{"id":295779,"date":"2023-10-31T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295779"},"modified":"2023-10-31T16:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:25:02","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-suffered-a-torn-hand-ligament-at-ufc-294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/mma\/khamzat-chimaev-suffered-a-torn-hand-ligament-at-ufc-294\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev suffered a torn hand ligament at UFC 294"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Khamzat Chimaev suffered a torn hand ligament during the first round of his majority decision victory over Kamaru Usman at UFC 294<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Khamzat Chimaev picked up a huge majority decision win over Kamaru Usman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He suffered a torn ligament in his right hand during the bout at UFC 294<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 29-year-old Russian will wear a brace but doesn&#8217;t require surgery<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Khamzat Chimaev&#8217;s manager has revealed that the Russian suffered a torn hand ligament during his majority decision victory over Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p>The undefeated 29-year-old secured the massive victory over Usman at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi on October 21.<\/p>\n<p>He had originally been due to fight Paulo Costa, only for Usman to step into the fold -moving up a division from welterweight to middleweight in the process &#8211; after the Brazilian underwent surgery on his elbow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev hurt his right hand in the first round of the contest, but went on to take an impressive victory, with two judges scoring the fight 29-27 and the third scoring it a 28-28 draw.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Russian&#8217;s manager, Majdi Shammas, has told ESPN that Chimaev suffered a torn ligament in his hand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/14\/77226059-0-image-a-50_1698763039379.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Khamzat Chimaev suffered a torn ligament in his right hand in bout against Kamaru Usman<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/14\/77226187-0-image-a-51_1698763120356.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chimaev had previously told ESPN that he broke his hand during the first round of the contest<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s said that Chimaev will wear a brace for the next four weeks before reassessing the injury &#8211; though it&#8217;s not expected that he will require surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev had initially feared that he may have broken his hand during the aftermath of the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By defeating Usman, Chimaev appeared to put himself in pole position for the next shot at UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland picked up the title in an upset decision victory over Israel Adesanya last month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dana White said the winner of Chimaev and Usman would be next in line, though the Russian will be hoping his injury heals up quickly so the title opportunity doesn&#8217;t fall in another fighter&#8217;s hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strickland in an expletive rant said that Chimaev didn&#8217;t deserve a fight for the middleweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The only thing I like about Chimaev is that he sells fights,&#8217; Strickland said on UFC Fight Pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For some reason, people f***ing like him or don&#8217;t like him. I don&#8217;t know. To me, he&#8217;s a f***ing paycheck. He sells a lot of fights. People pay to watch, but he f***ing hasn&#8217;t earned it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He hasn&#8217;t f***ing deserved it, but here we are. Give it to him. He sells a lot of fights. I&#8217;ll go fight the f***ing man for five rounds. But no, he&#8217;s not earned it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He doesn&#8217;t f***ing deserve it. Getting a decision with a welterweight off the couch is not f***ing earning it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/14\/77226353-0-image-a-53_1698763324148.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chimaev picked up a massive unanimous decision over Usman at UFC 294 earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12693627\/Khamzat-Chimaev-suffered-torn-hand-ligament-round-majority-decision-victory-Kamaru-Usman-UFC-294.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamzat Chimaev suffered a torn hand ligament during the first round of his majority decision victory over Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 Khamzat Chimaev picked up a huge majority decision win over Kamaru Usman He suffered a torn ligament in his right&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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