Khamzat Chimaev: “You can say I represent Russia”

Chimaev told which country he represents

UFC star fighter Khamzat Chimaev told which country he represents.

“You can say I represent Russia, because every Chechen travels with a Russian passport. All nationalities in Russia go with one passport. We can say, all Russians. I am a man of the world and represent the whole world. Why say “he is a Chechen”, “he is a Russian”. They ask me why I don’t go out with that flag, with that flag. The flags are changing. In the USSR there was one flag, now in Russia there is another. Everywhere flags change, but people do not change. I am for all good people, ”Chimaev said in an interview with Hustle MMA.

Chimaev was born and raised in Chechnya, but later his family moved to Sweden. The fighter has Swedish citizenship.