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"DDP is gonna break him down in the championship rounds"

It was confusing when people refused to believe Khamzat would be able to get takedowns past round 1.

I mean, he even did that vs Usman with a serious injury.

I think that's what happens when people confuse what they want to happen with what is likely to happen.
 
I will absolutely watch it.Was glorious,especially for the tears from haters like you 🤣🤣

Look at my post history bozo. I said Khamzat is likely to get a first round submission.

I also said he's one of the most exciting and interesting guys in the sport. Why are Khamzat lovers so weird lately?

This is setting aside that we're now supposed to celebrate a Jon Fitch style 5 round lay fight (that had multiple stand-ups) where nobody got hurt? That was an absolute stinker.
 
It was confusing when people refused to believe Khamzat would be able to get takedowns past round 1.

I mean, he even did that vs Usman with a serious injury.

Usman stuffed him 2 of 3 times in the second round and made it look easy.

This is on youtube right now and you can also just look up the fight stats instead of saying moronic shit over and over.

I think that's what happens when people confuse what they want to happen with what is likely to happen.

Who wanted Khamzat to lay wrestle Jon Fitch style for a 5 round decision? lmao. A fight where nobody got hurt.

Dricus has to work on his counter wrestling, and Khamzat looks like he worked hard on his cardio.

Still my God what a stinker
 
Usman stuffed him 2 of 3 times in the second round and made it look easy.

This is on youtube right now and you can also just look up the fight stats instead of saying moronic shit over and over.



Who wanted Khamzat to lay wrestle Jon Fitch style for a 5 round decision? lmao. A fight where nobody got hurt.

Dricus has to work on his counter wrestling, and Khamzat looks like he worked hard on his cardio.

Still my God what a stinker
I tried to politely warn you about the difference between Usmans and DDPs defensive wrestling, but that was drowned out in all the noise about how DDP would murder Usman and Burns, because of his size.

Usman had a 97%+ takedown defense, Dricus 50%.

Khamzat also actually did injure his dominant hand at the end of round 1 vs Usman, which obviously made it more difficult.

He also revealed a year after that fight that he had a fever and considered pulling out, and that he changed his training regimen before the Whittaker fight to focus more on recovery.

Healthy Khamzat, with smarter training and more focus on recovery, is a tough out for anyone from 170 to 205 lbs.
 
I tried to politely warn you about the difference between Usmans and DDPs defensive wrestling, but that was drowned out in all the noise about how DDP would murder Usman and Burns, because of his size.

So you're argument is all the sport-science, sport-specific training Khamazt has spent the last 6 weeks doing with a famous cycling/wrestling cardio coach didn't improve his energy systems?

... also arguing that Khamzat didn't improve, and improve his pacing?



Healthy Khamzat, with smarter training and more focus on recovery, is a tough out for anyone from 170 to 205 lbs.

Yes and that has no bearing on Khamzat's previous fights and how they actually happened.

If you posted here saying Khamzat was going to do a Jon Fitch style lay n pray for a 5 round decision where nobody got hurt, feel free to quote it. Nobody saw this stinker coming, but it doesn't surprise me Khamazt doesn't work for a finish to prevent his gas tank emptying.
 
So you're argument is all the sport-science, sport-specific training Khamazt has spent the last 6 weeks doing with a famous cycling/wrestling cardio coach didn't improve his energy systems?

... also arguing that Khamzat didn't improve, and improve his pacing?





Yes and that has no bearing on Khamzat's previous fights and how they actually happened.

If you posted here saying Khamzat was going to do a Jon Fitch style lay n pray for a 5 round decision where nobody got hurt, feel free to quote it. Nobody saw this stinker coming, but it doesn't surprise me Khamazt doesn't work for a finish to prevent his gas tank emptying.

I consistently questioned why people thought Khamzat wouldn't have a chance of winning a decision.

I questioned why people thought he would be unable to get takedowns past round 1.

I pointed out that what matters in this matchup was Dricus takedown defense and (in)ability to get back up to his feet.

You should blame Dricus for being content with getting laid on for 22 minutes.

He basically focused on just negating the damage/sub attempts and not getting finished.
 
If you posted here saying Khamzat was going to do a Jon Fitch style lay n pray for a 5 round decision where nobody got hurt, feel free to quote it. Nobody saw this stinker coming, but it doesn't surprise me Khamazt doesn't work for a finish to prevent his gas tank emptying.
We can look at all their skills.

Punching, kicking, defensive striking, etc.

Offensive wrestling, defensive wrestling, offensive grappling, defensive grappling.

Khamzat has consistently proved that what matters most in his fights are his opponents defensive wrestling and defensive grappling, if it's not up to pair, he runs them over

So Dricus could be superior in every aspect, except defensive wrestling and defensive grappling, and look like a complete newb, despite all of his other skills when it comes to offensive striking and offensive wrestling, sort of how Khamzat made Usman look in round 1, or Whittaker in their fight.

That's not necessarily me or others thinking Dricus is a bad fighter, it's just that we think he's an inferior wrestler and grappler, and that could be enough for it to the rest to not matter.
 
Usman stuffed him 2 of 3 times in the second round and made it look easy.

This is on youtube right now and you can also just look up the fight stats instead of saying moronic shit over and over.



Who wanted Khamzat to lay wrestle Jon Fitch style for a 5 round decision? lmao. A fight where nobody got hurt.

Dricus has to work on his counter wrestling, and Khamzat looks like he worked hard on his cardio.

Still my God what a stinker

Khamzat, with a torn ligament in his right hand, still secured a 3rd round takedown vs Usman (who up until that fight had only been taken down ONCE in his career).

 
I think it was a reasonable assumption based on both guys previous fight history. In Khamzat's two closest fights, he slowed down noticeably after the first and hung on late to win a decision. Plus he'd never gone 5 rounds. DDP had gone 5 multiple times and had shown the cardio to be able to take over in the championship rounds. As others have already mentioned, DDP was just so poor on his TD defense and with his ground game that Khamzat barely had to do anything. He got him down early in each round and DDP was never able to get back to his feet. It was a wrestling clinic.
 
It's like some of y'all don't pay attention to anything outside of the actual fights themselves

It's like your acting stupid, in an attempt to make a smart ass post.

I wasn't doubting anybody said that, or how popular the opinion was.

If you're going to make this thread, don't quote and mock an imaginary person- who is supposed to be popular and easy to find. Let's get to it. Put up quotes and names. Why are you guys being pussies about it?

Take 1 minute, and link a thread, a discussion or a single quote.

Was it hard for you?
 
I said that, but that's because I thought Khamzat would fight like he usually does.

His strategy was totally different; DDP didn't finish him in the championship rounds because Khamzat didn't go all out and fatigue himself early in the fight- he fought conservatively to a decision win.
 
It's like your acting stupid, in an attempt to make a smart ass post.

I wasn't doubting anybody said that, or how popular the opinion was.

If you're going to make this thread, don't quote and mock an imaginary person- who is supposed to be popular and easy to find. Let's get to it. Put up quotes and names. Why are you guys being pussies about it?

Take 1 minute, and link a thread, a discussion or a single quote.

Was it hard for you?

It's not my fault you don't pay attention.

Virtually the entire MMA community has had the same take on this fight since it was announced. I didn't need to quote any single person when 99% of the MMA community said "if Khamzat doesn't win in the first round, DDP is gonna break him in the later rounds".
 
It's not my fault you don't pay attention.

Virtually the entire MMA community has had the same take on this fight since it was announced. I didn't need to quote any single person when 99% of the people said "if Khamzat doesn't win in the first round, DDP is gonna bring him in the later rounds".

Cool. Enjoy your receipt thread with no receipts.

Keep mocking your imaginary friends.

Looks like your having fun with the topic.
 
It's not my fault you don't pay attention.

Virtually the entire MMA community has had the same take on this fight since it was announced. I didn't need to quote any single person when 99% of the MMA community said "if Khamzat doesn't win in the first round, DDP is gonna break him in the later rounds".
Don't hurt his feelings, he's a sulky boy.
 
it was the obvious answer considering we've seen Khamzat dump his gas tank in 2 rounds a couple of times and the fact DDP normally scraps out a grinding championship round finish, Khamzat obviously stopped that happening by panic wrestling every time a strike was thrown, then stalling with zero damage and no sub attempts the whole fight, his wrestling is impressive, but Gilbert Burns laid the blue print down on how to beat him, someone like a pre USADA Jacare would have given him serious trouble.
 
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