Swedish MMA Federation bans Khamzat Chimaev and Alexander Gustafsson's Allstars Gym from participating in the Swedish MMA League
Khamzat Chimaev's training headquarters in Sweden, Allstars Gym, has been banned from participating in Swedish MMA competitions for the foreseeable future.
The gym is also home to UFC light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson and heavyweight contender Ilir Latifi. With the help of head coach Andreas Michael, the gym has been a flagship of MMA in Sweden for many years.
The Swedish MMA Federation did not go into detail about the reason for the ban but mentioned in a tweet that they had received repeated complaints from various organizations and officials about the gym members' conduct:
"This is due to repeated complaints from several different, independent of each other organizers and officials about, among other things, threats and other disruptions during competitions."
See the tweet below (via Twitter user @heynottheface):
Swedish MMA authority apparently shut down Chimaev & Gustafssonโs gym All Stars https://t.co/dfoOdVhwEZ
Twitter user @heynottheface did go on to correct himself by stating that the Allstars Gym has not been shut down but that the gym's fighters have been banned from competing locally.
Correction: SMMAF promotion/league banning fighters from that gym from competing.
Meanwhile, head coach Andreas Michael posted on Instagram that a brand new state-of-the-art Allstars Gym will open in January. He will be hoping that the ban is lifted sooner rather than later and that his fighters can return to competition:
"You have heard the rumours about the new fascility, finaly We would like to introduce you to our new state of the art center that Will open in JANUARY!"
Check out the post below:
Fortunately for Khamzat Chimaev, the ban will not affect him. A fight with Colby Covington is looking more and more likely, and 'Borz' will need to prepare as well as possible to overcome 'Chaos'.
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Colby Covington will likely be co-main to Edwards vs. Usman 3, says Dana White
Khamzat Chimaev could face Colby Covington in London, according to Dana White, who is eager to return to England's capital.
The UFC president sat down with Adam Catterall of BT Sport. White mentioned how long it has been since the UFC hosted an enormous pay-per-view card in the UK. He claimed that the London card will resemble the UFC 280 card in Abu Dhabi, which has been billed as the most stacked pay-per-view of 2022.
Catterall asked the UFC president if Chimaev would be fighting at 170lbs after missing weight last time out. White replied:
"Khamzat wants to fight at 170. I'm gonna give him one more opportunity to fight at 170. He needs to deliver and make weight. And I would love for that fight to be in England too."
Watch the video below:
England deserves this. Leon deserves this ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐
Dana is ๐ท๐ผ๐ด๐ท๐ฌ๐ซ. We are ๐ท๐ผ๐ด๐ท๐ฌ๐ซ.
@danawhite confirms the UFC will return to the UK in 2023 for a MEGA show... and @KChimaev will be on the card ๐ฑ
#UFC280 | Saturday, 7PM | BT Sport Box Office https://t.co/imfTORCS6z
The UFC president was also interviewed by Oscar Willis of TheMacLife, and the journalist proposed having Colby Convington vs. Khamzat Chimaev as the co-main event on the UFC London card. White responded with this:
"I agree with you. I'm on it... I'll get it done."
Watch the video below from 8:25: