Khamzat Chimaev made his emergence into the UFC at a perfect time, when the promotion was seeing a huge increase in viewership because of the global pandemic, and Chimaev became a fighter for fans to get excited about.
In 2020, when the world was at a standstill and the UFC was one of the only sports organizations continuing to put on live events, they gained an exponential amount of new fans who still follow the sport to this day.
Khamzat Chimaev benefited massively from this as he made his debut on Fight Island and proved himself to be a top contender in the UFC.
Here is everything you need to know about Khamzat Chimaev.
What is Khamzat Chimaev’s age?
Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev was born on May 1, 1994, in Gvardeyskoye, Chechnya, Russia.
As of September 2025, he is 31 years old.
Khamzat Chimaev’s height, weight, and reach
‘Borz’ stands at 6’2″ and has a 75″ reach. Since the start of his UFC tenure, he has fought at both 170lbs and 185 lbs, but has more recently made it clear that 185 lbs would be his regular fighting weight moving forward.
When not in fight camp, Chimaev is thought to be around 200-220lbs, as he has previously told ESPN.
Khamzat Chimaev’s Instagram and X/Twitter accounts
Chimaev has a massive Instagram following of 8.2 million, and you can find his account at khamzat_chimaev.
He also has an X, formerly Twitter, account with nearly 700k followers you can find at KChimaev.
Khamzat Chimaev’s MMA record
| W-L-D | (T)KO | SUB |
| 15-0-0 | 6-0 | 6-0 |
Career stats
| Significant Strikes Landed per Minute | 5.72 |
| Significant Striking Accuracy | 58% |
| Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute | 3.46 |
| Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land) | 42% |
| Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes | 3.99 |
| Takedown Accuracy | 46% |
| Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land) | 100% |
| Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes | 2.7 |
Khamzat Chimaev’s net worth
According to websites like Sportskeeda and Essentially Sports, Chimaev’s net worth is estimated at around $1 million; however, that isn’t believed to be accurate.
The undefeated Chimaev will hope to walk out of Chicago as UFC Champion for the first time in his career.
Khamzat Chimaev’s next fight
Chimaev does not currently have a UFC fight booked, having just won the UFC Middleweight championship last month.
Reinier de Ridder is reportedly a threat to Chimaev’s belt, but no title fight between the pair has been announced yet.
Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus du Plessis
Chimaev ascended to the top of the UFC Middleweight division at UFC 319 when he beat Dricus du Plessis to become UFC Middleweight champion.
The bout was criticized for Chimaev’s more careful, methodical style of fighting, which was not conducive to the exciting fights Du Plessis is known for.
He wore down the South African over five rounds to win the UFC Middleweight belt by unanimous decision.
Kamura Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev
At UFC 294 on October 21, 2023, Khamzat Chimaev welcomed the former UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, to the middleweight division in a late-notice fight after Paulo Costa withdrew from his scheduled fight against Chimaev.
Despite the late notice, this stood as Chimaev’s toughest test to date after a back-and-forth affair.
Khamzat Chimaev vs Gilbert Burns
In one of the most entertaining fights of 2023, Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns fought a three-round war at UFC 273, with this being the first time we saw Chimaev have to overcome adversity.
In round two, Burns even momentarily dropped Chimaev, which was the first time we have seen him dropped during his UFC tenure.
Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev
At UFC 279 on September 10, 2022, Nate Diaz was scheduled to make his final walk to the UFC cage, in which he was rewarded a fight against the undefeated Chimaev in his farewell.
Despite that, at the official weigh-ins a day prior to the fight, ‘Borz’ weighed in 7.5 lbs heavier than the 171 lb limit, forcing his scheduled main event against Diaz to be canceled.
Because of the huge weight miss, the UFC matched up Diaz with Tony Ferguson, and Chimaev fought in a catchweight bout against Kevin Holland.
Khamzat Chimaev vs Robert Whittaker
On June 22, 2024, Chimaev was scheduled to take on former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, in the main event of the UFC’s inaugural event in Saudi Arabia.
Unfortunately, just over a week out from their main event, Chimaev withdrew after being hospitalized with an illness, not the first time he had been hospitalized with health concerns.
The fight was being largely considered as the number one contender fight at middleweight.
Khamzat Chimaev vs Leon Edwards
During Khamzat’s time rising up the UFC 170lb rankings, he was booked to fight former welterweight champion, Leon Edwards, a total of three times.
They were first booked to fight in December 2020 in a Fight Night main event, however, Edwards tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of the event and subsequently leaving Chimaev without an opponent.
They were then re-booked to fight a month later in another scheduled main event, however, this time it was Khamzat who withdrew because of ongoing complications from COVID-19.
The UFC attempted to make it a third time lucky just two months later when they re-booked them to main event a Fight Night in March, however, Chimaev once again withdrew because of ongoing issues related to COVID-19.
Chimaev vs Khabib
At UFC 280 on October 22, 2022, Khamzat Chimaev got involved in a brief altercation with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin, Abubakar Nurmagomedov.
Despite that, Chimaev met with Khabib and his family shortly after and they squashed any of the beef they previously had.
Khamzat Chimaev cologne
Cologne company, ‘Superz’, sells a unisex cologne called ‘Khamzat-Smesh’. The scent contains cedarwood and spicy notes and also includes vanilla, tonka beans, and blood orange.