Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre slammed Chimaev for failing to weigh-in

One of the most controversial maps of the season so far, the cfu 279 continues to be talked about. This time it was Georges St-Pierre which echoed the event of last Saturday (10). Specifically, the veteran gave his opinion on the failure of the Khamzat Chimaev scale, who weighed almost four kilos over the welterweight limit (77 kg). In the opinion of ‘GSP’, it is difficult to forgive a slippage of this magnitude.

Drawing on the experience of someone who has already won two Ultimate belts – welterweight and middleweight (84 kg) – St-Pierre points out that a possible new imbroglio to make weight could disrupt Khamzat’s plans for fight for the title. However, from a sporting point of view, the Canadian signals that ‘Borz’ is worthy to face the heads of the category.

“He needs to gain weight. When you don’t make weight, it’s a big disrespect, not just to your opponent, but to the sport. We don’t know what happened, maybe there’s a clinical reason or something, we don’t know. But of course, if he doesn’t gain weight in the future, it may prevent him from having a chance to win the title. Maybe even give him the chance to come back to 77kg if he wants to, but he can’t go over the limit. Not putting on weight is hard to forgive. As a fan, I would love to see Usman get the rematch because if anyone deserves it, it’s him. Maybe Chimaev will have the chance to face the winner of this fight,” ‘GSP’ said in an interview with ‘The Schmo’ channel.

With the trilogy between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards underway at welterweight, Chimaev admitted he has his attention on middleweight, specifically the winner of the fight between Israel Adesanya and Alex ‘Poatan’, who are battling for the title of the division, on November 12, in New York (USA). In his professional career, ‘Lobo’ remains undefeated with 12 cartel wins.