Is there any non-heavyweight ever that could stop a fresh Chimaev's takedowns?

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Prime chuck might be the worst match up possible for chumpmaev

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Usman and Whittaker were known for having great TDD and this guy got them both down within 10 seconds of the opening bell. We've all heard stories about him ragdolling LHWs like Jiri and Ankalaev in training, plus he picked a 260lb DC up like nothing.

Perhaps Jones may be able to, but he did get taken down by Gustafsson so idk

Gilbert Burns. Khamzat gave up even trying to take Burns down since he had nothing for Gilbert once they got to the floor.

 

[Portland8242]

Aliskerov was stuffing his TD's relatively easy before Khamzat uppercutted him into the shadow realm.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Honestly I was surprised at how quickly Khamzat took down Whittaker. The submission was unfortunate because it happened to aggravate a previous injury, where any other fighter wouldn't get submitted from just a choke over the jaw. But still, Khamzat was able to do to Whittaker what he does to almost everyone else, take people down and take their backs in the first round.

I truly believe a rule change is needed to stop Khamzat/Khabib's takedowns. The only defense I see is to basically let them hold you against the cage, and they are happy to stay in that position for the whole round and just win the round. So the fighter being pressed against the cage is forced to make the first move, and Khamzat/Khabib style just waits for the defender to make a move, and then they take the back.

We need a rule that if you hold someone against the cage for 30 seconds then there's an automatic reset to the center of the octagon. That way fighters can actually just defend the takedown and chill against the cage, forcing the wrestler to make the first move which then increases the odds of escaping the situation without referee intervention.

 

[pick999]

Prime rumble maybe

 

[mkt]

Rumble

 

[mkt]

All top-5 LHW of any era.
MW: peak Romero, peak Weidman, peak Sonnen, peak Nickal, peak Brunson
WW: peak Usman, peak GSP, peak Khabib

Young Jon Jones has Khamzat on his back in seconds.

 

[mkt]

Maybe, just possibly, Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz (weighing 203 here before there were weight classes) would be kind of hard for Khamzat to take down?

 

[chinarice]

Someone actually needs to try that on him, or the Derrick Lewis uppercut as he shoots

Khamzat is like 10000x more athletic than Ben Askren was by the time he fought Masvidal. lol

 

[MarioLemieux]

Gilbert Burns

 

[WokeWarrior]

PRIME Kimbo

 

[188912345]

Gilbert Burns

Khamzat took Burns down 2/3 attempts.

 

[Frode Falch]

Prime chuck might be the worst match up possible for chumpmaev

I actually agrees. He was a scary beast

 

[michhmoggan]

Vadim

 

[pankrat]

Prime chuck might be the worst match up possible for chumpmaev

I think Bustamante deserved the W vs Chuck

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

Romero.

Jones, DC, Couture at LHW

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Usman and Whittaker were known for having great TDD and this guy got them both down within 10 seconds of the opening bell. We've all heard stories about him ragdolling LHWs like Jiri and Ankalaev in training, plus he picked a 260lb DC up like nothing.

Perhaps Jones may be able to, but he did get taken down by Gustafsson so idk

 

[Kono dio da!]

GLAZE!
idk...rakic? Ankalaev maybe? Apart from the obvious Jones and DC
Nobody else though
Corey Anderson maybe

 

[Usssssyyyy]

Ikram Aliskerov

 

[cold_spring_harbor]

Chuck Liddell would have sprawled, tripped over his own feet, got up, walked backwards and knocked him out with a straight hook lol