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I have a hard time seeing DDP beat Chimaev

Chimaev should have to fight Imavov first, and the winner gets to fight Du Plessis. Dricus just had 5 gruelling rounds with Sean, whereas Chimaev and Imavov have only spent a combined 8 minutes or so in the octagon in their last outings. Give DDP a rest. These guys should be as fresh as daisies and ready to fight next week.
 
I am really worried for Dricus in this fight. I mean, he got taken down by Darren Till of all people. This will be the toughest challenge DDP has ever had in the Octagon.
 
Dricus is the type of guy to move towards the fight and initiate a takedown against Khamzat, instead of backing up and bracing himself to defend
 
torturescorcher said:
Chimaev should have to fight Imavov first, and the winner gets to fight Du Plessis. Dricus just had 5 gruelling rounds with Sean, whereas Chimaev and Imavov have only spent a combined 8 minutes or so in the octagon in their last outings. Give DDP a rest. These guys should be as fresh as daisies and ready to fight next week.
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I'm fairly certain this is what will happen if Poatan beats Ank anyway.

I think if Poatan beats Ank, they will book DDP vs Poatan for the 205 title. Khazmat and Imavov will fight for the interim title.
 
I don't know why everyone is so impressed with DDP cardio. It looked good cause Strickland was fighting like he was the main event in a senior's home. DDP was breathing heavy after the second round. He looked good cause Strickland was in sloth mode.
 
cws80us said:
The consensus I think was if Whitaker could weather that first round Khamzat storm then he'd have a chance. However that obviously didn't happen. That's basically the recipe for any Khamzat fight. The longer it goes, the worse he gets. DDP will be no different.
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That's basically just stating the obvious. Don't get finished by him in round 1, and the later rounds will probably be competitive.
The fact remains that Khamzat has never been finished and he has never lost a decision.

This thing about Khamzat being doomed if he doesn't get a round 1 finish is just something that's been repeated over and over again because people want it to be true.

At least vs DDP the argument makes slightly more sense, but it was ridiculous when everyone repeated the same argument about Khamzat vs Whittaker, who doesn't really have much history of getting late round finishes.

Even after round 1, Khamzat will still likely be favored to win the fight (if he won round 1). I do agree that Dricus chances increases, but Khamzats chance of winning the fight doesn't drop down to 0-10% like the popular narrative says.

Speaking of Dricus, he has some late round finishes, but Dricus has also been finished in the later rounds twice in his career.
 
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Khamzat better hope he gets him out of there in the first or he's in for a very, very long night.
 
People still full potato about Khamzat i see. I get not liking him but some of these takes are just awful.

DDP will be more tired after 5 minutes with Khamzat than 50 with Sean
 
This thread suffers from recency bias.

When Chimaev beats ********, he's going to destroy DDP and make it look easy.
 
DjolexMTL said:
Obviously I might end up needing to order a buffet portion of crow but after that Rob performance, I don't see DDP making it out of the 2nd round. Obviously if he can weather that storm then I heavily favor him winning a decision. DDP does seem to be steadily improving and I was impressed yesterday with the variety of strikes and the fact that his style was less plodding than usual.

Unfortunately we might only see this fight in October given that high profile Daggies prefer fighting in the Daggy ''Kingdom'', and because they seem to have a different gravity over there for scale calibration.

How do you see it going?
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The hardest thing about this fight is getting Khamzat to the ring
 
SmoothPies said:
Whitaker took down DDP, look what Khamzat did to Whitaker in grappling.

I think Khamzat runs through him, but DDP has surprised me again and again
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That's a great point, since whitaker isn't known for TD's. However if we're calculating MMAth... we need to recognize teh difference between being taken down by someone you're not expecting it from vs the opposite.

To me, this isn't an apples to apples comparison.
 
DDP is a very strong guy. The strength that Chimaev will need to apply in order to keep him down will probably wear him out earlier than round 2. Dricus is no joke.
 
It's an intriguing matchup. DDP will want to keep it standing and Khamzat on the mat. I can see DDP taking it if gets out of rd 1. The later it goes DDP might even take on the ground if Khamzat is really gassed.
 
Du Plessis is going to beat the crap out of Chimaev. The latter will blow his load trying to take down and submit a bigger, stronger opponent who is very competent on the ground.

Standing, Du Plessis has vastly superior striking and won't stop throwing until the bell rings or Chimaev has been separated from his senses.
 
Imo, it's really quite simple.

Round 1 - DDP must survive or Khamzat wins.
Round 2 - 50/50
Round 3+ - DDP wins
 
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