If You Think Khamzat's Stock Dropped Tonight..

[deadshot138]

The man ALSO took a completely different and more dangerous opponent on 12 days notice. I'm sure his initial gameplay was completely scrapped and they had to come up with something on the fly. For him to overcome that and win is pretty impressive. You guys think because Usman has dropped his last 2, he is old, shot and was never your friend. He was beating Leon in the first fight until the Hail Mary kick. And is arguably the welterweight goat. So give Khamzat some credit. If you expected Usman to be a walk in the park, your IQ is around room temperature.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Just watched the fight.

Khamzat clearly won.

No one has ever controlled Usman like that.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

There seems to be a lot of explaining away for a guy who so dominantly won…

 

[mjfan23]

He dominated usman at his biggest strength and made the statistically greatest defensive wrestler in ufc history look like a brawler with poor wrestling D

 

[rivera]

I don’t fanboy over Khamzat like many here do, but I don’t particularly dislike him either.

This was an impressive win to me. The negative comments are coming off as tired and bitter.

He does still have a lot of questions in his game though, his striking defense in particular.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

There seems to be a lot of explaining away for a guy who so dominantly won…

Because people aren't giving Khamzat the credit he deserves.

 

[Kohelet]

*short notice usman

 

[benebox]

Usman won 3-0 against a ATG who was champ 2 fights ago. His stock went up

 

[Nausicaa]

Him blowing his load and tiring out is an issue and something he needs to work on. Can u imagine him in a 4th or 5th round when he was already slowing down and struggling at the start of 2nd

 

[HNIC215]

When you act like you're immortal but show that you are, in fact, just mortal.

Then people can/will doubt your immortality.

Khamzat earned a tough W against a game former Welterweight champ.

However, with his performance, you can expect all the lions, tigers, bears to smell the scent of blood in the air.

The wolf isn't the only hunter in this world.

 

[The Schmoop]

I’m not seeing the hype with Khamzat. He’s a great fighter and possible champion in the future but he struggled greatly with Burns and Usman, no shame in that, but with Usman being a short notice replacement and debuting at MW I expected a more convincing win than that. He’s not the monster that sherdog makes him out to be. Is he one of the best MWs? Absolutely. Did Usman impress me more than Khamzat? Absolutely.

 

[MRT]

Khamzat's stock did not drop, but I don't think it went up much either.

The idea that he deserves a MW title shot next is still fucking ridiculous.

 

[ToTheMax]

When you act like you're immortal but show that you are, in fact, just mortal.

Then people can/will doubt your immortality.

Khamzat earned a tough W against a game former Welterweight champ.

However, with his performance, you can expect all the lions, tigers, bears to smell the scent of blood in the air.

The wolf isn't the only hunter in this world.

Well said. He says he's going to kill everyone, so when he comes up short, it looks bad. The first round was dominant, but after that he looked pretty normal.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Everytime Khamzat doesn't do what he did to GM3 and Kevin, they shit on him, come on, he is human, he can't do that to everyone.

 

[mangokush]

Khamzat struggled against a bloated WW with no knees on 2 weeks notice

Khamzat has actually regressed since the Burns fight

 

[Soggust]

I’m not seeing the hype with Khamzat. He’s a great fighter and possible champion in the future but he struggled greatly with ... Usman

Khamzat struggled against a bloated WW with no knees on 2 weeks notice

Khamzat has actually regressed since the Burns fight

Struggled?

He spent the entire first round backpacking the fuck out of Usman when Usman was at full stamina.

He didn't get cut. Took no damage. Wasn't knocked down or stumbled. Literally at no point in this fight was Khamzat ever in jeopardy or under threat of a finish.

Where did he struggle?

 

[Dobymick]

I agree but his gameplan stays the same always

It consists of smesh people make some money and be happy

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Because people aren't giving Khamzat the credit he deserves.[/QQUOTE] I yhink most people have called it for what it is, looked great for a rnd, then fell off and took a pedestrian decision. He looked gun shy on the feet and shot desperation TDs from the outside then was happy to try and ride the rnd out.

Impressive 1st rnd not so impressive fight.

Come off as a good guy during his interview.

 

[Captain_Dammitt]

It takes a lot of energy to man-handle an ATG and a national champion level wrestler.

 

[octagonation]

It takes a lot of energy to man-handle an ATG and a national champion level wrestler.

This. Kamaru has never been manhandled like this