Khamzat Chimaev has had an excessively a hit begin to his combined martial arts occupation. His UFC 279 win over Kevin Holland stepped forward his document to 12-0. Whilst Chimaev used to be surrounded via controversy all week main as much as the combat, he used to be ready to place on a panoramic efficiency within the octagon.
Kevin Holland merits the entire credit score on this planet for accepting an unenviable task on remaining minute understand, however…
Take a look at the stat sheet Khamzat Chimaev pressured him. Utterly blanked him in *each and every* class. Bonkers.
Kevin Holland merits the entire credit score on this planet for accepting an unenviable task on remaining minute understand, however…Take a look at the stat sheet Khamzat Chimaev pressured him. Utterly blanked him in *each and every* class. Bonkers. https://t.co/iOEL32uWqk
Khamzat Chimaev endured his streak of dominance that has led many to consider he’s going to at some point be champion. Following his fourth instantly victory over a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Chimaev’s trainer identified that his fighter is exposing the faux black belts, declaring on Blockasset:
“I am making Khamzat reveal the entire faux black belts in Brazilian jiu jitsu which are within the MMA state of affairs. Why? As a result of these days, folks simply get belts like they cross to McDonalds. They do not do the activity. He simply were given this pink belt. What number of black belts in his occupation has he completed? In order that presentations, that is about it. I am the use of him to show many guys.”
Chimaev’s remaining 4 combatants have been all black belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, then again, Gilbert Burns used to be the one one to make it out of the primary spherical. ‘Durinho’ went toe-to-toe with the Russian, knocking him down and bloodying him up. Chimaev nonetheless walked away because the victor with a unanimous resolution in his choose.
Watch the overall feedback made via Khamzat Chimaev’s trainer beneath (beginning on the 10:52 mark):
Daniel Cormier on Khamzat Chimaev
Daniel Cormier has lengthy been one in all Khamzat Chimaev’s greatest supporters. Again in 2020, simply 3 fights into Chimaev’s UFC occupation, Cormier, one in all simply 4 double champs in UFC historical past, shared that he expects the No.3-ranked welterweight to transform the 5th UFC double champ.
Going into UFC 279, Cormier used to be backing Chimaev or even tried to present him some coaching guidelines. In spite of the arguable week, Cormier endured to again Chimaev, going so far as issuing a weight-cutting problem to fanatics who have been giving the fighter a troublesome time.
Whilst the problem is attention-grabbing, maximum fanatics are smartly mindful that reducing weight is strenuous for opponents. Then again, many really feel that it is part of the activity.
Cormier would additionally percentage that he’s taking a look ahead to seeing Chimaev because the “dangerous man” and hopes that he embraces it, declaring:
“I take into account that at this time he is the dangerous man and boy I really like a foul man, and I want that he embraces this… Make him the dangerous man, I believe he likes it, and boy all of us desire a villain. The arena does now not paintings with all excellent guys. We want dangerous guys and Khamzat Chimaev is greater than prepared to play that.”
Watch Daniel Cormier’s complete feedback on Chimaev beneath: