Professional fighters are used to putting their lives on the line. They enter the Octagon before crowds of thousands baying for blood. Michael Bisping, however, retired from the fighter’s life years ago, and experienced a very different brush with death on a night out with Khamzat Chimaev and Darren Till.
Speaking to The MMA Hour, Bisping revealed that Khamzat and Till flirt with death just for fun when they’re on the tear in Vegas.
Bisping’s Crazy Night Out with Till & Chimaev: “If they don’t die, I’m gonna be very impressed”
“So they’re in town with Darren cause Khamzat’s training for his fight with Gilbert Burns in April and they’re all staying [together].
I was commentating on the weekend and we went out for dinner Friday night. And they picked me up from the hotel, which was very nice. They drive me back to the hotel… they get a little giddy.”
Khamzat Chimaev isn’t just a maniac in the Octagon. His driving skills left a little to be desired. “Khamzat’s driving like an absolute goddamn maniac. And I mean a maniac. On the wrong side of the road, purposefully dodging traffic. I’m in the back, ‘Ahh!! Ahh!!’
Screaming, putting my seatbelt on and I’m like, ‘Stop, stop, stop!’ They pull up to the gas station, I went in to buy some milk for my coffee in the morning, and I come out, they’re doing doughnuts like maniacs in the car park. I’m like, ‘Guys, you’re going to get arrested.’
I get in the car, Darren Till starts doing more doughnuts, just misses the fuel pump by about this much, oh my god. Let me out of this car. If they make it to the fight, if they don’t die, I’m gonna be very, very impressed.”
Chimaev and Till seem to have embarked on MMA’s newest and nuttiest bromance while training together in preparation for Chimaev to take on Gilbert Burns. Chimaev vs Burns will be the Chechen fighter’s fifth fight in the UFC, potentially catapulting Chimaev from the eleventh spot to title contention.
Chimaev has yet to lose a fight, and has a terrifying habit of winning all his fights by early stoppage. His vicious striking and dominant wrestling have made short work of his opponents thus far.
Whether that winning streak continues may be contingent on how well Chimaev and Till can behave themselves outside the Octagon, however. Do you want to party with Khamzat Chimaev and Darren Till if they come to town? Let us know in the comments.
