UFC star Khamzat Chimaev has seemingly announced his retirement from mixed martial arts after battling with Covid-19. The Russian is unbeaten at the moment and is coming off a huge one-punch KO win over Gerald Meerschaert.
He was considered one of the company's jewels in the rough after starting off his UFC career with three straight stoppage wins, but his ascendence of the rankings was halted by Covid-19.
And in a post on Instagram on Monday night, Chimaev appeared to announce he was retiring at the age of 26. He expressed that he felt his heart and body were both telling him it was time to hang up the gloves.
Chimaev posted: “I want to say thank you all so much for supporting me in my journey in this sport. "I think I’m done, yes I know