Chimaev wants to fight Alex Pereira

[Luffy]

He said he's ready if he gets good money whether Pereira is champion or not.



Does that make sense??

 

[SuperNerd]

No thanks.

Alex has few fights left.

Lets get as many bangers as we can out of him.

Lets circle back when he's 40+.

 

[Ibm]

6 months grappling training with Werdume and Alex beats him.

 

[Aurelian]

At MW? Nah. But at LHW I'm down to see it.

 

[hbombbisping]

Is there a worse style matchup for Alex in the UFC still active?

Maybe Aspinall?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Remember when guys had to defend the belt several times before even thinking about jumping a weightclass?

 

[mkt]

Remember when guys had to defend the belt several times before even thinking about jumping a weightclass?

Yeah. And Khamzat should only consider fighting current champions of other divisions, not nearly 40-year old kickboxers who are favorable style matchups (though Poatan's striking and size make him a bigger challenge than most MW strikers).

I mean, what's next? "I want to fight Stipe, Arlovksi or Mir to prove I can beat a former HW champ"?

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Kham wants a big payday.

How about not holding up the division as there are some intriguing matchups for him at MW.

 

[ElLunico]

Of course he is lol. Fight Ank instead

 

[Zyklon R]

What a pussy so he wants to fight someone everyone knows wouldn't be able to beat him hahaha omg how daring and courageous

 

[Dacha]

Tom Aspinal is biggest money fight.

Go for it. Skip LHW. )


Or Gane if he happens to beat Tom.

 

[r-harper-1]

At MW? Nah. But at LHW I'm down to see it.

Same fight regardless of weight class imo

 

[Westbrick]

Conor destroyed this sport, those guys don't want no legacy, don't want to defend shit

 

[Aurelian]

Same fight regardless of weight class imo

Alex has more of a chance without a draining weight cut. Perhaps same outcome, but Alex defended all of Ank's takedowns. Different fighters I know. Just more interesting at LHW than MW.

 

[KO Shotz]

No thanks. Chimaev rag dolls & owns Pereira on the ground worse than he did Dricus.

 

[helltoupee]

Yeah. And Khamzat should only consider fighting current champions of other divisions, not nearly 40-year old kickboxers who are favorable style matchups (though Poatan's striking and size make him a bigger challenge than most MW strikers).

I mean, what's next? "I want to fight Stipe, Arlovksi or Mir to prove I can beat a former HW champ"?

You analogy is dumb because Stipe, Arlovski, and Mir are all retired.

Just go back to your pillow and call it a day. Your boy got utterly embarrassed last night and I know you don't want to see the same happen to Poatan, but everything will be ok.

The sun will come out, tomorrow.

 

[usernamee]

Would be horrible matchmaking unless he has the belt at LHW.

But even then pretty horrible because MW has contenders waiting in line.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

No thanks. He should be defending the belt against all the number 1 contenders, lets get this sport back to how its supposed to be and have some consistency and substance.

 

[Unheralded Truth]

This place is strange. When Chimaev was forced back to middleweight maybe two years ago, and Pereira just had become a huge
name there (and champ), there were actual plans on making this fight and some initial negotiations started.

If I remember correctly, people here were also into it back then for sake of seeing Pereira (a "REAL" MW) showing Chimaev how
there are levels to this, and that Khamzat stands no chance - as he couldn't even finish somebody who had fought at LW previously.

Did Ankalaev take away all the hope people had in Alex? I'm hearing very different tunes in here now.

 

[Tito Tapped]

Remember when guys had to defend the belt several times before even thinking about jumping a weightclass?

They pushed Anderson Silva up to LHW as a "punishment" for clowning around in his title fights. He then smashed Irvin in a minute and gave Forrest the most humiliating beating of all time and it made switching weight classes cool.