USA (bbabo.net), - In Las Vegas, Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland fought in catchweight at UFC 279. An athlete of Chechen origin won by choke in the first round.

Chimaev quite quickly moved the opponent to the ground. He went to the brabo choke hold. Holland tried to defend himself for quite some time, but was eventually forced to surrender. The fight lasted a little over two minutes.

Earlier it was reported that before the press conference on the eve of the fight between Khamzat Chimaev and American Nate Diaz, there was a mass brawl backstage. About 100 athletes and members of their teams took part in the brawl.

President of the Absolute Fighting Championship Dane White said that the incident was initiated by Khamzat Chimaev. He hit Kevin Holland. After the first brawl was settled, a fight broke out between Chimaev and Nate Diaz.

Commenting on what happened, Chimaev said that Holland and Diaz "got their way."

“I told them all not to joke with us. Kevin got his, Diaz got his,” Chimaev said on his social media account.

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