JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker · Aired Oct 22, 2026
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An excessive weight cut on limited preparation explains Chimaev's performance against Strickland.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Joe explicitly frames this as what he thinks and has heard: Chimaev was preparing to move up and then took a middleweight fight with limited preparation. UFC confirms the fight occurred, but its result cannot establish the medical or camp explanation. No primary camp or clinical evidence settling that causal account was established.
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Quick answer
Is it true that an excessive weight cut on limited preparation explains Chimaev's performance against Strickland?
We can't say yet. Joe explicitly frames this as what he thinks and has heard: Chimaev was preparing to move up and then took a middleweight fight with limited preparation. UFC confirms the fight occurred, but its result cannot establish the medical or camp explanation. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker, aired Oct 22, 2026, at 2:10:25. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is ufc.com, linked below.
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