020 for the fastest consecutive wins and fastest three-fight winning streak in modern UFC history.
