{"id":591568,"date":"2026-04-07T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/591568\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:22:11","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-claims-he-makes-more-money-away-from-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/591568\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev claims he makes more money away from UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev has made an interesting claim regarding the health of his finances.<\/p>\n

At UFC 328, Khamzat Chimaev will defend his UFC middleweight championship<\/a> against rival and former champion Sean Strickland. While many are expecting Khamzat to retain the belt, Sean always seems to have a surprise or two up his sleeve, as he proved in his own title win against Israel Adesanya a few years back.<\/p>\n

RELATED: UFC legend says Sean Strickland\u2019s \u2018cleverness\u2019 could be the difference in Khamzat Chimaev fight at UFC 328<\/a><\/p>\n

Chimaev, of course, is one of the most notable names in the UFC these days, even if his inactivity has left some fans and pundits feeling pretty frustrated. He has the potential to go even higher and become one of the top earners the sport has ever seen, but a few adjustments likely need to be made before he gets there.<\/p>\n

As the debate continues regarding the state of fighter pay, Chimaev had the following to say about his financial situation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chimaev discusses financial situation<\/p>\n

\u201cI am making millions and people are just talking and doing nothing, if you do your work I don\u2019t need to watch how often you work or how much you get.<\/p>\n

\u201cI care about myself, how much I make, how much I get.\u201d When he was quizzed on if he was happy with his payouts from the UFC, he added: \u201cOf course, I\u2019ve been living in the gym and now I am living my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI make more money out of the UFC because of what I\u2019ve become, like \u2018Khamzat Chimaev\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever I go, people want to sponsor me, they want to do different things with me and they send this and that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via Bloody Elbow<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you consider Khamzat Chimaev to be one of the biggest stars in all of mixed martial arts? If not, what will it take for him to reach that point in the future? Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev has made an interesting claim regarding the health of his finances. At UFC 328,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-591568","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-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591568","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=591568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}