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🚨 Khamzat Chimaev's brother says his body "shut down" during the weight cut for the Sean Strickland fight 😳 He says Khamzat originally had a deal in place to fight Jiri Prochazka at 205, but the UFC later called asking him to fight Strickland instead According to him, Khamzat weighed as much as 231 lbs, and was still 214 lbs just two weeks before the fight "There was a problem with the weight cut. The question became whether to cancel the fight or take the risk. When there was 1.2 kg left, his body shut down... Oxygen deprivation. His body malfunctioned. We had to stop for an hour because his health wouldn't allow him to continue... Khamzat himself said he didn't know how he'd fight in that condition. There was an agreement with the UFC that he would fight Jiri Prochazka at 205. The contract was already prepared, but then they asked him to fight Sean instead... so he accepted ands decided to cut from 105 kg [231 lbs] down to 84 kg [185 lbs]. By fight time he had only regained around 5-6 kg [11-13 lbs]... Two weeks before the fight he weighed 97 kg [214 lbs]. We've requested a rematch with Strickland. There's an event in Abu Dhabi in October and we want to do it there. Khamzat isn't the type of person to move to another weight class and leave unanswered questions behind. We want the second fight. Right now we have no other goals." (via @sportsru)

Welcome back to the pound-for-pound list, @SStricklandMMA. With his title win at #UFC328, Strickland returns at No. 7, while Khamzat Chimaev drops seven spots to No. 10, and settling as the No. 1 contender at 185. Magomed Ankalaev falls out of the P4P with Strickland's return.

Jeremy Fowler on the Possibility of the Eagles Drafting a QB on @975Middays: "Yeah, that's certainly on the radar from the people I’ve talked to. We know what they [Eagles] did with drafting Jalen Hurts in the second round when they had Carson Wentz. I believe that formula could work for them yet again. It’s a crucial time for Hurts. I believe he’s at a crossroads. I know he’s had great success there, and some would disagree with that. Some of the shortcomings were pretty obvious last year, and this is now a time where they get a new offensive coordinator in Sean Mannion, who comes from Green Bay, where they did a lot of under-center work… There’s gonna be a change that he’s gonna have to embrace. Maybe this can help bring the best out of him, but he’s gonna have to come around to that change. I believe the hire applies a little pressure in that way, subconsciously, whether they want to send a message or not. I believe that it does send a message." 📸: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images