No One At 185 Is Remotely Close to Khamzat’s Level Right Now

[Alpha_T83]

While this may be true, it's not an excuse for Khamzat not to defend the belt.

We've seen upsets before. This is why we actually do the fights, even if we are sure of the outcome.

 

[JKS]

The man went to a MD against Usman on a short notice 2 fights prior. Khamzat is not levels above anything at MW. He's great and among the best in the division, but there are guys that pose some big threats to him. If he can clean out the division, then he's above them. Till then it's all talk and fantasy.

 

[PeterGriffin]

If khamzat is cherrypicking, surely Merab is. I fail to see the difference between either other than Merab fights more but the UFC chose all their opponents. No one has ever come out saying khamzat turned down a fight with someone because it never happened.

I was not comparing Khamzat and Merab literally, nor was I addressing Khamzat's cherry-picking. I just answered the question.

You asked who wasn't cherry-picking, and I said Merab. He's fighting whoever they put in front of him without a problem and he is beating the top BW's.

 

[Paladin]

Barring some sort of out of the cage incident such as an injury or etc. there is no way he loses his belt to any other fighter in the division. Dricus stood the best possible chance and he got treated like an amateur. There isn’t a single fighter in the top 10 who poses any threat to Khamzat at all. Imavov will get ragdolled easily.

He will lose if he fights often enough. But as goes with these modern champs, they scream they will “kill everybody” and demand to fight basically every week.. but once they get the strap, good luck getting one fight a year.

I respect the Do Bronx, Izzy, Merab and DDPs who even as champs, keep a solid fight schedule.

Champs like Conor, hw Jones, Topuria, Wei Lee, and Hamzat are an absolute pain on their respective divisions.

They drag things out so pain stakingly slow and act like the they are doing us a favor when I reality we do them the favor of buying and supporting their fights.

 

[jenst]

I saw him getting ragdolled by the Kadyrov-kid, he's only keeping keeping the seat warm for when the real
Chechen warriors will show up.