UFC star Khamzat Chimaev has agreed to face fellow welterweight contender Belal Muhammad in Abu Dhabi, with the pair even setting a date for later this year.
Chimaev publicly made a callout to Muhammad, ranked No.5 in the division, promising to fight him if he agreed to leave his Palestinian flag at home. The fighters are both devout Muslims, but would be barred from coming to the octagon with the flag regardless due to the promotion's new policy on fighters having flags.
The Swedish fighter, ranked No.3 in the division, took to social media to say to Muhammad “I will fight you if you don’t take the Palestinian flag into battle," to which his rival responded: “Respect bro, I’ll bring a flag for you too and we both fight for Palestine. I can’t bring the flag down to battlefield anymore even if I wanted to.”
