How The Russian Warlord Is Ruining Chimaev’s UFC Career

There are many speculations as to why Khamzat Chimaev isn't as active in the UFC anymore and why he hasn't been able to enter the US for over two years now. Rumors suggest it's because of his connections with Russian warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. - But how deep does their relationship actually go?

0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Chimaev's breakthrough on the UFC scene
2:56 - 17-second KO of Gerald Meerschaert
4:33 - Kadyrov gets involved in Chimaev's MMA career
6:11 - Who is Ramzan Kadyrov and how is he involved in MMA and the UFC?
7:58 - UFC fighters' connections to Russian billionaires
9:57 - Kadyrov threatening a 15-year-old boy on IG live
10:54 - Kadyrov's favourite fighter Abdul-Kerim Edilov gone missing
11:34 - Kadyrov's beef with Fedor Emilianenko
12:34 - Why Kadyrov may be the reason we don't see Chimaev fight all that often
13:46 - The reason we only see Chimaev fight in the Middle East

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[cobracommander]

People saying Khamzat should say no to Kadyrov or should ghost him don't understand the situation. Khamzat could probably go to another country and be relatively safe but he has family in Chechnya and they can be harmed. It's not just about him.

[pablopycali]

Chimaev was supposed to do what Alex Pereira is doing right now.

[whiteflame]

It's actually wild how much shit Conor just openly exposed. I completely forgot he just blatantly called out Khabib for taking money from a warlord then acting all humble and shit lmao

[gromburt]

It's easy to call Khamzat a hypocrite for his association with Kadyrov, however, I think it's easy to understate the delicacy of his situation. I'm pretty sure his mother still lives in Chechnya. It's one thing to stand up for your values at your own risk, but in his case he'd be endangering his own family. It's scary stuff

[LeoJr_]

Man I’m not gonna lie khamzat is in a tough position if u knew about these Eastern European politics you would understand how hard it is to just escape these connections

[Ebelex-zl]

I am a Chechen, I will try to briefly bring those interested up to date, after the second war in Chechnya, Kadyrov's father, who headed Chechnya, sold himself to the Kremlin and signed a truce with Russia on the Kremlin's terms, then the Kremlin undermined him using him as a pawn, then a couple of days later his son Ramzan was brought to the Kremlin and made head of the region where there was famine and darkness, I remind the Chechens a million before the two Chechen wars, 700 thousand remained after Ramzan became the head of the destroyed region in which the guerrilla war with the Kremlin forces still continued, Kadyrov killed Chechen rebels in order to please the Kremlin, civilians also disappeared throughout the republic, many people were in despair, many people immigrated, today the political views of Chechens in no way they do not differ from their views, which were two thousand years old, during the first war, when the genocide took place, the Chechens hoped for the help of the West, realizing that the civilized world wanted to shit on their lives and the lawlessness of Russia, Chechens trusted only in God, the Chechens won the first war with difficulty, We hoped that the worst was over, it is important to note that Russian troops have always got rid of the real leaders of the Chechen people, such as Dudaev Maskhadov and Yandorbiev. The second campaign began due to the fact that in one of the villages of Dagestan, people turned against the Russian regime and declared independence, to which the Kremlin without hesitation began shelling civilians from artelleria, a detachment of one detachment independent of the Chechen army moved there to help Dagestanis, as a result, Russia declared that Chechnya had invaded Russian territory and she announced the beginning of the second war, let's return to Kadyrov, torturing the population for their thoughtlessness and administrative offenses, kidnapping not only relatives, but distant relatives of people he disliked, he established an order in Chechnya in which, even knowing and understanding all the horror and dictatorship, they can do nothing about it, an ordinary Chechen family is 150 people because in our culture, we strongly support relationships even between the most distant relatives, this is this is a problem, since no Chechen, even when abroad, wants to bring inconvenience and trouble to his distant relatives or relatives of his wife, and incidents of this kind pop up regularly as Kadyrovites torture and kill innocent people, in general, people in Chechnya hate the regime and Kadyrov, he is considered a clown and an idiot, it seems that Putin found the dumbest Chechen in the world to put him at the helm in the region so that outsiders would have the impression that all Chechens look like this Aladin from the dictator movie, Chechens have always hated the Kremlin, his regime and Russia as a whole, nothing but death, degradation and debauchery Russia did not bring to the Caucasus, and if it seems to you that I say populism, look at the history of the region and what Russia did there, I do not know a single Chechen who would not have lost relatives during the wars and purges, and we are not talking about the military, but about the killed civilians, I can quite understand Chimaev, his whole family, except for his closest relatives, is still in Chechnya, and it would be very risky for him not to agree to "friendship" with Ramzan, but no matter how many Chechens hate him for this friendship, by the way, when Chimaev lived in Sweden, he had a reputation for being very radical with regard to the current human regime, and in general, he considered Russia an aggressor and a murderer, and if someone is generally interested in looking at a true free Chechen, Google the surname Dudaev on YouTube, thank you for your attention

[Rodthest]

Khamzat can’t say no to these people though that’s the problem

[BenT]

12:07 Fedor is a real one speaking against that Warlord's mma organisation. Good fighter and also a good man. My fav fighter

[greenearth]

Here is my take guys. Im danish and have befriended many from the russian and chechen community.

To be short, chechens and generally people from the North Caucasus are the most hardened, brave and disciplined people I have ever met. They are extremely loyal, very religious and kind of old fashion in a warrior way.

Even the russians who are tough people knows not to mess with caucasians like chechens and dagestanis.

So to scare a chechen you really have to be an insane psychopath with a lot of power.

Kadyrov is despised by most chechens and seen as a traitor and corrupt man. However no one dares to publicly voice their opinion out of fear since Kadyrov have shown to be very brutal about insults.

Many chechens in Western European countries have been assasinated just for speaking up and he is not afraid to go after family members also.

Im 90% sure that deep inside Khamzat despises Kadyrov but out of fear for his familys safety he caters to pressure.

Remember guys, Russia is very different than the West. You don just critisize leaders like Putin or Kadyrov and get away with it

[dano]

He looked like he got uncomfortable when nelk asked him about kadyrov

[Deeplycloseted]

Bro fought 3 times in 3 months, and since has fought 4 times in 4 years.

[DanDan-hevw]

Fedor as oppose to Chimaev, Khabib and all those athletes taking a stance with war criminals, IS A REAL LEGEND

[Demitri]

I'm scared for Chimaev if he starts losing fights. Kadyrov doesnt seem to take losses well 😬

[MrMagoor]

Khamzat had serious health problems that limited his cardio for years to come.
The only way to maintain the hype and to be constantly active was to limit the number of fights.
I dont blame him .

[DanYellowTheeMan]

Its crazy to me to see a guy who was so fearless get super uncomfortable and nervous whenever it came to speaking about Kadyrov.

[amphibianenthusiast]

A literal world leader threatening a 15 year old on instagram live is so absurd

[ginunggagap]

Man Chimaev is in a sad situation right now, you can clearly see the sincerity in his eyes about kids dying.. He posibly had a bad childhood too.

[notadocterate]

Conor's trash talk against khabib was fucking insane, I always forget how crazy it actually was.

[markdowding]

Chimaev did not change his nationality. He never had Swedish citizenship despite living there for many years and representing the country. I think his coach said he felt resentful over that.

[janispzks]

He's Chechen not Russian, just because putin placed his flag there, does not mean they all suddenly turned in to Russians.