Khamzat Chimaev ended his fight week on a high note when he beat Kevin Holland in the UFC 279 featured bout.
Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) kept his perfect record in tact when, after a troublesome week, he managed to defeated Holland (23-8 MMA, 9-5 UFC) by first-round submission in their 180-pound catchweight fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Originally scheduled to headline the card vs. Nate Diaz, Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds and forced a reshuffling of the matchups. He was feuding with Holland during fight week as part of the infamous backstage brawl, and ultimately got the last laugh.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Chimaev’s victory over Holland at UFC 279.
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MMA Junkie
The grudge match is now! Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kevin Holland meet next in the #UFC279 co-main event.
Play-by-play: https://t.co/tYqEufrGC3 pic.twitter.com/ZC6saIT5pj
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 11, 2022
Nick Kalikas
#UFC279 Closing Betting Odds via @CircaSports
Kevin Holland +415
Khamzat Chimaev -525@UFC 💰 | @ESPNPlus | @ESPN— Nick Kalikas (@FightOdds) September 11, 2022
UFC
MARCHING INTO THE WOLF'S DEN. #UFC279 pic.twitter.com/z9sbJMq4JH
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) September 11, 2022
UFC
Borz wastes little time to make it to the Octagon! 💨 #UFC279 pic.twitter.com/I4RpcRtAI1
— UFC_Asia (@UFC_Asia) September 11, 2022
MMA Junkie
"I CAN'T LET YOU GET CLOSE." #UFC279
Play-by-play: https://t.co/tYqEufserB pic.twitter.com/ApOc8EAlA0
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 11, 2022
UFC
Security is ready 👀 #UFC279 pic.twitter.com/X9ccGLz6pY
— UFC (@ufc) September 11, 2022
Belal Muhammad
Boos don’t affect him
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) September 11, 2022
Kevin Iole
Takedown by Chimaev immediately
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) September 11, 2022
Alan Jouban
Interested to see if Khamzat can do damage if he takes them down. Holland gets taken down but has been very good about not taking a lot of damage
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) September 11, 2022
Belal Muhammad
These scrambles!!!
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) September 11, 2022
Aaron Bronsteter
Chimaev was persistent with the submission attempt and eventually gets the tap.
Chimaev needed this kind of performance to remind everyone of just how good he is.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) September 11, 2022
Chuck Mindenhall
Kelvin Gastelum
Fk outta here with that!
😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 #UFC— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) September 11, 2022
Megan Anderson
Manny Gamburyan
Michael Carroll
Brian Campbell
Kevin Lee
Khamazat overrated af. His Jiu jitsu is mid. He’s aggressive but what else
— Kevin Lee MTP (@MoTownPhenom) September 11, 2022
