Does Khamzat Chimaev Deserve a title shot?

[El Fernas]

1-2 Top ranked wins at MW and i yes, at WW i would say he earned his after the Burns fight, no one would had said much about it...then life happened and here we are with a guy that rarely fights, that forcedly moved up a division, only to end up fighting a guy from his old division and not looking that great on short notice, he doesnt deserve a shot at MW off that, period.

 

[svmr_db]

1-2 Top ranked wins at MW and i yes, at WW i would say he earned his after the Burns fight, no one would had said much about it...then life happened and here we are with a guy that rarely fights, that forcedly moved up a division, only to end up fighting a guy from his old division and not looking that great on short notice, he doesnt deserve a shot at MW off that, period.

Yeah in my opinion if a top 5 guy wakes up one day and decides he wants to go up / down in weight he should be able to challenge another top 5 guy in that division. Taking his entire UFC run into account Chimaev is clearly deserving of a top 5 opponent at middleweight.

 

[DeformedGravy]

Chimaev/Cannonier makes a lot of sense for both and would be an exciting fight.

Khamzat needs a win over a top MW to get the title shot, if he could be the first to submit Jared I think a lot of people would want to see him fight for the belt. Cannonier is on the cusp of another shot, a win over Khamzat would likely tip him into contention again as long as Adesanya doesn't come back beforehand.

DDP vs Khamzat or DDP vs Cannonier are both fun fights.

 

[Khaosan]

LOL no

 

[legedema]

Maybe he is not the next but he deserves it more than Adesanya

 

[HHJ]

Maybe he is not the next but he deserves it more than Adesanya

Not for beating a WW on short notice he dont.

Adesanya doesnt deserve it at all,but neither does Khamzat.

I'm a fan of both guys but there's really no reason for them to not take a fight to get a crack at the title. Especially Khamzat,like holy shit beat ONE ranked MW. Thats all he has to do,and thats already a gift! He doesnt have to win 19 fights in a row like Belal. It's right there for him,but cmon now.

Fuckin fight each other then.

 

[Question]

Izzy isn't the champion anymore and his fight with Strickland proves the mantra, styles make fights. You shouldn't be holding a loss to Izzy against Cannonier when discussing if Cannonier should get the title shot vs DDP, especially since Izzy and DDP fight nothing alike other than they change stances.

I know and I totally get that, I mean it more that the last time Jared had a fight on the big stage it was really boring which would lead to people not being as interested/making it harder for them to get into the idea of getting another shot.
He's the most deserving guy atm, that I agree with.

 

[Goutfather]

i agree that he has to beat a top 5, ideally someone who could actually pose a threat with wresting skills to match his. but the biggest issue is he hasn’t exactly been smeshing dudes. he faced a few decent names to be sure, but they were smaller, and in the case of usman, outside of his competitive prime. he’s in the “suitable as a late replacement contender” category imo. maybe. at least one top 5 ought to do it, but tbh it should be a top 10, then a top 5.

 

[HHJ]

i agree that he has to beat a top 5, ideally someone who could actually pose a threat with wresting skills to match his. but the biggest issue is he hasn’t exactly been smeshing dudes. he faced a few decent names to be sure, but they were smaller, and in the case of usman, outside of his competitive prime. he’s in the “suitable as a late replacement contender” category imo. maybe. at least one top 5 ought to do it, but tbh it should be a top 10, then a top 5.

On the ground he's super dominant. On the feet,he needs discipline,and more experience would help him w that.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Tbh Jared is the only guy in the top five coming off a win right now too, he could just straight up get a title shot with his wins over Sean and Vettori.
That being said, I don't think a lot of people want to see that after his last shot against Izzy. DDP/Cannonier could potentially be a pretty fun bout tho.

Styles make fights. Jared vs DDP would be significantly more exciting than Jared vs Izzy and Sean was.

 

[HHJ]

Styles make fights. Jared vs DDP would be significantly more exciting than Jared vs Izzy and Sean was.

That could be true,but casuals wont care to know about something like that. Might be good to watch,but prob wont sell tickets.

 

[ElLunico]

Lol when Izzy had the belt a lot of these same sherdorks said Khamzat should get the title shot.. Now it's Bi-Sexual DDP has the belt yall dorks don't want him to get a title shot??

 

[Aurelian]

Does he deserve it? No. Does anyone at MW really deserve it? Arguably not. There's going to be a caveat whether it's Strickland, Izzy, or Khamzat. He tried to fight a MW and because of pullout Paulo he didn't get too.

The options are guy who lost his last fight (3-3 last 6), guy who lost his last fight (4-3 last 7) and guy who has hype and seemingly legit skills who doesn't have a ranked MW win but not particularly his fault. I mean I'd be ok with it.

 

[gentel]

Chimaev/Cannonier makes a lot of sense for both and would be an exciting fight.

Khamzat needs a win over a top MW to get the title shot, if he could be the first to submit Jared I think a lot of people would want to see him fight for the belt. Cannonier is on the cusp of another shot, a win over Khamzat would likely tip him into contention again as long as Adesanya doesn't come back beforehand.

DDP vs Khamzat or DDP vs Cannonier are both fun fights.

Cannonier title shot club checking in, imo Cannonier should fight for the title while Izzy and Khamzat fight a title eliminator

 

[CobraCobretti]

He should be able to fight in the States first.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Not really deserving but if you like money you’d make that fight.

Which at the end of the day, that’s what most people fight for.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Yeah there should be an option to pick “no but I’m fine with it if he gets one”

I'm surprised that it's not. It's what I want to vote.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Does he deserve it? No. Does anyone at MW really deserve it? Arguably not. There's going to be a caveat whether it's Strickland, Izzy, or Khamzat. He tried to fight a MW and because of pullout Paulo he didn't get too.

The options are guy who lost his last fight (3-3 last 6), guy who lost his last fight (4-3 last 7) and guy who has hype and seemingly legit skills who doesn't have a ranked MW win but not particularly his fault. I mean I'd be ok with it.

Deserving it is comparative. Compared to Khazmat...yes people deserve it.

There are middleweights who have multiple wins over not only ranked fighters but former champions. Khazmat does not have any of those things.

Cannonier absolutely deserves it more. He has two wins over a title challenger and the most recent former champion (recent wins also). His only loss in sometime was against a dominant champion. More importantly, this all happened at middleweight...

 

[Adamant]

7-0 UFC. Always exciting. Kill or be killed fighter. Not to mention he's been promised a title shot TWICE now. The answer is a resounding yes.

 

[Aurelian]

Deserving it is comparative. Compared to Khazmat...yes people deserve it.

There are middleweights who have multiple wins over not only ranked fighters but former champions. Khazmat does not have any of those things.

Cannonier absolutely deserves it more. He has two wins over a title challenger and the most recent former champion (recent wins also). His only loss in sometime was against a dominant champion. More importantly, this all happened at middleweight...

I wouldn't mind if Jared got the shot either, but he's still injured I think unless I'm wrong.