Poatan vs Khamzat Chimaev - Who wins?

[Takes Two To Tango]

You never know this could be their next fight. Would be a very intriguing match up.

That's if Poatan doesn't go up to 205.

 

[SpiderCrawl]

Poatan needs to go to 205, weight cut will not be kind to his chin, at least 6 months off frim this and move up.

 

[aogiri]

Poatan should take some time to recover. Whittaker has been ready to go since january. Whittaker/Khamzat title eliminator

 

[subtlySteve]

Chimaev would close the distance immediately and take Poatan down with ease and either G&P until referee stoppage or make him tap via D'Arce or RNC.

I wouldn't see it going any other way even if Alex did nothing but train takedown defense his entire camp leading up to the fight.

Of course, it's MMA and I would never say something is impossible so Alex could potentially win, but I would not bet money of any significance on it.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Definitely not a good match up for Pereira, basically pure wrestler versus pure striker, Chimaev gets the TD and works the big man. OC it’s MMA so there’s always that Askren factor, or the possibility that size difference allows Alex to keep it standing until Khamzat gets winded up or stung, low percentage though.

 

[chinarice]

Honestly, Khamzat could sleep Glass Joe standing

Khamzat can absolutely take Pereira down and make him look like a can though, I'm sure of it.