Khamzat put on a masterclass in dominance

[AmonTobin]

I'm seeing a lot of hate threads but personally found the fight very interesting. It's not easy to dominate and control a champion like Dricus.

I think you can appreciate the pressure and initiative Khamzat used to consistently impose his gameplan on Dricus.

Dricus had plenty of rounds to adjust to Khamzat's game, but still failed to overcome the immense skillgap. Like he said in the post-fight interview, it was as if Khamzat was always one or several steps ahead of him.

This was a masterclass performance put on by Khamzat and I highly appreciate the fact that he's competing in the sport.

Well said. I concur. A lot of people found it very interesting.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Great takedowns

 

[AmonTobin]

Round 3 was pretty much a beat down. DDP was bloodied up, ate some shots , and was dominated on the ground. People are crazy.

Yup. That was an awesome round. I don’t know what people are complaining about.

 

[LaChiflera]

Khamzat dominated the fight every round from buzzer to buzzer. Dricus said about Khamzat what people have said about Khabib; it’s not necessarily his strength, but his positioning. To watch him be in perfect position for damn near 25 minutes was just *chef’s kiss*. Would a submission have been better? Meh, a submission takes a few seconds, loser taps, it’s over. But to get rag dolled for 5 rounds seems worse somehow. Should make us appreciate Usman and Burns more.

 

[information]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to rewatch this fight a couple of times to figure out exactly how he did it. Dricus just couldn't do anything.

 

[Jeffery09]

Thought it was a clear 49-46 fight. I've see many more "dominant" fights

This really cracked me. Lmao! Majority of the media and fans had it actully at 50-41

 

[Thy]

i wanna see hamzat fight this dude. he's 205, but w/e it would be entertaining for me.

 

[rjmbrd]

he didn't even sprawl,

IMO Dricus thought the same thing many fans here thought, that Khamzat would gas going balls-out the first round and be a lot easier to stuff and hit in round 2. As it turns out Khamzat has been working on both his pacing and his cardio.

In a world where Dricus thinks Khamzat was showing up to Jon Fitch wrestle for 5 rounds and land 35 significant strikes over 25 minutes, 23 of which he was in complete control, they would have spent the entire camp sprawling.

Now he knows. Now everyone knows. But you are right, the fact that he didn't have a lower stance and wasn't ready to get his hips back on the fly was poor form.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Fraudzat is just an imitation of domination. Can Fraudzat write a symphony? Can Fraudzat turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?

I love that the crybabies are so hurt, lol.

 

[Epsteins Guard]

Correct, he sucks at it and khazmat couldn't finish him.

Do you know how stupid this sounds when you're referring to the champion?

"Oh, he sucks, he couldnt even finish the best fighter in the world."

Like, holy fuck people are retarded on here.

 

[TrueBias]

Do you know how stupid this sounds when you're referring to the champion?

"Oh, he sucks, he couldnt even finish the best fighter in the world."

Like, holy fuck people are retarded on here.

Retarded people > you

 

[Epsteins Guard]

Retarded people > you

The expected comeback of a knuckledragging drooler. Thanks for proving my point.

 

[Muay Thai #1]

This really cracked me. Lmao! Majority of the media and fans had it actully at 50-41

2 of the 3 writers that scored the fight on Sherdog gave Dricus the 5th round. Which I also thought was very obvious.

Giving 10-8 rounds to a fighter that only landed 37 significant strikes over 5 rounds is atrocious. If that is indeed where the sport is heading, then I will be less inclined to watch

 

[188912345]

2 of the 3 writers that scored the fight on Sherdog gave Dricus the 5th round. Which I also thought was very obvious.

I think the sherdog guy was also the only media guy to score Burns and Usman as winning vs Khamzat.

Ridiculously biased.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

We needed another thread about this.

It's classic 2020s double down strategy. "If what I'm trying isn't working, it just means I need to try it harder!"

 

[Mask Of Winters]

2 of the 3 writers that scored the fight on Sherdog gave Dricus the 5th round. Which I also thought was very obvious.

Giving 10-8 rounds to a fighter that only landed 37 significant strikes over 5 rounds is atrocious. If that is indeed where the sport is heading, then I will be less inclined to watch

I would even go as far as to say a round only deserves to be scored 10-8 if that many significant strikes are landed in that one round.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

The word "masterclass" should be an automatic ban on this forum

As someone who's used this word repeatedly here in the past, I actually agree.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

people are taking innocous statements as personal attacks.

Is normal 2020s behavior. Move along, nothing to see here. Although one could set the entirety of NYC or LA on fire with this amount of gaslighting and projecting.

 

[mangokush]

Dricus won this fight under PRIDE rules

Actually made the attempt to finish the fight in the 5th with the RNC while Khamzat just hugged the whole fight

Under PRIDE rules he would be deemed the winner just for attempting to finish the fight while Khamzat would have been issued yellow cards and possibly DQ due to just stalling & holding Dricus on ground and not trying to finish the fight

Only "offense" that Khamzat did was just holding Dricus on the ground and some "brutal" knees to the thigh of Dricus

Under the pussified UFC rules though, Khamzat won

Even the crowd was booing all that hugging and cheered when Dricus locked in the RNC which officially was the only sub attempt according the UFC stats



Khamzat fans who are defending this hugfest better keep up that same energy when other huggers in the UFC do this

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

I'm seeing a lot of hate threads but personally found the fight very interesting. It's not easy to dominate and control a champion like Dricus.

I think you can appreciate the pressure and initiative Khamzat used to consistently impose his gameplan on Dricus.

Dricus had plenty of rounds to adjust to Khamzat's game, but still failed to overcome the immense skillgap. Like he said in the post-fight interview, it was as if Khamzat was always one or several steps ahead of him.

This was a masterclass performance put on by Khamzat and I highly appreciate the fact that he's competing in the sport.

It was a technical masterclass in wrestling for mma. If i cared, i would put the haters on ignore as they don t understand MMA and bring down the level of discussion but i don t care.