While the UFC middleweight champion was in Qatar to support his friend and frequent training partner, Arman Tsarukyan, much of the post-fight conversation surrounded ‘Borz’ himself. After helping to corner Tsarukyan to a win over Dan Hooker in the main event, Chimaev had an altercation with the UFC Qatar co-headline victor.

It’s been nearly a year since No. 3-ranked Welterweight contender Shavkat Rakhmonov last stepped inside the Octagon.