Media Matt Serra calling out MMA journo and DDP's coach on their talking

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UFC Unfiltered | Anthony Hernandez & Caio Borralho Talk Middleweight Pecking Order | UFC

Matt Serra and Jim Norton welcome top middleweight contenders Anthony Hernandez and Caio Borralho to discuss the 185-pound title picture after Khamzat Chimaev’s win.

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In the latest episode of UFC Unfiltered, Matt Serra seemed to get a bit riled up, having to talk about a dominant title fight win not only getting praise:

"I had to see some journalist shitting on Khamzat, like 'oh you're not a true fan if you like that performance' where he was opinionated. I think it was
Luke Thomas, actually, who was saying that shit. The guy with the beard. I don't know what the fuck he's talking about?! No listen, it's not like
Khamzat's not trying to finish. He has him in a crucifix and just not landing perfect shots. But definitely beating him up. I mean, what do you want
him to do? Just get off him to take more chances instead? Yeah, I know this is entertainment but that's not his job. His job is to win and beat him up,
that's what he was doing! So why should he take more chances in there, cause it's not like he's just holding him? And if you're watching as a fan
you're like 'is he getting out of this? Could he get out of this or stop him next round?' Not 'Oh, this is boring!' And that guy Thomas was going on
about that. Like, dude what are you talking about?!"

After going through how the title fight went, and what Dricus du Plessis didn't look to have trained for, together with MW contender Caio Borralho,
Matt Serra chimed in with how his coach was pointing at external reasons for losing:

“It’s never a good point when Dricus’ coach starts doing interviews and saying, ‘AH, the ref should have stood him up!’ It’s like, dude *laughs* what are
you talking about? That’s what you’re saying? Get that guy away from a mic! What are you doing? Don’t say that! 'The ref, it was really the ref’s fault.'
Hey dude, you had no answer."

Caio agreed and said "you wanted him to stand them up while he's in a crucifix or what? That's just crazy."

"Yeah, that’s my point. Like, he’s really blaming the ref 'cause of their lack of action. That was the worst. That’s not a good sign, that's not a good
sign at all" Serra replied.

Morne Visser, head coach at CIT PI, admitted some flaws in their preparation. He now wants to fix Du Plessis’ wrestling before a rematch can happen:
“I’ve been asked, ‘Do you want to try on a rematch?’ I said, ‘Absolutely not!’ Obviously, we’d like to fight him very soon again, but there is no way I’ll take
the rematch with us being a little bit behind now in Russian style of wrestling.” he said and dismissed fights with other MW contenders in the mean time.

 

[usernamee]

whats the timestamp for it

edit: Found it
Serra talks about journalists/Luke thomas @ 26:16
Serra talks about DDP's coach at 40:43

 

[chinarice]

The majority of sherdoggers complaining 100 percent would have been throwing a party if DDP had done exactly that to Khamzat. Luke Thomas included. It's why I don't take the majority seriously.

 

[Jeffery09]

Luke Thomas has recently gone to the dogs.

He has lost his marbles plus the dude is very high on himself

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

I usually agree with Luke on 5/7 things, give or take.

I think he's wrong on this one, I watched and get where his argument is coming from, even on Sherdog we've been over everything twice already.
The fights in the book, boring is subjective, and people are allowed to disagree.

Serra, the voice of reason as usual

 

[Steve Fox]

A little behind? DDP looked like a 5 year old.

 

[One MMA Fan]

The man had 22 minutes of top control all he needed was a few more elbows / strikes just enough to make the ref stop the fight.

Even going for more subs would have been an option, he would have reversed DDP if he tried something, he was that much better in grappling.

He chose position on cruise control with just a round (the 3rd) with more activity. Excuse me if I don't go completely gaga over it.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

The man had 22 minutes of top control all he needed was a few more elbows / strikes just enough to make the ref stop the fight.

Even going for more subs would have been an option, he would have reversed DDP if he tried something, he was that much better in grappling.

He chose position on cruise control with just a round (the 3rd) with more activity. Excuse me if I don't go completely gaga over it.

This.

There are so many guys in the UFC that would have finished that fight in every single round, and Khamzat said nah I'm good. Just gonna chill. Yep, 100% dominant performance. Dude was on a different level the entire fight. Looked like a black belt playing with a white belt and at no point did I ever think "Oh shit he might get the finish here."

 

[Alpha_T83]

I definitely agree that DDP's coach shouldn't be complaining about wanting more referee standups. That's just not the attitude you want to see from a coach. That tells me DDP's coach learned nothing and is looking to blame someone else.

But I disagree with Matt Serra that Khamzat was trying to finish the fight. He had over 20 minutes of control. He could have postured up in the crucifix and landed big elbows, but of course that would have given DDP options to escape. The crucifix is a PRIME position to lock in a kimura, but again if it fails, DDP can reverse him. And of course Khamzat could have gassed out going for the finish.

Khamzat chose to play it safe and get the win. That's allowed and it's OK, but it's still his fault if the fight was boring. This cognitive dissonance people are having with this fight is WILD. Khamzat had a choice between fighting for a finish and fighting for a decision, and he chose to fight for a decision.

 

[Jeffery09]

Khamzat chose to play it safe and get the win. That's allowed and it's OK, but it's still his fault if the fight was boring. This cognitive dissonance people are having with this fight is WILD. They want to say "Khamzat had no reason to change what was working", which is true, but then they also want the boring fight to not be Khamzat's fault, which is simply mutually exclusive. He had a choice between fighting for a finish and fighting for a decision, and he chose to fight for a decision.

I disagree with this. Khamzat is way ahead of other grapplers it is as if he knows what their next 5 moves is gonna be hence Dricus didn´t wanna get subbed and he has stayed static and dude has a small neck which he can turtle in and super tough to sub.

Khamzat wants his opponents to sprawl this is how he gets subs rewatch all of his fights. But DDP stayed static on his guard and didn´t wanna sprawl due to fear of getting subbed. He just wanted to stay in the fight.

It is difficult to sub a guy who is staying static and using all his energy to guard against sub angles instead of wanting to sprawl or get up

 

[Alpha_T83]

I disagree with this. Khamzat is way ahead of other grapplers it is as if he knows what their next 5 moves is gonna be hence Dricus didn´t wanna get subbed and he has stayed static and dude has a small neck which he can turtle in and souper tough to sub.

Khamzat wants his opponents to sprawl this is how he gets subs rewatch all of his fights. But DDP stayed static on his guard and didn´t wanna sprawl due to fear of getting subbed. He just wanted to stay in the fight

Khamzat was the one in control, and the onus to make the fight exciting and try to finish is always on the fighter with control. We've been through this before with Anderson Silva. I don't know if you were an MMA fan back then, but Silva had a couple weird fights where he trolled and toyed with Thales Leites and Demian Maia. Dana White was so disgusted he didn't want to put the belt on Silva after one of the fights, and Silva was one if his biggest PPV stars.

It was 100000% Anderson Silva's fault because he had full control and chose not to fight to finish the fight. But in this case, everyone was against Silva, so everyone called a spade a spade and agreed it was his fault.

In this case, Khamzat Chimaev has a bunch of rabid fanboys that are desperate to defend him, so people are bending over backwards to argue it's DDP's fault the fight was boring, which is just HILARIOUSLY STUPID.

Khamzat got the win. His performance was impressive. But he still chose to fight super safe for a boring win, and thus he owns the boring fight as being his fault.

 

[pātrēärkē]

The guy landed over 500 strikes! Looked like he wasn't trying to land the perfect one. He was point fighting and whether its grappling or striking, point fighting is usually met with the same reaction. This is nothing new, but for some reason you are a casual if you don't like it when it's a grappler

I mean everyone can like the same music band, but they're not all going to like them for the same song. ffs what is with this hivemind cope

And not training properly for wrestling is beyond dumb. Did you not know who you were fighting

 

[CasualBot]

If I (somehow) got DDP in crucifix...

He is getting finished.

Meanwhile Hamfat waiting on the ref...

 

[fortheo]

I usually agree with Luke on 5/7 things, give or take.

I think he's wrong on this one, I watched and get where his argument is coming from, even on Sherdog we've been over everything twice already.
The fights in the book, boring is subjective, and people are allowed to disagree.

Serra, the voice of reason as usual

I don't recall Luke saying what Matt is claiming he said.

Luke got backlash for critiquing khamzat, and luke was responding to guys like Whittaker and mighty mouse who said "you're not a real fan of MMA if you didn't appreciate that performance"

Obviously you can be a real fan of mma and not love that performance. That's what Luke's point was

 

[Goodfella86]

Matt Serra knows what it's like as a fighter and a coach. Khamzat's team obviously didn't want him to go full lunatic in this one, and Plan A went very well. And, by the laws of nature, 10-8 rounds don't need referee intervention.

 

[fortheo]

I disagree with this. Khamzat is way ahead of other grapplers it is as if he knows what their next 5 moves is gonna be hence Dricus didn´t wanna get subbed and he has stayed static and dude has a small neck which he can turtle in and super tough to sub.

Khamzat wants his opponents to sprawl this is how he gets subs rewatch all of his fights. But DDP stayed static on his guard and didn´t wanna sprawl due to fear of getting subbed. He just wanted to stay in the fight.

It is difficult to sub a guy who is staying static and using all his energy to guard against sub angles instead of wanting to sprawl or get up

Dricus was in crucifix for like ten minutes bro completely controlled. Chimaev could have worked to a finish there, but to do so he'd have to posture up at least a bit, but that would give dricus more of a chance to scramble, so Chimaev played it safe and kept his hips and chest down. His whole goal was to make dricus static. You're not going to create significant offense from the positions Chimaev was in. Try to pin a broom stick down with your hips and chest, then try punching or getting a sub....it's just not a realistic position to attack from. Chimaev was focused on control.

The body lock was much the same. What kind of significant offensive was chimaev going to get with his own hands locked for essentially a whole round? Little knees to the thigh, that's it.

It was a masterclass of control, but in limiting dricus's offense, Chimaev also limited his own offense.

Luke Thomas has criticized both ddp and khamzat by the way, and he was correct to. It's just that his khamzat criticism upset sensitive fanboys, so that's the criticism everyone focuses on

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Seems like Serra got the script later than the rest of the talking heads

 

[Mind Mine]

Dricus was in crucifix for like ten minutes bro completely controlled. Chimaev could have worked to a finish there, but to do so he'd have to posture up at least a bit, but that would give dricus more of a chance to scramble, so Chimaev played it safe and kept his hips and chest down. His whole goal was to make dricus static. You're not going to create significant offense from the positions Chimaev was in. Try to pin a broom stick down with your hips and chest, then try punching or getting a sub....it's just not a realistic position to attack from. Chimaev was focused on control.

The body lock was much the same. What kind of significant offensive was chimaev going to get with his own hands locked for essentially a whole round? Little knees to the thigh, that's it.

It was a masterclass of control, but in limiting dricus's offense, Chimaev also limited his own offense.

Luke Thomas has criticized both ddp and khamzat by the way, and he was correct to. It's just that his khamzat's criticism upset sensitive fanboys, so that's the criticism everyone focuses on

Some dufuses ignore Khamzat begging his corner to try submissions and shit and they told him maintain control. It’s absolutely a bowl of horseshit

 

[Jackonfire]

So where is all the praise for Jailton Almeida's performance against Derrick Lewis? The stats are almost identical. Almeida had 21 minutes of control time just like Khamzat. 58 combined significant strikes across 5 rounds compared to only 50 for Khamzat/DDP. Biggest difference is Almeida had 4 sub attempts to Khamzat's 1. Yet no one talks about that fight. No one is claiming Almeida is the best wrestler in history.

 

[fortheo]

Some dufuses ignore Khamzat begging his corner to try submissions and shit and they told him maintain control. It’s absolutely a bowl of horseshit

Yeah, or they're fine with a control based game and think the onus is on DDP to get free. I have no problems with that opinion. But at the same time, those people shouldn't get mad when luke points out the lack of meaningful offense from Khamzat, and they shouldn't get mad when he points out that refs do indeed have the liberty to stand guys up if they're not working towards a finish or working towards advancing position. REGARDLESS of how dominant your position is You need to be working towards finishing or advancing when on the ground or the ref can stand you up.