Khamzat's win over Kamaru is criminally underrated

[SalvadorAllende]

Kamaru came off the couch couch with ten days notice after losing a step, to fight in a new weight class. It's accurately rated.

Marty looked good in that fight. And without cutting weight I think he performed well.

Still Khamzat should have finished that fool.

 

[Wagner Azevedo]

Prime Usman is overrated

His best vcitories are Burns and Masvidal lol

And Edwards, RDA, Woodley and Strickland.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Leon hit an opportunistic takedown with a body lock when he reversed Usman in the clinch, and tripped him down. Controlled him for 2:55.

There is not one takedown whose performance is downplayed and picked apart as Leon taking down Usman

 

[jitzmonkey]

He got the win over one of the ATGs at WW.
That’s definitely noteworthy.
It’s not like Usman has ever come out and been steamrolled or looked “broken;” even in cases when he wasn’t able to get his shots off.

That said, everyone’s already said it; and they’re all right to a certain extent.
We’ll have to see how he does against the former champ.
Hopefully both guys come in healthy and sharp.
Should be a great fight.

Bobbie by stoppage late R4 early R5.

 

[andgonsil]

Usman is done, not in his prime

 

[markys00]

Lol you khamzat stans are becoming desperate. If anything, it was a meh win

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Its crazy how people just write off Usman like he wasn't on a 19 fight win streak before that hail mary head kick by Leon. Prior to that he has never been finished (or even taken down) in his entire career.

Khamzat made that shit look easy. I don't know if Rob could withstand the same type of pressure, even if he is supposedly a "bigger" middleweight than Usman.

But you certainly can't underestimate how impressive that performance was against Usman.

 

[Petarito]

Kamaru came off the couch couch with ten days notice after losing a step, to fight in a new weight class. It's accurately rated.

Kkkkk

Man he can go for a 6 months fight camp with batman, wolverine and Black Noir and Khamzat will still beat him

 

[Krixes]

I'll have a better answer after the Bobby fight. I won't Sherdog it one way or the other until I see him fight a top 85er.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

1st rnd was impressive. Rnds 2&3 against a late notice Usman left alot of doubt

 

[nonoob]

Kamaru came off the couch couch with ten days notice after losing a step, to fight in a new weight class. It's accurately rated.

THIS !​

Khamzat had No keel, very little smesh...
he's gotta do WAY better than that performance to beat Bobby Knux.

 

[jeff7b9]

He barely scraped by an old welterweight who

hadn't won in 3 years
Was coming off the couch on very short notice
Hadn't bulked up for a 185 fight


There are REASONS why he doesn't get much credit for that

He had ONE dominant round against an old guy coming off the couch coming up in weight

Then got outworked for the rest of the fight...
By an old guy coming off the couch
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Is this a monumental fail or somewhat clever Khamzat bashing troll thread ?

 

[mjfan23]

People forget going into that fight Usman had the greatest defensive wrestling stats ever in ufc history

 

[TheMoa]

GM3 and Weidman finished Bruno Silva, but Pereira won a decision. Does that mean GM3 and Weidman are better than Poatan?

Did Weidman finished Silva or he hit a 1-2 finger combo on Silva's eyes and was gifted a win?

 

[PeterGriffin]

Kkkkk

Man he can go for a 6 months fight camp with batman, wolverine and Black Noir and Khamzat will still beat him

If the same version of Khamzat shows up to fight Robert that showed up to fight Usman, he's getting fucking starched, lmfao.

 

[blaseblase]

I think it's the kind of win that will age like wine honestly. And it's hard for me to understand how some sherscientist experts are unable to realize the value of that win.

Everyone talks about how that was a short notice fight for Kamaru but it ended up being a short notice for Chimaev too, he went from preparing for a mid striker to a damn good, powerful wrestler in Kamaru and RAGDOLLED him in the first round. .

Let me repeat
He RAGDOLLED Kamaru in the first round

Again
He RAGDOLLED Kamaru in the first round

One more time
He RAGDOLLED Kamaru in the first round

Now talk about the rest of the fight.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

There are like three giant asterisks on this fight.
Cmon man.
God these Khamzat fans are fucking annoying.

 

[188912345]

I'm genuinely confused by how people can be that biased, to the point of rewriting history about fights, rounds, how long ago someone won a fight etc, just to diminish a fighter who got beaten by a fighter they hate. It's like they view the reality in such a skewed way that they then forget what actually happened. Fascinating. Even more so when they use their extreme bias for making a prediction or a bet, no wonder people lose a lot at sports betting.

They conveniently refuse to give their hated fighter any benefit of a doubt at all (example, Khamzats round 1 hand injury), while doing the opposite for fighters they like.

Burns, (who was close to beating Usman,) who has elite BJJ + KO power, was an extremely difficult match up for Khamzat, since his team didn't want him to engage with him on the ground at all. He was a huge step up, a very tough task for an untested prospect who until then mostly had success by steamrolling opponents with wrestling.
He then becomes a chinny "former LW".

Usman was the best defensive wrestler and had 5 title defenses, coming of 2 competitive losses to Leon, then becomes an old man with no knees, not impressive at all. Also arguably the biggest welterweight, didn't look small (or fat) at all vs Khamzat.

Then the cardio thing, they make it sounds like he's Michelle Pereira, even though he's been able to tough it out and actually have success in the later rounds, albeit not winning all of them dominantly.

13-0 becomes not impressive, because he faced adversity against his 2 best opponents. No praise for winning despite facing adversity, very rare for an upcoming prospect who is still improving.

And now I'm an annoying Stan for pointing it out!

 

[george14]

I'm not sure what their weights were on fight night, but Usman looked jacked against Chimaev. While he didn't have time for the full camp, he was obviously in great shape.

 

[filthybliss]

Usman rolled off the coach for that fight....It is a good win but he is not a ranked MW.