Outside Source
Khamzat Chimaev is confident in his wrestling skills. | Getty/UFC
Khamzat Chimaev has put a bounty on himself. Chimaev recently signed with Real American Freestyle, which has been making waves in wrestling. Meanwhile, 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Kyle Snyder defended his RAF light heavyweight title against Rizabek Aitmukhan at RAF 8 on Saturday. Snyder subsequently expressed interest in a wrestling bout against Chimaev at RAF.
Chimaev (15-0) has since seemingly taken a dig at Snyder’s callout. “Borz” is scheduled to defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland (30-7) at UFC 328 on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Chimaev says that while “poor” wrestlers are calling him out, he is facing difficulty finding sparring partners for his fight camp against Strickland. Apparently responding to Snyder, the undefeated Chechen-born has offered $200,000 to any Olympic champion who can survive against him in sparring.
Call for Sparring Partners
“Poor wrestlers started throwing challenges my way, I’m having trouble finding sparring partners, waiting for any Olympic champion to step up for sparring—if he survives, I’ll give him [$200,000],” Chimaev wrote on X.
Бедные борцы начали мне вызовы бросать, у меня проблемы найти спарринг партнёров, жду любого олимпийского чемпиона на спарринги, если он выживет я дам ему 200 тысяч долларов 🤝
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) April 19, 2026
Chimaev is widely considered one of the most dominant wrestlers in the history of MMA. Chimaev dominated Dricus Du Plessis for five rounds at UFC 319 last year to win the middleweight title.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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