Dustin Poirier questions Khamzat Chimaev’s scale moment before Sean Strickland fight

Poirier discussed the controversy last Friday on “Ariel Helwani Live!”, where he explained why the weigh-in footage did not fully convince him.

“If you watch the video, as soon as he steps on the scale, they say ‘185’, but it didn’t even have time to balance,” the former UFC lightweight interim champion said.

“This is like a hang scale, as soon as he steps on 185, even if you read the weight quick, you have to let it balance to see if the guy’s on or, if it’s still balancing, he’s a couple ounces [over]. It’s tough to say.”

His words just increased the debate around UFC 328’s biggest fight.

Khamzat Chimaev could soon leave middleweight

The controversy also feeds into the wider feeling that this may be Chimaev’s final fight at middleweight.

Poirier shares that view, saying: “I think he could probably go to 205 lbs, because he looked bad on the scale, I thought.”

That would not come from nowhere. Chimaev has already called out Alex Pereira before the Brazilian star moved up to heavyweight.

There is also his long-standing feud with Paulo Costa, who just moved up to light heavyweight.

Costa has beaten one of the division’s main contenders, Azamat Murzakanov, which could pave the way for a fight with the Chechen star if he ultimately decides he cannot handle the middleweight cut any longer.