If Khamzat is officially out for this fight, what is next on his plate?

[filthybliss]

Khamzat seems to be middling in no-mans lands. He has not fought an actual mw in 4 years and its been a couple years since he did anything worth remembering at WW. If he wants to prove himself at MW where there seems to be a long line already for that title shot, he will have to fight soon otherwise he's just gonna get backlogged and his hype will fade. He won't be able to rely on it to get juicy fights like with Whittaker out of the blue.

He cannot fight at any USA cards so that limits his opportunities to grab a win. The UFC will like need to set match up against somebody thats ranked or somewhat known to show if he has the capabilities to justify a gifted title shot. I am thinking even fighting someone like Chris Curtis would get the message across if he is capable or not at MW to be a contender. But what do yall think?

 

[usernamee]

Title shot at 170,185,205

 

[KID Yamamoto]

Some say a starving wolf is more dangerous...

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Khamzat seems to be middling in no-mans lands. He has not fought an actual mw in 4 years and its been a couple years since he did anything worth remembering at WW. If he wants to prove himself at MW where there seems to be a long line already for that title shot, he will have to fight soon otherwise he's just gonna get backlogged and his hype will fade. He won't be able to rely on it to get juicy fights like with Whittaker out of the blue.

He cannot fight at any USA cards so that limits his opportunities to grab a win. The UFC will like need to set match up against somebody thats ranked or somewhat known to show if he has the capabilities to justify a gifted title shot. I am thinking even fighting someone like Chris Curtis would get the message across if he is capable or not at MW to be a contender. But what do yall think?

He should fight Costa, which was supposed to happen at UFC 294. Then both will pull out, but we all know the real fight will be on Twitter

 

[Lydia Roman]

Hes gonna box Nate Diaz

 

[runjay]

 

[method115]

Just keep this man away from a title shot. The last thing I want is this guy holding on to a title.

 

[filthybliss]

He should fight Costa, which is supposed to happen at UFC 294. Then both will pull out

Costa don't want that smoke. He'll just be backpedalling like he did against Strickland.

 

[josh345]

I think they should have just given him the promised title shot lol. But no one will agree. He's only 30 so he has time

 

[Last Falconry]

I'm sure he'll be about to headline another card in 6 or 8 months from now, and a week before he'll sit on his balls again and everyone will laugh

 

[JoeRowe]

They should use him to catapult some other MW with possible star-power. Michel Pereira in Abu-Dhabi in OCT?

 

[Young Calf Kick]

At this point I’ll be happy if I just see him fight.

He still has time to get his shit together, but it’d better happen fast. It’s sad to see this much potential get thrown in the gutter because of sheer stupidity on his end, politics, injury or other nonsense.

 

[BigOlJeet]

Some say a starving wolf is more dangerous...

His nuthuggers say that, but you can’t deny facts that he’s a big mouth I keel yew pullout merchant with a delusional fanbase. Knew Bobby Knuckles had a full camp and not rolling off the couch so now he ran for the hills.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Hetire

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Just keep this man away from a title shot. The last thing I want is this guy holding on to a title.

This, honestly. Put him through the gauntlet. If he really is that guy, he'll become undeniable.

But what once felt like the next coming of a generational talent now has all the earmarks of a hype train gone off the rails

 

[jx820]

He's learned so much from Daren Till.

 

[filthybliss]

They should use him to catapult some other MW with possible star-power. Michel Pereira in Abu-Dhabi in OCT?

Michel is the israel flag guy that fight would have crazy buildup.....

 

[filthybliss]

He's learned so much from Daren Till.

Till atleast worked up to a title fight.

 

[Poirierfan]

Just keep this man away from a title shot. The last thing I want is this guy holding on to a title.

All Khamzat has to do is fight 1 legit MW and we wouldn't have to worry about Khamzat and a title shot anymore.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

He most definitely will no longer be prioritized by the UFC and they will stop giving him high profile fights. I'm sure Khamzat will probably get someone like Vettori or Costa next..