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Media Khamzat Chimaev grappling with Luke Rockhold in 5 minute match, as special guest on HFC Reality

ExitLUPin said:
Luke finished Chris, Bisping, Lyoto, Branch, Boetsch all with grappling not striking
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He had some decent grappling but I'm sorry he was nowhere near as good as guys like Romero. His wrestling his bad, his BJJ is decent but not world beating.

And at least some of those submissions came off hurting them with striking and then submitting them when they are injured. That's very different from scoring pure takedowns and submitting them when they're not hurt.
 
Tweak896 said:
I don't care. He beat Usman at his own game, it's like saying BJ Penn doesn't count as a win at WW. I don't care to pretend Costa is a higher level win than Usman.
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He fought Usman on 9 days notice, who had never fought at MW before, while Khamzat spend months putting the size on to have a MW body

He was also gassing out in the fight, and if it was a 5 round fight, he was trending to possibly lose.

Costa's last win is vs Rockhold, who hasn't won in forever. If Khamzat gets passed Whittaker different story.
 
ExitLUPin said:
Wrong prime Luke was more known for his grappling than striking but he was a well rounded fighter

Buchecha one of the best BJJ guys ever said how dangerous he was and even was tapped by him

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Khabib said Luke has the best top game in UFC when both were in their prime and Khabib went to Luke to teach him



Luke finished Chris, Bisping, Lyoto, Branch, Boetsch all with grappling not striking
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That proves nothing
 
If Khamzat could make WW he would wreck that division. He may wreck MM if he can stay healthy. Bo and Khamzat would be fun.
 
Bwagster said:
If Khamzat could make WW he would wreck that division. He may wreck MM if he can stay healthy. Bo and Khamzat would be fun.
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He couldnt wreck bloated LW Burns and had to go to war with him and was hurt bad and dropped. He couldnt wreck WW movin up on a week notice when he was bulkin for a year in Kamaru and went to a MD probably should have been a draw. He isnt wrecking Shavkat or Belal.
 
ExitLUPin said:
He couldnt wreck bloated LW Burns and had to go to war with him and was hurt bad and dropped. He couldnt wreck WW movin up on a week notice when he was bulkin for a year in Kamaru and went to a MD probably should have been a draw. He isnt wrecking Shavkat or Belal.
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Burns negated a lot of Khamzat’s strength. I bet you’ll be surprised at how well he does at MM. That is if he ever fights.
 
His grappling game is tight, he made Usman helpless on the ground, for one round that is
 
Tweak896 said:
I mean Khamzat ran over Hermansson in grappling while fighting at WW. I get it's not an official fight, but has to play a factor.


I don't care. He beat Usman at his own game, it's like saying BJ Penn doesn't count as a win at WW. I don't care to pretend Costa is a higher level win than Usman.
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Khamzat had a freestyle wrestling match in a cage with Jack, there is a reason why the rule set was selected like that for their silly exhibition match.

Also Let’s not pretend that Costa didn’t dominate Luke on the ground, he was just slicing through his guard and took his back with ease in a real MMA rule set fight, not some exhibition match or gym roll.

But I see improvement in khamzats game compared to his last grappling clips what I have seen. Not sure how well this translates to mma but still good.
 
Alpha_T83 said:
He had some decent grappling but I'm sorry he was nowhere near as good as guys like Romero. His wrestling his bad, his BJJ is decent but not world beating.
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He could definitely win a BJJ match against Romero, but Romero easily had enough understanding and physical ability to just stall Rockhold out if he needed to. But he wouldn't last 10 seconds on the mat without getting pinned by Romero in pure wrestling.
 
Borz's jiu jitsu is improving significantly. Didn't even wrestle, pulls guard in that round and still had tight leg entries, the darce attempt, and then the armbar.

Luke was just defending the whole time.
 
Alpha_T83 said:
Cool story. Rockhold isn't exactly a world beater these days, and he's better known for his striking rather than grappling.
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Yep, quite funny how people now think that Rockhold is some type of scalp today for Khamzat and we heard just two years ago, from the same posters how Costa was shit, because he couldn’t KO a 40year old washed up Rockhold.

Rockholds current grappling skills were on display at the CJI, where he clearly lost every round and got eliminated in his first matchup.
 
Tweak896 said:
I mean Khamzat ran over Hermansson in grappling while fighting at WW.
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Khamzat was noticeably bigger than Hermansson.

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