Media Khamzat Chimaev is in beastmode for this fight

[octagonation]

Costa is in a world of trouble when cage closes. Chimaev will fancy the kill and try to walk right thru him. He is in beastmode shape

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[AmericanMMA]

This is beast mode

 

[Tweak896]

People are just going to move goalposts after Costa gets run over and pretend they knew Costa was bad all along and Khamzat needs to fight a real MW!

 

[Kumason]

Whoa! It's like he's in a training camp or something. I wanted to poke fun, but for real though, he does look in incredible shape. He's gonna need it especially if he goes apeshit and 100% at the beginning and doesn't get the fast finish. A lot of intriguing if's for this fight imo, it'll be interesting how he handles himself.

 

[AdamWarlock]

khamzat is definitely stronger than he looks

 

[ultra321]

Hyperbole Galore
Let's start off with are they both gonna make weight?
Real question with these two...

 

[humdizzle]

beastin 25/8

 

[Last Falconry]

I don't expect it but I sincerely hope he gasses himself out and spends the remaining 2 rounds getting tenderized

 

[Brigfa2]

This is beast mode

This sport looks cool af on youtube but when i've tried watching it live, it was %5 play %95 doing nothing lol

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

It's so funny to see how few people give a shit about this guy anymore. These insufferable threads used to be everywhere but now there are so few. You're like one of those guys still wearing a members only jacket OP

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

The weigh ins will be ultra interesting if we actually get there

 

[achoo42]

Hyperbole Galore
Let's start off with are they both gonna make weight?
Real question with these two...

Khamzat used to make 170. This is another 15 lbs of leeway for him, so unless he suddenly gained 15 lbs of muscle I don't think he's gonna have trouble cutting to 185.

 

[Yep]

Title and video don’t match. Weekend warriors and old people train with that intensity. Hell, he’s posted more intense training videos long ago.

 

[Yep]

Hyperbole Galore
Let's start off with are they both gonna make weight?
Real question with these two...

Be hilarious if they both just come in 8+lbs

 

[seanb1979]

This sport looks cool af on youtube but when i've tried watching it live, it was %5 play %95 doing nothing lol

It's more like half and half but there's good reason for some of it (and shitty reasons: commercial breaks.) Casual watchers don't understand the deep strategies that unfold in each game.

 

[Morris88]

People are just going to move goalposts after Costa gets run over and pretend they knew Costa was bad all along and Khamzat needs to fight a real MW!

People are already saying that about Costa since Izzy took his soul bruh.

 

[Tweak896]

People are already saying that about Costa since Izzy took his soul bruh.

Reasonable people. However many are entertaining this to be a great matchup. I've seen people acting like" Yoel is some grinding wrestler, Khamzat was afraid of Costa while preparing for a fight at WW, Burns beat Khamzat bad, Khamzat can't win because he's never beat a good MW, Costa is too big". Odds are why they are for a reason.

 

[A-Level Wrestler]

People are just going to move goalposts after Costa gets run over and pretend they knew Costa was bad all along and Khamzat needs to fight a real MW!

Khamzat will get his credit for me as a fighter if he beats Costa, who's a legit sized MW and elite fighter.

He will still be a piece of shit though so I'll still root for him to lose the next fight.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Khamzat vs Strickland will be incredible.

 

[Tweak896]

Khamzat will get his credit for me as a fighter if he beats Costa, who's a legit sized MW and elite fighter.

He will still be a piece of shit though so I'll still root for him to lose the next fight.

So was GM3 and he KO'd him right off the bat? Also he outwrestled Hermannson while fighting at WW, which to me is more impressive than outgrappling Costa.