Media Dricus 'Khamzat is next. I can outwrestle him'

[JustforBROCK]

Im not exactly sure why, but the initial thought of this fight doesnt excite me in the slightest.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

As far as I know, Latifi has never competed at MW. He's short, but built like a brick, way heavier and stronger than Chimaev or Dricus. I remember he took down and controlled Derrick Lewis at HW and lost a close decision.

You're right. I thought he went from 185 to LHW. Forgot he went from 205 to heavy.

He's a barn door of a human but hard to tell who's functionally stronger... couldn't tell you the last time I saw a dude break a jaw with a squeeze.

 

[AzorAhai1]

Old Brunson had quite a bit of success early on with the wrestling/grappling. Khamzat is an entirely different beast. I am not sure Dricus knows what is coming his way. Khamzat was having his way with Usman when it came to the wrestling, and Usman is one of the highest level wrestlers the UFC has to offer these days. Dricus has to be confident, of course, but there are levels.

 

[octagonation]

nice now we talking this is an mma match worth watching

 

[188912345]

You're right. I thought he went from 185 to LHW. Forgot he went from 205 to heavy.

He's a barn door of a human but hard to tell who's functionally stronger... couldn't tell you the last time I saw a dude break a jaw with a squeeze.

He won't beat Latifi in deadlift, there's a video of him deadlifting 617 lbs, and doing 33 reps with 440 lbs. I guess someone with a very very good technique will feel stronger due to how they leverage their weight, etc. And of course, gym strength doesn't have a 1:1 correlation with grappling strength.

In before everyone calls it a "fluke", "freak injury" and pretend like it wasn't an extremely impressive performance regardless of Whittakers weak teeth/mandible.

I think Khamzats actual wrestling/grappling skills are sometimes overlooked and too much focus is put on him being big and strong.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Can't wait to see this fight next

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

He won't beat Latifi in deadlift, there's a video of him deadlifting 617 lbs, and doing 33 reps with 440 lbs. I guess someone with a very very good technique will feel stronger due to how they leverage their weight, etc. And of course, gym strength doesn't have a 1:1 correlation with grappling strength.

In before everyone calls it a "fluke", "freak injury" and pretend like it wasn't an extremely impressive performance regardless of Whittakers weak teeth/mandible.

I think Khamzats actual wrestling/grappling skills are sometimes overlooked and too much focus is put on him being big and strong.

I guess that's what I meant by functional strength. I remember wrestling or grappling Minnesota/ Wisconsin/ Pennsylvania farm boys when I was a youngster(I was never any good but i used to be a bigger fit dude)... some of them didn't look like shit, but it was crazy how strong they were.

Makes me think a little bit of Hendo... kinda unassuming looking(aside from the Easter Island noggin) and by all accounts, carved out of oak.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i am glad you think so, if people see both guys can win, then we got a great fight.

i mean, that's kind of my schtick. i always try to see a way everyone can win. i do not deny Khamzat can win. he's good. but i just like underdogs. not that DDP will be an underdog on the gambling sites or whatever, but i'm sure he'll be an underdog on here.

 

[Mcnugget]

Should be a great fight! Tonight was so unnecessary.

These guys are weirdly terrible match mAkers

 

[Bwagster]

Khamzat was killing himself trying to make WW. He’s a different fighter at MW. Khamzat vs DDP is an interesting fight. DDP is a pressure/busy fighter which may play into Khamzat’s strengths, but there ain’t no way he has DDP’s cardio. It’s a pick em fight.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

Khamzat didn't run through short notice Usman, so maybe a 185 champ with strong wrestling is going to be a problem?

Recap of Khamzat's record in the UFC against strong wrestlers:

- life and death vs Burns
- Majority DEC vs late notice Usman

going back 2 years and you get ddp going life and death with tavares and having his back taken by old man brunson, both guys have improved and we saw that in chimaev's last fight

 

[Frode Falch]

He wasnt even able to secure a solid taledown against a sleepy Sean yesterday

 

[joy2day]

He won't outwrestle him, but he may well beat him.

Surviving the first round is all that DDP has to do to win.

No way Khamzat will last through the 5th round with DDP's cardio.

 

[NenadRS]

Start of that fight will be amazing, that first Khamzat's attack for a takedown.

But hard to compare cardios, Khamzat uses a lot of energy in the first, so DDP wil spend a lot of energy too to defend attacks. Does not mean DDP will out-cardio him, it can be even opposite if DDP gets controlled a bit....

DDP's cardio against Strickland does not tell much, Strickland is slower, stationary, all defense, so DDP could pace himself whenever he needed to.

 

[Kratos94]

Honestly, DDP can be a tough fight for Chimaev. He has the horsepower to push back and make Chimaev work. Of course, he needs to avoid getting Whittaker'd, but if he can avoid this in rounds 1 and 2, he will win the fight. Chimaev has some cardio issues.

 

[HHJ]

Start of that fight will be amazing, that first Khamzat's attack for a takedown.

Khamzat's first rounds are the GOAT

 

[Iroh]

I think Khamzats actual wrestling/grappling skills are sometimes overlooked and too much focus is put on him being big and strong.

Can't say that enough times. It's actually generally the case with most rasslers, but especially so with Khamzat. It's like they've seen him pick up Li like a child and they can only think about pure strength, from that moment on.

 

[djason1988]

I believe him. Khamzat struggled with Usman. Usman is a great wrestler, but came in from a weight class below on a week's notice. That should have been a destruction. I became very disillusioned with him after that. I think driscus holds his own and survived the first round or two, then absolutely fucks up khamzat after that

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Khamzat didn't run through short notice Usman, so maybe a 185 champ with strong wrestling is going to be a problem?

Recap of Khamzat's record in the UFC against strong wrestlers:

- life and death vs Burns
- Majority DEC vs late notice Usman

DDP isn't really a strong wrestler though. He has decent offense takedowns (not gonna take Khamzat down....) and bad defensive wrestler. We all know he just has to win by attrition, I'll be rooting for him.

 

[evergreenrider]

and sean is exactly who he says he is.

Lol look at this mark. "Its still real to me!"