Michael Chiesa: Risk of Khamzat Chimaev matchup outweighs reward for ranked fighters

ABU DHABI – UFC welterweight Michael Chiesa would be happy to fight Khamzat Chimaev when the time is right – but that time has not yet arrived.
Like his fellow ranked top-10 welterweights Leon Edwards and Stephen Thompson, Chiesa (17-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) isn’t interested in fighting Chimaev (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) until the Russian takes another step up in the division’s ladder.
“You’ve got to think about it like this,” Chiesa told reporters, including MMA Junkie