UFC President Dana White walked away impressed with undefeated contender Khamzat Chimaev following his hard-fought unanimous decision win over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 this weekend.
White spoke with reporters in the post-fight press conference for Saturday night's event and pushed back against the detractors of Chimaev who claimed the 27-year old Chechen contender was exposed in his fight with Burns.
“Well he’s human," White said (h/t MMA Fighting). “Any asshole that said that doesn’t think he’s human. He’s a human being and he just beat the No. 2 welterweight in the world with a couple of fights in the UFC. If you don’t think he’s the real deal, you’re out of your mind. Yeah, he’s human. Till keeps telling me, ‘This guy never gets tired, he never runs out of energy,’ but you can’t train in a gym for what happened tonight. You can’t. I’m sure this week, leading up to this week, he’s had a ton of pressure on him, a lot of anxiety, who knows how well he slept last night, all the things that go into the buzz and energy. And I’m sure there was a huge adrenaline dump after that first round. This is shit you can’t train for, and you either make it through it or you don’t. He made it through with flying colors.”
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