{"id":5514,"date":"2024-03-28T23:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/ufc-khamzat-chimaev-v-robert-whittaker-to-headline-in-saudi-arabia-on-22-june\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T23:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:01:45","slug":"ufc-khamzat-chimaev-v-robert-whittaker-to-headline-in-saudi-arabia-on-22-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/ufc-khamzat-chimaev-v-robert-whittaker-to-headline-in-saudi-arabia-on-22-june\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC: Khamzat Chimaev v Robert Whittaker to headline in Saudi Arabia on 22 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"Robert Whittaker (L) celebrates beside a picture of Khamzat Chimaev doing the same\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/T2gDnPyrGW49nwPi6ZPZCQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/397a7bc0f815d700ff56095d310ad369\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/T2gDnPyrGW49nwPi6ZPZCQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/397a7bc0f815d700ff56095d310ad369\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Robert Whittaker (L) is a former middleweight world champion [Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chechen-born Khamzat Chimaev faces Robert Whittaker in a middleweight title eliminator bout in <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/saudi-arabia\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saudi Arabia;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> on 22 June.<\/p>\n<p>The middleweights will headline the UFC&#8217;s first fight night in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev, 29, is undefeated in 13 fights, but faces his toughest challenge yet against Australian former champion Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will face reigning champion and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/south-africa-women\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:South Africa;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\">South Africa<\/a>&#8216;s Dricus du Plessis later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the undercard is an all-Russian heavyweight contest between Alexander Volkov and Sergei Pavlovich.<\/p>\n<p>The&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/au.sports.yahoo.com\/ufc-khamzat-chimaev-v-robert-120810889.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Whittaker (L) is a former middleweight world champion [Getty Images] Chechen-born Khamzat Chimaev faces Robert Whittaker in a middleweight title eliminator bout in Saudi Arabia on 22 June. The middleweights will headline the UFC&#8217;s first fight night in the Kingdom. Chimaev, 29, is undefeated in 13 fights, but faces his toughest challenge yet against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports","7":"category-sports-ar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksanewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}