Diego Lopes or Khamzat Chimaev: Who do you think is gonna be champ first?

[DanDragon Machi]

Both has practically the same age and are pretty close to a title shot. Who has the toughest road?

Comparing the weighclasses level:

Holloway> Whittaker
Topuria > Dricus
Volkanovski > Strickland
Sterling < Adesanya
Evloev < Borralho

Diego fights much more frequently and it's can be decisive

 

[usernamee]

Khamzat is working towards that triple champ status and doesn't bother with this singular type championhip shit the noobs are doing.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Diego

Khamzat already has been here for quite a while. We would've seen it by now imo

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Both has practically the same age and are pretty close to a title shot. Who has the toughest road?

Comparing the weighclasses level:

Holloway> Whittaker
Topuria > Dricus
Volkanovski > Strickland
Sterling < Adesanya
Evloev < Borralho

Diego fights much more frequently and it's can be decisive

I think Khamzat is more talented, but to paraphrase Kimbo Slice, Khamzat's enemy is da inna me, and until he can defeat that, he'll never be champ.

Ps I want to see someone rock a Diego Lopes mullet with a Khamzat beard

 

[Xoleth]

None

 

[Steve Fox]

None

Came to say this.

 

[Rataria]

Khamzat seems like he's on track for a late bloom glow up . Diego Lopes seems like this is his peak.

 

[moosaev]

Neither of them will be champs

 

[Goatenstein]

Diego Lopes is the modern Thomas Almeida.

 

[Poirierfan]

Khamzat stands the better chance imo, but I say neither guy will be champ. Lopes gets beat by Max, Topuria, or Volk.

 

[13Seconds]

Both are good but I don't think either will win the belt. Mayyybe Lopes if he outlasts Topuria, Holloway and Volk. Even then, Movsar as boring as he is, is still a bad matchup for Lopes.

Khamzat is too self destructive to become champ. Dude just cracks in the spotlight. Besides, Whittaker is whopping that ass.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

I don't think Lopes becomes a champ.
He is the peoples champ but he I don't think he beats Max, Volk or Topuria.

Chimaev could potentially take advantage of a weaker division.. being 185 or 170

 

[Harlekin]

Diego Lopes is the modern Thomas Almeida.

Lopes is so much better on the feet and on the ground

 

[HockeyBjj]

Diego actually fights so him

 

[octagonation]

This is kind of retarded thread.

Lopes is behind the line of Movsar vs Sterling plus Lopes can´t beat Movsar, Sterling and Topuria just a bad match up. Styles makes fight he can´t go up against elite MMA wrestlers.

Where as Khamzat is the favorite against both Whittaker and DDP he is not like in a Lopes situation he matches up both well with

 

[MMAFanCal]

Neither will be the champion.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

You don't know him... He goes to another school.

 

[Duke Kensington]

Fw is by far the stronger division especially at the top…

 

[DOMMA]

I do not believe Khamzat Chimaev will ever fight in the UFC. He will pull out of this upcoming fight and be cut.

He never gave an explanation for his last pull out......his camp indicated that he had multiple issues. Something is wrong with Khamzat....not sure if it is physical or mental but I doubt he makes his upcoming fight.

 

[Hdfi]

Khamzat because defeating Whittaker in a 3 round fight with home advantage is easier than beating Volkanovski in a 5 round fight without home advantage. And Topuria has been more dominant than DDP.