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Farah Hannoun

Stephen Thompson: ‘I don’t even understand why’ Khamzat Chimaev is still a welterweight

Stephen Thompson thinks Khamzat Chimaev should move up to middleweight.

Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds for his welterweight bout against Nate Diaz at UFC 279 in September. Due to the big miss, Chimaev ended up drawing Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight bout instead and ran through him in Round 1.

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