{"id":125394,"date":"2025-09-07T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125394\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:29:09","slug":"nassourdine-imavov-calls-for-khamzat-chimaev-title-shot-after-ufc-paris-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125394\/","title":{"rendered":"Nassourdine Imavov Calls For Khamzat Chimaev Title Shot After UFC Paris Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Sniper\u201d isn\u2019t sweating the outcome of UFC Vancouver<\/a>\u2019s main event.<\/p>\n

No. 2-ranked<\/a> Middleweight Nassourdine Imavov scored a huge win at UFC Paris<\/a> yesterday (Sat., Sept. 6, 2025), defeating Brazil\u2019s Caio Borralho via unanimous decision from inside Accor Arena in Paris, France (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Public consensus held that a finish by either Imavov or Borralho in the UFC Paris main event would likely earn them the next shot at Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n

Still, Imavov remains unfazed, confident he\u2019s earned a crack at \u201cBorz.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m next,\u201d Imavov told Full Send MMA after the fight. \u201cI\u2019m not even worried about the next fight [De Ridder vs. Hernandez]. You have to realize, no one did what I did for the last year. Five opponents, five top 10 guys, two finishes. No one did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a strong case. Imavov has now won five straight fights, including a career-defining knockout<\/a> of former champion Israel Adesanya and Saturday\u2019s streak-snapping victory over Borralho, who hadn\u2019t lost in a decade. On merit alone, his resume outshines the competition.<\/p>\n

That said, UFC matchmaking isn\u2019t always about merit<\/a>. Both De Ridder and Hernandez have more mainstream buzz, and if one of them delivers a highlight finish in Vancouver, Imavov could get leapfrogged despite his impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Still, the French standout has done everything asked of him and sits in pole position. Whether the UFC rewards him next or not, Imavov made it clear in Paris: he\u2019s ready for Chimaev.<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Paris results and play-by-play, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Sniper\u201d isn\u2019t sweating the outcome of UFC Vancouver\u2019s main event. No. 2-ranked Middleweight Nassourdine Imavov scored a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,6656],"class_list":{"0":"post-125394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news","15":"tag-ufc-results"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}