Media DDP on Strickland and Chimaev asking for a fight: Prefers to not gamble with champ status

[LincolnHawk1]

If Izzy is ready to come back then I think it’s obvious it will be him. He is still outside of Conor and maybe jon jones, the biggest current mma fighter. Sounded like Izzy is who DDP wants also. So that makes the most sense. If Izzy isn’t ready to come back for awhile, I’m sure it will either be Khamzat for the ppv buys or a re-match with Sean. It will be one of those three guys though I’m very sure of that.

 

[Petarito]

Would be interesting to see how his strength and grappling matches up against Khamzat. If their wrestling cancels each other out, it could wind up being a standing fire fight.

Braaah, their wrestling cancelling each other out

Khamzats wrestling is like 2 levels above DDP

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Damn if Khamzat doesn't deserve it, shouldn't he be an easy title defense then? Why are people afraid? If UFC wanted Neil Magny to fight for the title and people were excited to see it, wouldn't a champ just take that fight? Truth is Khamzat is getting the Islam treatment where he's ducked by contenders and champs, no one wants that smoke. They rather accept fights from the weaker competition.

that's his own fault. if he had so much hype like he did when he first came on the scene people would want to fight him to take that shine. but because he has literally nothing to offer now a days nobody wants to fight him. why would anyone ranked want to fight someone who has 1 win vs an actual MW, has no hype anymore because he's more active on twitter than in the UFC, and has shown to be unprofessional by missing weight.

not to mention the bullshit of him wanting to fight Burns at MW for a title shot or him trying to fight Nate Diaz it's like wtf are you doing? you say you'll fight anybody but all the guys you end up fighting are smaller than you.

 

[Tweak896]

khazmat don't deserve shit. What has he done to warrant being in the top 10 at MW let a lone to get a title shot?

Why won't he take an easy title defense? Considering he gets champ pay either way?

 

[josh345]

I want to see it. I know he hasn't beaten any ranked mws. Usman is still a good win though and he was promised a TS with a win. But Izzy will probably skip him for the Ts. Ugh.

 

[Tweak896]

If Khamzat is so great what's stopping him from beating literally any ranked MW contender?

Maybe because the UFC is an organization that fighters could decide to fight anyone they want and no one wants to sign a fight with Khamzat. Just like with Islam.

 

[Brigfa2]

Damn if Khamzat doesn't deserve it, shouldn't he be an easy title defense then? Why are people afraid? If UFC wanted Neil Magny to fight for the title and people were excited to see it, wouldn't a champ just take that fight? Truth is Khamzat is getting the Islam treatment where he's ducked by contenders and champs, no one wants that smoke. They rather accept fights from the weaker competition.

YOU ARE ONE OF DUMBEST HUMAN BEING I'VE EVER SEEN.
I'M WRITING THIS IN ALL CAPS SO MAYBE IT CAN GET IN YOUR THICK SKULL
WHEN PEOPLE IN HERE SAY KHAMZAT DOESN'T DESERVE SHIT, THEY DON'T SAY KHAMZAT IS AN EASY FIGHT OR A BAD FIGHTER. THEY SAY KHAMZAT DID NOTHING IN THE MW SO HE DOESN'T DESERVE A TITLE FIGHT. DDP AND SEAN THINKS THE SAME TOO, THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT KHAMZAT'S TALENT.

 

[Billthebutcher]

Cleft-lip is a joke. Stick to hump-wrestling in your weight class.

 

[Mike]

There's no reason why not to take a lower ranked fighter to make the same money as a higher ranked one. Like I said its less risk more reward.

I just said in the Whitaker thread people are talking like beating him doesn't do anything for them which is insane. Sure sounds like people just don't want to fight him because they're afraid they'll lose to me.

 

[Tweak896]

I just said in the Whitaker thread people are talking like beating him doesn't do anything for them which is insane. Sure sounds like people just don't want to fight him because they're afraid they'll lose to me.

Yeah, it was supposed to be for a title shot I thought. It seems like the only way UFC can get guys to sign with Khamzat is by offering them title shots if they win. It's bizarre people are acting like Khamzat is some nobody everyone thinks they will beat.

 

[RockyLockridge]

He's not getting a LHW title fight anytime soon. Maybe if he defends a few times.

he says he's willing to earn it. I hope that's what he means, 3-4 defenses then maybe think about it. I think holding a title for atleast 2 years or 3-5 title wins sounds like a good Barrier.

 

[AmonTobin]

I think quite a few MW's can and will beat Dricus. I'd like to see Adesanya do it first but I'm not picky. It was a pretty smooth road to the title shot. But it's going to get a lot harder from here in. Welcome to the jungle.