Chimaev is one of the UFC's absolute biggest stars, and has won all eleven fights he has fought in the organization.
Tomorrow's match is something that many have been looking forward to, and interest in the match is unlikely to diminish after last night's incident.
Should have started with a kick
At the time, the duo was supposed to attend a press conference, but it was canceled at the very last moment.
When UFC boss Dana White was interviewed by various reporters after the announcement, he confirmed that the reason was a fight started by Chimaev and middleweight Kevin Holland - who will have a match at the same gala.
Information, which is not confirmed officially but which comes from several witnesses according to MMA Fighting, Chimaev should have been the one who started the fight by kicking Holland in the chest.
After that, Diaz's gang also got involved in the fight.
- I told them not to play with us.
Kevin got what he deserved, just like Diaz, says Chimaev on his Instagram account.
- What I didn't want was for all of them to come out at the same time, that wouldn't have been good.
Diaz's gang came here with 57 people.
Khamzat's gang came with 30 or something like that, and then there were several people doing it in the back.
It was crazy.
Absolutely sick, says White.
“Be very physical”
Chimaev and Holland have taunted each other in various interviews and outings on social media recently, and have previously come close to getting into a physical altercation.
- It was very physical.
There was a lot going on in there.
I made the right decision that There were several fighters involved.
You didn't have to be a nuclear physicist to understand where it was going.
There were so many people involved, says Dana White.