UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev has challenged Jorge Masvidal to a fight in August — this and much more on Tuesday's social media roundup.
Khamzat Chimaev calls out Jorge Masvidal
Since Jorge Masvidal got knocked out by Kamaru Usman just days ago at UFC 261, many welterweights have already called their shot to fight the former street fighter next.
Some of the names who have been linked with being Masvidal's next opponent are fighters such as Leon Edwards, Nick Diaz and now another name has been added to the list and it is Khamzat Chimaev.
Chimaev took to Twitter yesterday to challenge Masvidal to a fight in August.
See Chimaev's tweet below.
Tell gamebred when he wake up from Saturday night I will fight him in August I’m not sure if he still sleeping --
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) April 27, 2021
In the tweet, Chimaev said, "tell gamebred when he wake up from Saturday night I will fight him in August I'm not sure if he still sleeping."
Chimaev, who prematurely announced his retirement from MMA just a few months ago has now confirmed that he will return to the Octagon this summer but no names of potential opponents for Chimaev have been mentioned yet.
Masvidal is yet to respond to the tweet but it will be very interesting to see what he says if or when he chooses to reply.
Would you like to see Jorge Masvidal vs Khamzat Chimaev?
Walt Harris and Francis Ngannou run into each other in Vegas
Take a look at this awesome picture which UFC heavyweight contender Walt Harris took with the champion of the division Francis Ngannou at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Georges St-Pierre treats himself to a late-night burger
Throughout Georges St-Pierre's career, he was always very strict with his diet and lifestyle which helped him stay at the top of his game for many years.
Now that he has retired St-Pierre has now started to treat himself to the foods which he may not have been able to eat when he was competing.
Matt Brown rides some waves
UFC veteran Matt Brown has been enjoying some downtime away from fighting surfing.
Michael Bisping tempted to submit a whole children's jiu-jitsu class
Michael Bisping has not competed in any form of martial art since he retired in 2017.
Last night Bisping nearly came out of retirement at his son's jiu-jitsu class where he got very tempted to submit the children.
Might just tap these kids out. pic.twitter.com/uOUWn1TKDw
— michael (@bisping) April 27, 2021
Chris Weidman shares sickening x-rays of his broken leg
UFC 261 was a card full of insane moments but one of the most insane was when Chris Weidman suffered a sickening leg break when his opponent Uriah Hall checked his leg kick just 17 seconds into the first round.
Since Saturday Weidman has undergone surgery to fix his leg and he has now shared the x-rays of his leg before and after his surgery.
Few X-rays pre-surgery and post-surgery pic.twitter.com/7zLrBH4jZt
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) April 27, 2021
Jiri Prochazka shares his story
This upcoming weekend Jiri Prochazka will compete in his first UFC main event where he will face former light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes.
If you are not familiar with Prochazka check out the video below.
Modern Day Samurai @Jiri_BJP ---- shares his story ahead of #UFCVegas25 this Saturday! pic.twitter.com/xqr62OD8ij
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) April 27, 2021
Daniel Cormier explains his run-in with Jake Paul at UFC 261
One of the main stories which stole the show from UFC 261 was when Daniel Cormier left his commentary desk to go and have some words with YouTuber Jake Paul who was in the crowd in Jacksonville Florida.
Cormier has now explained what happened.
Daniel Cormier explained his run-in with Jake Paul at #UFC261
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) April 27, 2021
(via @dc_mma, @arielhelwani) pic.twitter.com/ifI9yjO8k4
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz reunite, this time in a friendly way
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz competed against each other at UFC 205 for the UFC strawweight title and it is fair to say that there was a lot of bad blood between the two Polish fighters,
It now seems that the two have put the bad blood behind them and are now training together.
Well this a surprising picture. Love it!! pic.twitter.com/B1XW1ZSJRE
— MaRCeL DoRFF -------- (@BigMarcel24) April 26, 2021
Weili Zhang issues a statement following her knockout loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 261
At UFC 261 Weili Zhang was knocked out by Rose Namajunas and she lost her UFC strawweight title.
Zhang has now issued a statement on her Instagram following the loss.
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