Media Bragging Rights: Whittaker vs Chimaev - Who wins and how?

[svmr_db]

Predict the co-main event for bragging rights! Who wins and by what method of victory? Lock in your pick before the poll closes!

 

[13Seconds]

Khamzat is a scary mofo but I gotta pick Whittaker on this. He's always done well in the defensive grappling. What im worried about is if Khamzat can straight up chin him. Im betting no. This is an intense fight lol

 

[Raise Your Fist]

Rob by TKO round 4

 

[RockyLockridge]

I usually do very well in these threads. I NAILED how taira vs royval was going to go. (minus that i said royval would finish)


I dont think I've messed up this month yet, (atleast in the polls that I've participated in)

This is one of the harder ones, but Safe is robert does what he does and point fights his way to victory as per usual after Khamzat blows his load in round 2, Struggles in round 2 (but still wins) leaving whittaker to cruise through rounds 3 4 and 5 for the UD. A late TKO could happen but I dont think Rob will press to hard for it.

What im worried about is if Khamzat can straight up chin him. Im betting no. This is an intense fight lol

Very difficult fight to predict. Whittaker has not faced someone like this. Khamzat has not faced someone like this. Khamzat has been out a while leaves a question mark, while we know every thing there is to know about Rob.

I love gambling for fun, but Im keeping my money out of this fight

 

[RichardHarrow]

Bobby by knuckles

 

[RichardHarrow]

Rob by TKO round 4

This

 

[Harlekin]

My confidence in my pick: 20% haha
So many possibilities

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

I took Khamzat by decision (split) for two reasons.

1) Things I want to happen never do. So this is the opposite of Rob by 1st round KO.

2) I can see Kahmzat fading and losing 4 and 5 but doing enough in 1 and 2 with control to mean a close third swings it.

 

[13Seconds]

I usually do very well in these threads. I NAILED how taira vs royval was going to go.


I dont think I've messed up this month yet, (atleast in the polls that I've participated in)

This is one of the harder ones, but Safe is robert does what he does and point fights his way to victory as per usual after Khamzat blows his load in round 2, Struggles in round 2 (but still wins) leaving whittaker to cruise through rounds 3 4 and 5 for the UD. A late TKO could happen but I dont think Rob will press to hard for it.




Very difficult fight to predict. Whittaker has not faced someone like this. Khamzat has not faced someone like this. Khamzat has been out a while leaves a question mark, while we know every thing there is to know about Rob.

I love gambling for fun, but Im keeping my money out of this fight

Yeah strongest thing i can go on is Whittakers 5 round experience really. But there's nothing to say he doesn't get waxed early. Khamzat is that explosive when he's fresh.

Im staying away from predicting this one. Too many unknowns.

Actually the top 3 fights of this main card are impossible to predict. I like it.

 

[CrimsonFan]

Khamzat submission. Round 1

 

[188912345]

Khamzats takes him down and subs him, or he hurts him with a southpaw jab, follows him to the ground and subs him.

I do think Khamzat has the better chin, and has more ways to win. He can for example still get a "desperation takedown" if he gets hurt on the feet (like vs Burns), whereas if Rob gets hurt Khamzat can snatch up a sub or TKO him.

It's tricky, since Rob is both more vulnerable AND more dangerous than Burns and Usman. Usman has a better chin, Burns had great BJJ to protect himself with when knocked down. Both obviously don't have Robs striking skills.

With regards to cardio I think people are comparing Robs 5 round cardio in mostly striking match-ups, to Khamzat when he goes all in with the wrestling early. Also, Khamzat has now been training at high elevation for this camp, so his cardio should be better.

 

[vivi]

If it’s 5 rounds I say Rob. In a 3 rounder Khamzat probably gets him.
In these situations I’d almost always pick the guy that’s been more active over the years. And Rob still looks fresh in his last few bouts even with his mileage.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

One of the hardest fights to pick in a very long time

 

[Daniel Henry]

Khamzat will make him quit with his wrestling

 

[Thug Rose]

I want Khamzat to win and I do think he will win.

 

[svmr_db]

One of the hardest fights to pick in a very long time

Yeah Chimaev didn't cut through his previous toughest tests in Usman & Burns with ease so it will be really interesting to see if he can do it to Whittaker. If not, how will he look in the championship rounds?

 

[Question]

Khamzat by TKO/KO

 

[Egészségére!]

DDP tko round 2

Khamzat by finish > round 3

 

[Deltron 6060]

I got Bobby Knuckles dominating the later rounds and pulling off a UD. Surprised 'Khamzat gets sick" wasn't a poll option

 

[Darkavius]

We all expect Whittaker to lose the first round and probably round two. So the question is who wins rounds 3 to 5? I'll probably be wrong but I'm going to go with Whittaker to win. Khamzat's style is fun to watch but after round 2 he becomes very hittable and I've seen Whittaker dig down deep in hard battles and win. However, by round 4 and 5, in both fights Khamzat has gone to decisions with he does not look like a world beater at all and I think it finally comes back to bite him.

Side note: Not that anyone cares but I really want Chimaev to lose. He's a fun fighter to watch but he rarely fights and it's debatable if he can even fight in the U.S. anymore. I don't want a situation where another division is held up and an interim champion is needed. Plus, if Du Plessis fought Chimaev I think Du Plessis wins.