News Khamzat Chimaev shuts down UFC 300 rumors - ‘Not fighting in Ramadan anymore’

[podsox]

And Ariel bases this on what exactly

Ariel and Leon have the same manager for 1

 

[gentel]

Stop making excuses, short notice doesn’t matter, did Usman forget how to wrestle? Draw how? Please tell me one significant moment Usman had in the entire 3 rounds. Usman was ragdolled and almost choked out in the first then got ragdolled in the 3rd. Khamzat took the 2nd rd off and Usman still couldn’t do anything. Usman was dominated on the ground

Short notice always matters, for training camp and weight cut reasons at the minimum, but it matters even more when it's up a weight class because Khamzat had months to bulk up to 185 while Usman kept a 170 physique with no intention of fighting at 185

R2 and R3, Usman outboxed Khamzat. It was a slim volume margin in R2 but Usman still landed the more damaging strikes and didn't get wrestled. Then in R3, Usman landed 22 sig strikes vs 13 by Khamzat, big gap there and again they were cleaner and more damaging strikes

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Because Belal has 4 top 5 wins lol wtf you talking about

edit - 3 im sry im retarded too

No he only has 1

 

[Soggust]

Curveball - What if Leon vs Khamzat is for the 175 lb title instead of the 170 lb belt (assuming they opening 165 for conors return)?

 

[FreedomCricket]

Conor McGregor as backup fighter is confirmed.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Short notice always matters, for training camp and weight cut reasons at the minimum, but it matters even more when it's up a weight class because Khamzat had months to bulk up to 185 while Usman kept a 170 physique with no intention of fighting at 185

R2 and R3, Usman outboxed Khamzat. It was a slim volume margin in R2 but Usman still landed the more damaging strikes and didn't get wrestled. Then in R3, Usman landed 22 sig strikes vs 13 by Khamzat, big gap there and again they were cleaner and more damaging strikes

Stop the weight excuse, Usman walks around at 205 which is why he was able to make middleweight to begin with. Usman never outboxed him, Khamzat took the 2nd rd off because he completely ragdolled Usman in the first rd. Usman never once landed a significant strike or had Khamzat in trouble, yet khamzat had him in trouble several times. Usmsn literally landed a few jabs the entire fight while getting ragdolled majority of it.

 

[FreedomCricket]

Short notice always matters, for training camp and weight cut reasons at the minimum, but it matters even more when it's up a weight class because Khamzat had months to bulk up to 185 while Usman kept a 170 physique with no intention of fighting at 185

R2 and R3, Usman outboxed Khamzat. It was a slim volume margin in R2 but Usman still landed the more damaging strikes and didn't get wrestled. Then in R3, Usman landed 22 sig strikes vs 13 by Khamzat, big gap there and again they were cleaner and more damaging strikes

Usman "outboxed" because khamzat had a broken hand. Hard to do much damage with a busted paw

 

[josh345]

That would be fucking awesome.

 

[Soggust]

No he only has 1

lol okay I agree

Jon Jones overrated af because he only has 1 top 5 win across two different divisions.

 

[OldBoy91]

Ariel talking out of his ass.

No way in hell Dana and the UFC are going to gamble with the main event of the most hyped card in history. On a guy who can't be trusted to make weight no less, and missed by 10 pounds the last time he tried.

Use some common sense.

 

[Fatback96]

Oh shit he leaked it again

Queue angry Dana rant at “scumbag media” which leads to UFC changing it to Leon vs Belal just to spite Ariel.

 

[akeller901]

I don't believe it. With as many rumors for 300 as everyone is claiming it's becoming meaningless.

especially Ariel, he’d be the last guy to get the inside scoop

 

[MDoza]

lmao @ Leon being forced to take fights he doesn’t want. He might be the champ with the least agency in UFC history.

They will make him fight Belal next too.

 

[akeller901]

Oh shit he leaked it again

Even if it’s true Dana might switch it to Leon vs Belal just to spite Ariel lmfaoooo

 

[DarthChen731]

Since when is Ariel not a reliable source lol

Yeh but he's a lil bitch

 

[akeller901]

Since when is Ariel not a reliable source lol

How would Ariel even know?

 

[Fatback96]

It’s like UFC is purposely choosing a fight that will fall through so they have an excuse why they couldn’t make a better headliner.

 

[akeller901]

It’s weasel Ariel. He’s likely just throwing fights out there so it kills the shock value to fights they might’ve actually planned

He named like 3 fights, he’s just talking out of his ass hoping he guessed one right, there’s no way in hell he’d get the inside scoop again, Dana’s gotta be the only one who knows at this point

 

[jitzmonkey]

Khamzat has 2 top 5 wins

At WW?

Also, he arguably (not my contention; but you'll find plenty of people who will argue that here) got lucky** getting the nod from the judges.

IMO, still a better case for a title shot than Islam had.

 

[McGeezle]

Why would you say Leon... and then Chimaev?