Does Khamzat have the same punching power as Soldic to knockout DDP?

[shorinryu86]

Does Khamzat have the same punching power as Soldic (The last guy to knockout DDP)?

 

[Aurelian]

It wasn't the punching power that knocked DDP out. It was the skill and technique. Soldic is one bad motherfucker. He belongs in the UFC. And no, I don't think Khamzats striking is on Soldics level.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Does he hit hard enough to knock DDP out?
Very likely, yeah. Khamzat commits to his offense, it's no mystery that if he lands one like he did on Aliskerov or GM3 that he could sleep other guys with one shot.

But having the warhead is only as good as your delivery system. I'd be willing to bet khamzat primarily plans to ragdoll smash and repeat more so than prolonged exchanges on the feet

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

He's going to knock DDP out by squeezing the life and soul out of him

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

in the first round

 

[MMAFanCal]

It wasn't the punching power that knocked DDP out. It was the skill and technique. Soldic is one bad motherfucker. He belongs in the UFC. And no, I don't think Khamzats striking is on Soldics level.

It is ridiculous how people fawning over Khamzat are underestimating Dricus like crazy. The guy has fought at a much higher level for longer and more frequently while going pedal to the metal for 5 rounds in championship fights. Also, getting finishes against the best in weight class. You seriously think Khamzat is going to run over Dricus? Would be hilarious to see the meltdowns after the fight.

Regarding Soldic, Dricus was cutting crazy amount of weight. Chin is the first thing to go. It was his last fight at 170 lbs as he realized he was dehydrating too much. He beat Soldic in the first fight and Soldic could not knock him out.

Dricus does has the power, skills, size, precision and strength to knock the lights out of Khamzat. That is for sure. However, in my opinion Khamzat's only path is to get a submission. We are talking a former K-1 kickboxing champion and also champion in 3 different organizations. Khamzat's striking is nowhere near the level of Dricus. You can mark my words down.

 

[NoSmilez]

Khamzat punches hard enough. I wouldn't say he is a natural puncher. Khamzat is more dangerous on the ground.

 

[TheNewGame]

Khamzat's power is in his right hand, and against Usman that hand was busted for 2/3 of the fight.

Before somebody brings up that he couldn't even KO a short notice WW.

 

[shorinryu86]

So how do you see this fight going?

 

[fzoid4454]

It is ridiculous how people fawning over Khamzat are underestimating Dricus like crazy. The guy has fought at a much higher level for longer and more frequently while going pedal to the metal for 5 rounds in championship fights. Also, getting finishes against the best in weight class. You seriously think Khamzat is going to run over Dricus? Would be hilarious to see the meltdowns after the fight.

Regarding Soldic, Dricus was cutting crazy amount of weight. Chin is the first thing to go. It was his last fight at 170 lbs as he realized he was dehydrating too much. He beat Soldic in the first fight and Soldic could not knock him out.

Dricus does has the power, skills, size, precision and strength to knock the lights out of Khamzat. That is for sure. However, in my opinion Khamzat's only path is to get a submission. We are talking a former K-1 kickboxing champion and also champion in 3 different organizations. Khamzat's striking is nowhere near the level of Dricus. You can mark my words down.

I didn't think he'd go through Whittaker, who handled world champion wrestler Yoel Romero twice, and had never been submitted as a MW, but he literally broke Whittaker's face in less than a round.

While I'd expect a good and competitive fight, Khamzat dominating wouldn't be shocking, either.

 

[SamuraiBro]

It wasn't the punching power that knocked DDP out. It was the skill and technique. Soldic is one bad motherfucker. He belongs in the UFC. And no, I don't think Khamzats striking is on Soldics level.

Plus the welterweight cut

 

[Travis Alexander]

Soldic is a substantially harder hitter and better pure striker. 75% of his wins are by KO. his left hand is lethal. The only thing that makes Khamzats striking potentially more dangerous is the obvious wrestling threat forces opponents to carry their hands lower.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Does Khamzat have the same punching power as Soldic (The last guy to knockout DDP)?

Nick Diaz knocked out Robbie Lawler with one punch. Anything can happen in MMA. The punch that hurts the most is the one you don't see. It's certainly possible DDP to get hit with one he doesn't see with his herky jerky style. Whether Khamzat can find the kill shot is a different matter. Also he definitely has dynamite in his hands

 

[MMAFanCal]

I didn't think he'd go through Whittaker, who handled world champion wrestler Yoel Romero twice, and had never been submitted as a MW, but he literally broke Whittaker's face in less than a round.

While I'd expect a good and competitive fight, Khamzat dominating wouldn't be shocking, either.

That is the thing that is influencing a lot of people's judgement because Khamzat himself made a big deal out of the comparison. Khamzat had two camps to prepare for Whittaker. Dricus fought Whittaker on less than 1 month notice without any preparation as a replacement fighter. Dricus was a huge underdog including myself who thought it was foolish of him to take such a high level fight on such short notice. He himself admitted it was 'not a smart move'. Still, he knocked out Whittaker.

Regarding breaking the face, Whittaker was already heavily compromised when Dricus had damaged his teeth. Khamzat was able to capitalized on that damage by pushing the teeth in with the squeeze. That is as per Whittaker himself.

 

[ElLunico]

Khamzat clearly has the power to KO DDP. He has shown 1 punch KO before. The tricky part is landing that right punch.

Im going back and forth with my pick. I can see numerous paths for both to win.

 

[fzoid4454]

That is the thing that is influencing a lot of people's judgement because Khamzat himself made a big deal out of the comparison. Khamzat had two camps to prepare for Whittaker. Dricus fought Whittaker on less than 1 month notice without any preparation as a replacement fighter. Dricus was a huge underdog including myself who thought it was foolish of him to take such a high level fight on such short notice. He himself admitted it was 'not a smart move'. Still, he knocked out Whittaker.

Regarding breaking the face, Whittaker was already heavily compromised when Dricus had damaged his teeth. Khamzat was able to capitalized on that damage by pushing the teeth in with the squeeze. That is as per Whittaker himself.

Fuck, what is it with sherdoggers substituting whatever they pull out of their ass for what I actually wrote? I wasn't making that comparison. I never mentioned it, at all.

I wasn't doing MMA math by comparing how both did vs Whittaker. I'm comparing how Khamzat did vs how Romero, a literal world champion wrestler did vs Whittaker, as a context for why I figured Whittaker wouldn't get taken out that easily.

And don't be stupid. That's not what Whittaker said about his teeth, his jaw and Dricus.

 

[Young Calf Kick]

Punching power isn’t gonna win him this fight, snatching Dricus’ neck and choking him out is.

 

[AmonTobin]

Chimaev is dangerous everywhere. I think he’s just as likely to KO Dricus as TKO or SUB him.

 

[188912345]

That is the thing that is influencing a lot of people's judgement because Khamzat himself made a big deal out of the comparison. Khamzat had two camps to prepare for Whittaker. Dricus fought Whittaker on less than 1 month notice without any preparation as a replacement fighter. Dricus was a huge underdog including myself who thought it was foolish of him to take such a high level fight on such short notice. He himself admitted it was 'not a smart move'. Still, he knocked out Whittaker.

Regarding breaking the face, Whittaker was already heavily compromised when Dricus had damaged his teeth. Khamzat was able to capitalized on that damage by pushing the teeth in with the squeeze. That is as per Whittaker himself.

Khamzat did to Rob what he has done to most fighters.

The two camps were obviously more in favor of Rob preparing for the grappling onslaught of Khamzat than it benefitted Khamzat, especially since he was hospitalized and unhealthy for parts of the preparation whilst Rob wasn't.

I would argue that Rob would had performed better vs the awkward style of Dricus if he had two camps instead of a short camp.

Dricus was severely underrated before the Whittaker fight, I was very surprised by how big of an underdog he was especially given his finishing ability and Whittakers lack of finishing ability in the fights leading up to their fight.

By focusing on Robs teeth, you kind of miss the point of that performance.
He took him down, scrambled, reshot, kept him down, started to ground and pound, and had him in a horrible position right before the choke locked in.

Rob didn't have a single offensive moment in that fight, and before the fight Rob was called a nightmare matchup for Khamzat.

Everyone could also see that Rob technically did a lot of things right to scramble, get free of the hooks, and almost get back up to his feet before getting ankle picked and dragged down again.

Rob also made a good point of "I don't see how you stop that takedown", given how low he shot and how well he controls opponents.

Their grappling sequences also looked more exhausting for Rob than Khamzat, given that he was the one on bottom having to carry his weight for most of that round.

There was also no injury to Khamzat's hand like vs Usman, so there was nothing to suggest that round 2 wouldn't look similar if Rob had survived round 1.

It's not about underestimating Dricus, it's about recognizing how good Khamzat is, instead of downplaying his performances.

You don't dominate Whittaker like that because of a "fluke".

 

[Snazyrazy]

That is the thing that is influencing a lot of people's judgement because Khamzat himself made a big deal out of the comparison. Khamzat had two camps to prepare for Whittaker. Dricus fought Whittaker on less than 1 month notice without any preparation as a replacement fighter. Dricus was a huge underdog including myself who thought it was foolish of him to take such a high level fight on such short notice. He himself admitted it was 'not a smart move'. Still, he knocked out Whittaker.

Regarding breaking the face, Whittaker was already heavily compromised when Dricus had damaged his teeth. Khamzat was able to capitalized on that damage by pushing the teeth in with the squeeze. That is as per Whittaker himself.

I acknowledge your points. However, i do think there's a strong tendency to disregards khamzats achievements and performances. Probably in response to the overhype.

We do have more data on dricus. But still, you can't rule out that Khamzat ragdolls and submits him in one round. We haven't seen the sealing of his MMA wrestling yet. You can't really rule out any scenario. Which is what makes this matchup the best matchup in years. I'm leaning towards ddp but everything is possible.

Ive followed Khamzat since way before he entered the UFC. He hits really hard, even for this weight lass. His overall footwork and distancemanagement when it comes to striking is quite poor though so the chance that he creates the opening for a bomb isn't very likely. But let's say he drowned ddp for two rounds with clever wrestling, it can Def happen. Khamzat has a great uppercut, straight from Gustafssons playbook.

Let the best man win!!! And let's hope they make it to the cage.