Khamzat easily beats prime Anderson Silva?

[fries in the bag]

Prime Silva gets ragdolled to the favela, not gonna lie
He has one chance in the first 10 seconds with a nasty kick to the face, which Chimaev would block or dodge

 

[Ibm]

Anderson has the second best take down defence in MW in his prime and is a BJJ black belt. anderson was no slouch on the ground, he just chose to stand. He could not only win but win by sub.

 

[koa pomaikai]

That has nothing to do with andersin distance

It’s much easier to manage distance against someone slow and plodding who doesn’t know how to shoot or properly get into range.

You make it sound like distance managing is all on one guy.

The footwork and explosiveness of the guy you are trying to manage distance on matters a lot.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

I'm a gsp superfan not a Silva guy, but it's just disrespectful to act like every new champ steamrolls the previous divisional GOAT. Khamzat could get a defense or two and burn out like Weidman for all we know right now. People need to chill.

Whether Khamzat is a bad matchup for Anderson or staying that Khamzat has a better legacy are two different things though. They won the title at the same age of 31 but obviously it's most likely Khamzat will NOT go on a run like Silva did and will not reach the same GOAT level status, however he would likely beat Anderson head to head.

 

[TheBulge]

He will take Silva down and find himself repeatedly fighting out of submission attempts.

So eventually Khamzat will try to stay standing and thats when Silva snipes him.

 

[Intermission]

It’s much easier to manage distance against someone slow and plodding who doesn’t know how to shoot or properly get into range.

You make it sound like distance managing is all on one guy.

The footwork and explosiveness of the guy you are trying to manage distance on matters a lot.

Second round against an objectively better wrestler than khamzat

 

[pankrat]

I think he would take a knee right in the lip