Khamzat is a monster but weight classes exist (...) vs Pereira

[Rubios]

Khamzat on the ground is so many levels beyond Alex it's absurd, but Poatan would enter the cage the heaviest he's been at LHW after a huge rebound. And the dude is ridiculously strong.

Besides, his stance so straight makes him vulnerable to being taken down with a trip, but much more difficult to shot straight for the legs across the cage going so low as Borz did amazingly against Rob.

You need to close the distance against a great jab (ask Khalil), sniper kicks, that hook and a nasty clinch game. IF Borz does so, he gets him to the ground, I'm sure.
I don't believe there's enough time left in the 1st round for a sub, against a stronger guy training with Glover JUST to defend TD/subs.
He is not and will never be a wrestler/grappler, he drills to survive them.

And once Khamzat -moving up a weight class- is just a bit gassed, he would be by far the lesser striker he has faced in the standup instances.
Good luck with that.

*Besides the Mexican hook, one of the signatures of Poatan in Glory were perfectly timed knees. Just saying.

 

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[Buckland]

Khamzat lifted 400lb retired DC like a child with a single leg. He won't struggle to take Alex down imo. If Alex can survive the initial onslaught and force extended periods on the feet however, he KOs him.

 

[FriskyRandy]

They're both arguably the biggest current ppv stars. Why would the ufc ruin their hype and make one of them lose. Makes zero sense. Will never happen.

 

[Maiji]

Khamzat lifted 400lb retired DC like a child with a single leg. He won't struggle to take Alex down imo. If Alex can survive the initial onslaught and force extended periods on the feet however, he KOs him.

Khamzat has to get beyond Alex striking which is highly unlikely. Khamzat loses this fight

 

[KavkazDominance]

Khamzat has to get beyond Alex striking which is highly unlikely. Khamzat loses this fight

Why does he has to do that lmao? He can just go straight to the legs..

 

[hoevan]

Khamzat fight for the LHW belt would be the most ridiculous thing the UFC has done in a while. It's not gonna happen.

 

[Westbrick]

Why does he has to do that lmao? He can just go straight to the legs..

MMA is just that simple, huh? The guy who had some close fights at WW and MW (Usman on 10 days notice) will just run through the LHW champion.

 

[Megatronlee]

They're both arguably the biggest current ppv stars. Why would the ufc ruin their hype and make one of them lose. Makes zero sense. Will never happen.

I don’t care. Do it

 

[Istryker]

They're both arguably the biggest current ppv stars. Why would the ufc ruin their hype and make one of them lose. Makes zero sense. Will never happen.

That's exactly why they would do it. they have no super fights.

Poatan is old

MW belt is tied up and khamzat wants to stay active let it happen.

 

[felmmando]

Weidman, Rockhold and Adesanya ouldn't hang at LHW.
I don't think they could make WW like Khamzat, but he's not a champion like they were, so who knows.

 

[Spiderbite]

Ankalaev is on a 13 fight winning *Unbeaten streak and ranked #2 at LHW.

UFC is prone to some stupid matchmaking, but bringing up Chimaev to fight Poatan would be the winner in that category.

*Edited

 

[NextGen]

Khamzat will not have trouble taking Pereira down. The only question is can he finish him before he tires out. Because if he tires out, Pereira will probably win.

I'd love to see it anyway. It's an intriguing fight.

 

[Elegant]

It's rumored he's been bulking up as well

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

People have been hyping Khamzat as a future multi-division champ for almost 5 years now... can we wait until he wins 1 belt before we suddenly speculate on match-ups 2 divisions up from where he started? For Christ's sakes, we're still surprised when the guy actually shows up for a fight FFS

 

[Poatan Power]

Khamzat lifted 400lb retired DC like a child with a single leg. He won't struggle to take Alex down imo. If Alex can survive the initial onslaught and force extended periods on the feet however, he KOs him.

Khamzat also got hit by Usman and Gilbert.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Khamzat also got hit by Usman and Gilbert.

Because those guys can grapple and neutralize the effort to keep it standing. That threat is categorically non existent with Pereira. He’ll be ladybug on its back or a fish out of water.

 

[RichardHarrow]

I’ll repeat - anyone who thinks this is legit is foolish.

Further - anyone who thinks Pereira has a chance needs their head checked.

 

[Reach Finesse]

Khamzat also got hit by Usman and Gilbert.

Usman is one of the best wrestlers in UFC history
Gilbert is a BJJ world champ

 

[Reach Finesse]

Khamzat with no weight cut is scary