Media Dricus talks Khamzat fight, wanting to be double champ but still not deserving it

[Red Lantern]

 

[Red Lantern]

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Timestamp

0:19 Hilarious moment
0:45 Is he fighting on UFC 312 or nah?
1:54 Should Strickland had fought again
2:31 Khamzat win over Rob
4:15 On actually being the one to damage Rob's teeth
6:35 What does the 1st round look like with DDP/ Khamzat?
8:08 Are people overlooking DDP's grappling?
12:16 Will his trash talk impact Khamzat during fight week?
12:51 Born with the elite trash talk game
13:50 Khamzat being a bigger challange than Strickland
16:09 Thoughts on Shara Bullet
18:09 Israel Adesanya potentially fighting Nassourdine Imavov
18:58 On Caio being a more interesting fight for Israel
19:43 If him and Israel ever do a part 2?
22:15 Getting in an Alex Pereira fight before he retires
24:06 How him and Pereira goes and range being the biggest obstacle
27:10 His mindset about wanting to fight the best guys
28:44 Bo Nickal thoughts
31:51 Jon Jones / Stipe Miocic Prediction
33:07 Not needing to see Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall fight

 

[Red Lantern]

Question about his trash talk is interesting. Dricus might be the best trash talker in history making 2 grown men cry back to back.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Imagine if Khamzat wins, then goes on more of his usual fight cancellation routines, and the belt gets frozen up like with Juicehead Jones for a couple of years.

 

[usernamee]

Imagine if Khamzat wins, then goes on more of his usual fight cancellation routines, and the belt gets frozen up like with Juicehead Jones for a couple of years.

Imagine if sherdawgers had a positive outlook on things for once

 

[Istryker]

Imagine if Khamzat wins, then goes on more of his usual fight cancellation routines, and the belt gets frozen up like with Juicehead Jones for a couple of years.

Can't be as bad as Conor

 

[ninja boot]

He's going to have to weather 3 rounds of getting wrestlefucked harder than he's ever had it before the cardio starts working in his favor. Hopefully we see it!

 

[Lycandroid]

This is the #1 fight for the UFC to make right now 100% Dricus has the championship mindset above all the other champs. I think he will earn a shot at Pereira and we will see this fight.

 

[flektarn]

having whittaker, strickland and then izzy on your run in a row is good stuff. khamzat on that list would be nice.

 

[joy2day]

DDP by finish late in the 4th round.

 

[KO Shotz]

having whittaker, strickland and then izzy on your run in a row is good stuff. khamzat on that list would be nice.

this. if he beats khamzat, strickand again, & then caio he would have cleaned out 185. Him wanting to fight for the LHW title after that would be more than worthy.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

this. if he beats khamzat, strickand again, & then caio he would have cleaned out 185. Him wanting to fight for the LHW title after that would be more than worthy.

He has 1 title defense so I think he is saying if he beats Khamzat and Strickland again then he feels like he could go for the LHW belt.

 

[KO Shotz]

He has 1 title defense so I think he is saying if he beats Khamzat and Strickland again then he feels like he could go for the LHW belt.

I would still like to see him vs Caio because Caio is climbing the rankings, & would like to see him get a shot at the champ rather than being sidelined waiting on a super fight or having him fight for the interim belt. After that there would literally be no worthy matchup for DDP at MW.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

I would still like to see him vs Caio because Caio is climbing the rankings, & would like to see him get a shot at the champ rather than being sidelined waiting on a super fight or having him fight for the interim belt. After that there would literally be no worthy matchup for DDP at MW.

Yeah, it's just that Caio's biggest win right now is 40 year old Cannonier and that was a big step up for Caio but if he gets 2 more big wins he would definitely be next.

 

[KO Shotz]

Yeah, it's just that Caio's biggest win right now is 40 year old Cannonier and that was a big step up for Caio but if he gets 2 more big wins he would definitely be next.

I want Caio vs Izzy next. If successful, a title shot would have to be next imo. We shall see.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

I want Caio vs Izzy next. If successful, a title shot would have to be next imo. We shall see.

The issue is the log jam. It seems to be Khamzat and Strickland next.

 

[KO Shotz]

The issue is the log jam. It seems to be Khamzat and Strickland next.

I absolutely agree with you. Khamzat & Strickland are the next 2 guys in line for a title shot, so Caio will have to take a back seat to them for now, but while all that is being played out Caio should have a fight with Izzy.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

I absolutely agree with you. Khamzat & Strickland are the next 2 guys in line for a title shot, so Caio will have to take a back seat to them for now, but while all that is being played out Caio should have a fight with Izzy.

Yeah, just saying he might have to fight twice due to the timeline unless he wants a long period of inactivity.

 

[KO Shotz]

Yeah, just saying he might have to fight twice due to the timeline unless he wants a long period of inactivity.

Agreed. A matchup with Izzy just makes the most sense right now for Caio, & if successful he would most definitely be in the title mix.

 

[Hog-train]

DDP would get destroyed by Pereira but I like his confidence.