Khamzat ‘Borz’ Chimaev is now in the top three of UFC middleweight contenders following his dominant victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC 308.

Whittaker was considered Chimaev’s toughest stylistic opponent at middleweight. That didn’t stop Chimaev from submitting him in the first round with a face crank that knocked his teeth out.

Now last UFC rankings In the update, Chimaev, formerly No. 13, jumped ten spots to No. 3, dropping Whittaker to No. 4. ‘Borz’ is ranked below champion Dricus Du Plessis, #1 contender Sean Strickland, and #2 Israel Adesanya.

Assuming Chimaev can recover from injury or illness, he has two options for his next fight. First, if Du Plessis re-matches with Strickland, Chimaev could challenge for the No. 1 contendership against Adesanya. Otherwise, he could have gone straight to a title shot, which Team Du Plessis He chose to fight.

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