Ikram Aliskerov made a degree to make clear that it was a teammate of his who not too long ago gained contained in the BRAVE CF cage after a playful web rumor emerged that the fighter was the brother of Khamzat Chimaev.
This joke picked up steam from in style fight sports activities broadcaster, and occasional combatant on circuits like BKFC in addition to Karate Fight, Ben Davis. Through his X account @BenTheBaneDavis, he shared footage from a standout end over the weekend contained in the BRAVE CF cage with corresponding textual content that reads as follows,
“Khamzat Chimaev’s brother, Glenn Chimaev, simply acquired one other KO at this time. He’s now 7-0 and must be on DWCS subsequent yr.”
This tweet ended up fooling many individuals within the MMA neighborhood who thought this was actually the brother of the reigning UFC middleweight champion. Ikram Aliskerov got here out to retweet Davis’ put up with some clarification added, as Aliskerov acknowledged,
“He’s 10-0 now, My teammate and sparring associate Murad Guseinov”
The combatant in query, Murad Guseinov completed Ali Hussein Nedal thirty-two seconds into their BRAVE CF conflict on November ninth.
Ikram Aliskerov, and when he fought Khamzat Chimaev
Ikram Aliskerov has a tie in with the aforementioned Khamzat Chimaev as each males shared the cage collectively. It additionally befell underneath the promotional banner of Courageous Fight Federation. At Courageous CF 23 on April nineteenth, 2019, Chimaev landed an uppercut on the 2:26 mark that brought about the bout with Aliskerov to be waved off by the assigned officers.
Within the intervening years, each males have since gone on to turn out to be massive figures within the combined martial arts world, with Chimaev being the reigning UFC middleweight titleholder as talked about. Aliskerov additionally has notched back-to-back wins contained in the octagon after beforehand struggling a setback towards former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, who was in a position to end Aliskerov inside the space once they fought.