Can DDP stop Khamzat's early TDs?

[Steve Fox]

Can Chimaev stop DDP's onslaught?

 

[Bwagster]

I’m curious to see how Khamzat manages his gas tank. Can he wear down DDP by making him carry his weight the entire fight? I’m hoping for at least a four round fight. If Khamzat takes out DDP in round one we won’t know anymore than we do now. I’m extra excited for this fight.

 

[BoxingFan653]

It really just comes down to if DDP survives that initial storm I see Khamzat in trouble and tired. I think most see it going down that way if he survives the first two rounds. Khamzat has to tap him out...good news is DDP historically is easy to take down but good at scrambling.

Bad news for DDP while he's a different fighter now one of his two losses is from submission.

 

[Human Bass]

Can he defend subs?

No, he has lost all his fights by sub, he is the first ever champion with zero victories

 

[188912345]

It really just comes down to if DDP survives that initial storm I see Khamzat in trouble and tired. I think most see it going down that way if he survives the first two rounds. Khamzat has to tap him out...good news is DDP historically is easy to take down but good at scrambling.

Bad news for DDP while he's a different fighter now one of his two losses is from submission.

The funny thing about this narrative is that DDP is actually the one of them who has been finished in the later rounds, a long time ago, granted.

I find it weird how people completely disregard that Khamzat could win a round past round 1 or 2, given that he now has had over a year preparing for 5-rounders, and that he has won rounds and completed takedowns in rounds 2 and 3 before.

DDP of course has a better chance of winning if he doesn't get subbed in the first 2, but he's no means a lock.

 

[TYR-I]

Chances are he'll defend some, get taken down some, get up, defend some, get taken down some, etc. Khamzat is a spammer.

Ha... he really is. Shoots from waaaaaay out

 

[5oulja]

Would be pretty embarrasing for Khamzat to just do what he does.

The greats, such as Jones, aim to test themselves against their opponents strengths. So let's say Khamzat takes DDP down and submits him easily. That would be a loss for Khamzat, imo.

i registered to just reply to this comment. I never heard of a more retarded statement in my life. You specialize in things for a reason.

 

[CobraCobretti]

From the current 185lbs roster, I think Imanov has the best chance of keeping the fight standing, but that's a big if also. I see Khamzat taking DDP down early and finishing him.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

He had an easier time taking down and controlling Rob than he had taking down and controlling old no knees 170 Usman, my comparison wasn't with DDPs performance vs Rob, which was excellent.

We saw RDR have a tough time putting Whittaker in bad positions on the ground.

Usman has been finished about twice in his career, so I wouldn't completely rule out him surviving 3 rounds vs DDP back in 2023, when he was losing rounds to Till and Brunson.

Strickland survived 10 rounds, Tavares 3 rounds, Till almost 3 rounds, Izzy almost 4 rounds.

All of those fighters would likely get finished by Khamzat in 3-7 minutes maximum, so just because Usman took Khamzat to a decision doesn't mean that he's a bad fighter, as you can see when we measure DDPs performances equally harsh as you're judging Khamzat's.

Also, you're disregarding his hand injury in round 1 that required surgery.
Before that, it was domination.

Dricus is very good (picked him vs Izzyand Strickland x2), I just doubt that his defensive grappling is up to pair for this fight and I think Khamzat is a bad matchup for him.

I also think his offensive wrestling won't be a factor in this fight, which will make his unorthodox striking less effective.

i respect your opinion, but i just think comparing DDP before the nose surgery to the one who is the champion now, it's a different beast. i also don't think Khamzat is a bad fighter, i never ever doubted Khamzat's skill. i doubt that he can live up to the hype that everyone puts on him is all. i always say Khamzat is a good fighter and a dangerous fighter for anyone, but i just don't see enough of his work vs the top of the division for me to be totally sold that he's going dogwalk DDP. meanwhile DDP is getting close to clearing the division. DDP is much more proven than Khamzat is. the other thing is, i don't want to see Khamzat as the champion for the same reason i'm not sold that he's a top MW, he barely fights without the belt, i can only imagine how it will be if he became champion.

 

[usernamee]

I’m curious to see how Khamzat manages his gas tank. Can he wear down DDP by making him carry his weight the entire fight? I’m hoping for at least a four round fight. If Khamzat takes out DDP in round one we won’t know anymore than we do now. I’m extra excited for this fight.

Regarding managing his gas tank Chimaev said that he doesn't plan ahead of fights on how to deal with that.

He says that when he grabs ahold of someone he will immediately know if he's on his level or not and if he isn't he's going for the insta kill. Like he did with Holland. He just grabbed him and immediately knew he could do whatever he wanted to him so he went full throttle.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

i want DDP to win, i like DDP, but even if he beats Khamzat i don't see how that makes him #1 p4p. Khamzat has ONE top 10 MW win. it's not like DDP would be beating some legendary monster. Khamzat is more hype than anything, however i do admit Khamzat is a dangerous fighter. especially in this "no wrestling" age of the UFC.

Idk what to tell you. Your view of Khamzat is as glass half empty as you could make it and you seem to intentionally be ignoring the prevailing sentiment surrounding him.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

KC gonna gas out in 4 minutes trying to outmuscle DDP. Blame a rare sinus infection

or his coach not hooking him up with epo.

 

[BoxingFan653]

The funny thing about this narrative is that DDP is actually the one of them who has been finished in the later rounds, a long time ago, granted.

I find it weird how people completely disregard that Khamzat could win a round past round 1 or 2, given that he now has had over a year preparing for 5-rounders, and that he has won rounds and completed takedowns in rounds 2 and 3 before.

DDP of course has a better chance of winning if he doesn't get subbed in the first 2, but he's no means a lock.

My issue with Khamzat is historically he fades with each passing round...this makes me nervous for him as a Borz fan. I hope I am wrong but he is a completely different fighter by round 3. We haven't seen him in a 5 rounder before.

 

[AstralPanda]

Nope

 

[188912345]

My issue with Khamzat is historically he fades with each passing round...this makes me nervous for him as a Borz fan. I hope I am wrong but he is a completely different fighter by round 3. We haven't seen him in a 5 rounder before.

That wasn't really true for the Burns fight.

In that fight, he actually had his highest output in round 3, after losing a back and forth round 2, where he seemed to have an adrenaline dump after almost finishing Burns in round 1.

What also gives me confidence for his ability to win a war is that he instantly took Burns down at the end of round 2 after he was dropped by a clean overhand right.
Effective "panic wrestling" is a good ability to have and can be the difference between being TKO'd or surviving to the next round.

I do agree that he can't seem to keep up his round 1 domination for the duration of the fight, so far, but he's still competitive.

Usman fight, they both were very low output in the later rounds, but he still got him down in each round, and there was the hand injury when he was slammed at the end of round 1, which probably made him more cautious.

 

[cold_spring_harbor]

Would be pretty embarrasing for Khamzat to just do what he does.

The greats, such as Jones, aim to test themselves against their opponents strengths. So let's say Khamzat takes DDP down and submits him easily. That would be a loss for Khamzat, imo.

What type of new age gluten free hippy bullshit is this?

 

[wisdom blows]

Let me impart some MMA knowledge on you TS…

The goal is not to stop Kkamzit’s TDs but to make Khamzit work hard for the TDs hence tire him out and then DDP can take over.

People keep mentioning Khabib but Khamlip does not have Khabib’s cardio or technique. He relies on his strength and bullying his opponents. DDP is smart.

All these nicknames, you’re def not biased

 

[wisdom blows]

- Brunson was 39, but feel free to round up
- He won 5 of his last 6
- He won his next fight in the PFL

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DRICUS KNOCKED HIM OUT IN 2 ROUNDS.


What are we even talking about here? Dricus would M U R D E R Burns and losing streak Usman. Murder... call the cops, go to jail murder.

The standards for judging this stuff is bizarre. I'm a big fan of Khamzat and can't wait to watch him fight but there is a reality distortion field around him with some of you bozos.

This is a silly assumption considering DDP is too big to ever make 170. If he could, we have no idea how a fight with Burns or Usman would go, both being elite fighters. Decisioning Strickland and having a war with old Izzy has you guys really drunk on DDP eh? The fact is DDP has never faced a real elite wrestler in their prime. He’s about to. We’ve seen this song many times in MMA and it usually goes one way.

 

[davidlemonparty]

i registered to just reply to this comment. I never heard of a more retarded statement in my life. You specialize in things for a reason.

Sherdogs first new member this year

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Fuck no he can't, he has some of the worst TDD in the division, and won't even be able to defend against a gassed Khamzat. People are coping hard with the idea that he'll survive and make Khamzat gas, when ONLY Usman has been able to do that, who happens to be one of the best MMA wrestlers of all time and also happens to have an extreme gas tank.

The Burns fight is completely irrelevant because Khamzat wanted to avoid his ground game altogether and it was mostly a stand-up war.

He doesn't give two shits about DDP's ground game. This is the same DDP that got thrown around by Brunson and even made Whittaker look like he was Khabib. I don't think Whittaker even has five takedowns in his career.

So then the UFC goes even more extreme, and gives him the next 3 fights against the two fighters with practically ZERO offensive wrestling in Izzy and Strickland. So 4 fights against non existent wrestling is somehow supposed to make us believe he got 100 times better at it since the Brunson fight, and will now be able to defend against possibly the best MMA wrestler we've ever seen.....what, because he has muscles?

This is a squash match. I like DDP but he's the one being falsely elevated right now, compared to a truly rare talent like Khamzat.

Honestly I'm embarrassed for MMA fans that didn't see this coming.