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Khamzat needs to make weight and beat a ranked contender first.There are no opponents for Izzy.. He drained the weakest division out there.. What do you do? You bring Chimaev in.. Izzy also said in an interview he wants to fight him.. He gets the winner of that November fight period... Or he fights winner of the trilogy all the same
Izzy can fight Muniz or Imavov and Khamzat can fight Costa or any other top 5 MW on the same card. The fight will be so much bigger if you allow it to simmer and force Khamzat to earn it.
As it stands now, I think Costa and Whittaker are both bad matchups for Khamzat.
I would give Alex Pereira a rematch before I gave Khamzat a completely undeserved title shot. After all, he beat Izzy twice.
I would give Sean Strickland coming off a loss to Poatan a title shot before I gave one to Khamzat. Even more so if Strickland wins his next fight.