Khamzat Chimaev called out by UFC welterweight as latter flexes wrestling skills: "Let's tie up"

Khamzat Chimaev is known for his impressive ground game in the UFC. After dominating most of his rivals inside the octagon, a UFC welterweight called him out while showcasing his wrestling skills online.

Chimaev is coming off an impressive victory against Robert Whittaker at UFC 308. He finished the former UFC middleweight champion with a first-round face crank.

Flexing his wrestling skills, Philip Rowe posted a short video of himself in a sparring session. In the clip, he is seen employing a grappling exchange with his partner and later taking him down. Challenging Chimaev in the post, he wrote:

"@khamzat_chimaev let’s tie up 🐺 @patdowney got me actin different in the clinch ! 😎 ."

Watch Rowe's challenge to Khamzat Chimaev below:

'Borz' heavily depends on his wrestling skills in his fights. He is a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and competed in freestyle wrestling before becoming a full-time MMA fighter. Chimaev is also a three-time Swedish National Champion in freestyle wrestling.

Robert Whittaker opens up on ground game of Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 308

Robert Whittaker suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 308. He was left bloodied with his teeth dislodged in his jaws after Chimaev clutched him in a face crank. Whittaker opened up on his loss and expressed the most surprising element of the fight against 'Borz' besides his first-round submission.

In a conversation with MMA journalist Ariel Helwani, Whittaker said:

"It was the takedown, like the wall-wrestling and everything else was just part of the parcel, you know? I got caught with that face crank, but that’s just part of grappling and the wall-grappling transition. But he was sticky… He was really, really good at gut-wrenching, the drag-downs and just holding that position. We knew this, I trained for this, and I got rag-dolled for most of the camp, so I was comfortable there."

He further added:

"Getting caught with the face crank – didn’t expect that – thought I’d have more time, did not. But it was the initial takedown that surprised me the most because the guy shot from like two meters away and was, honestly, a foot off the ground."

Watch Robert Whittaker's opinion on Khamzat Chimaev below (4:25):