Rewatch Rewatched Khamzat vs Usman

[RockyLockridge]

Imagine if Khamzat mauls and finishes Dricus in the first round. He has the ability and stylistic advantage to do it. Dricus is in trouble no doubt.

I dont think so at all. I think Dricus murders him, and I think he'd LOVE if the UFC offered him that fight.

 

[mister piscadinha]

You act like "old man marty" isn't a threat. Usman came in jacked for this fight. He looked bigger than Khamzat. He had the ability to win, khamzat is just better.

You are very weird. Stop hating on Khamzat.

ofcourse he's a threat. he's powerful, talent and experienced
still, he's old and came in a week's notice, against a guy who trained a whole year

why are chimaev's fans so dishonest bro?

 

[burningspear]

Can Rob get through the 1st?

 

[TempleoftheDog]

What makes the 1st round a 10-8? I want to hear you greasy casual's rationalization behind this fucked logic.

Even if round one was 10-9 (All 3 judges scored it 10-8). Borz would have still won a SD 29-28, 29-28, 28-29.

You sound like Dana when he was tripping out about a 10-8 in round 5 of Jan/Izzy. Yet NONE of the judges scored it a 10-8.

Your point is as moot as his was, and doesn’t affect who won the fight. Majority, or split.. Borz won.

 

[checktheknuckles]

Even if round one was 10-9 (All 3 judges scored it 10-8). Borz would have still won a SD 29-28, 29-28, 28-29.

You sound like Dana when he was tripping out about a 10-8 in round 5 of Jan/Izzy. Yet NONE of the judges scored it a 10-8.

Your point is as moot as his was, and doesn’t affect who won the fight. Majority, or split.. Borz won.

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So you have nothing on why the 10-8 first? And anyone using judges to defend their argument, which you don't even have, shows how low iq you is be.

 

[HavokHarmon]

Huh? Aside from his loss to the champ, Rob has looked better than ever recently.

I put basically zero stock in his win over Ikram. Costa is a better looking name but he hasn’t looked the same since his loss to Izzy. His lone win since his failed title bid was over a returning Rockhold who hadn’t fought in 3 years and hadn’t won in about 5 years.

 

[wrb]

Not that it matters but watching it again I realized Usman did not do as well in the 2nd and 3rd as I though he did while watching live. I will say that I think Khamzat's little "trick" of exploding at the beginning like he is on PCP is not going to work going forward and if it does his opponent deserves to lose.. (still bitter about the Kevin Holland fight) More power to him if he can get healthy and keep winning.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

Just popped up on my youtube feed, and I love UFC Eurasia.

Full fight with no commentary IN HD, amazing watch. I definitely like not hearing some biased or annoying yelling, and just forming my own thoughts without any interference.
Gotta say that my initial impressions were different than the reassessment after re-watching this.

So a few things that constantly get repeated I can pretty much dismiss.
Khamzat was gassed.....No he wasn't. He looks pretty fresh all the way to the last 2 min of the third, and even then he didn't look dead or anything, just looked OK. Moves well, with energy, no visible fatigue that I see that would indicate that he was gassing out there and Usman was taking over.
Rounds 2 & 3 were actually very close, Usman did not dominate by any means. Round 2 was Usman's round, but by a very thin margin, Usman landed shots could be counted by single digits - it felt in-fight to be very low output, Khamzat threw even less, but did score a late takedown, which didn't amount to much with round expiring.
Round 3 there was a bit more activity, with Usman landing a few more shots and a few even exchanges (I saw Borz block quite a few shots), but also Khamzat got another takedown much earlier in the round and got a good amount of control time, and some scoring from the top. There were a few exchanges at the end, but nothing too significant. I can see this round going either way to be honest, depending on how prominent you score the control time for Khamzat. But scoring it for Khamzat It is not some robbery as some claim. The amount of overall strikes thrown in all 3 rounds was very low for both fighters, but I would say it was very close on success rate.

Also, it seemed like Khamzat was conserving some of his activity and looking for shots to land takedowns, and this was just making him too inactive with striking, but Usman really didn't fair much better. Borz was fainting a lot (stats say 4/12 on takedowns, but it seemed like it was more like 4/7 during the fight), trying to get in -- and only had a few takedowns overall, and honestly, that is what gives the impression that he was gassed, probably mixed in with some crappy commentary to sway an opinion.
So I would say the W for Khamzat was justified. He wasn't gassed. Usman did not dominate, won 1 round clearly. Round 3 scoring depends on how you score control time, but wasn't a slam dunk for Usman by any means.

Stats for the fight pretty on par with that.

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 - Kamaru Usman v Khamzat Chimaev Fight Statistics

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 - Kamaru Usman v Khamzat Chimaev Fight Statistics

sports-statistics.com

Well done!
But I do not like it.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Rob will survive, people forget he has great TDD and is a respected BJJ black belt.

Khamzat's best chance would be hurting him standing, if he goes straight to wrestlefucking him then he will lose imo as Rob will weather the storm and put it on him late.

I love Rob, but he is getting Smeshed in ovt no homo.

 

[Iroh]

Just popped up on my youtube feed, and I love UFC Eurasia.

Full fight with no commentary IN HD, amazing watch. I definitely like not hearing some biased or annoying yelling, and just forming my own thoughts without any interference.
Gotta say that my initial impressions were different than the reassessment after re-watching this.

So a few things that constantly get repeated I can pretty much dismiss.
Khamzat was gassed.....No he wasn't. He looks pretty fresh all the way to the last 2 min of the third, and even then he didn't look dead or anything, just looked OK. Moves well, with energy, no visible fatigue that I see that would indicate that he was gassing out there and Usman was taking over.
Rounds 2 & 3 were actually very close, Usman did not dominate by any means. Round 2 was Usman's round, but by a very thin margin, Usman landed shots could be counted by single digits - it felt in-fight to be very low output, Khamzat threw even less, but did score a late takedown, which didn't amount to much with round expiring.
Round 3 there was a bit more activity, with Usman landing a few more shots and a few even exchanges (I saw Borz block quite a few shots), but also Khamzat got another takedown much earlier in the round and got a good amount of control time, and some scoring from the top. There were a few exchanges at the end, but nothing too significant. I can see this round going either way to be honest, depending on how prominent you score the control time for Khamzat. But scoring it for Khamzat It is not some robbery as some claim. The amount of overall strikes thrown in all 3 rounds was very low for both fighters, but I would say it was very close on success rate.

Also, it seemed like Khamzat was conserving some of his activity and looking for shots to land takedowns, and this was just making him too inactive with striking, but Usman really didn't fair much better. Borz was fainting a lot (stats say 4/12 on takedowns, but it seemed like it was more like 4/7 during the fight), trying to get in -- and only had a few takedowns overall, and honestly, that is what gives the impression that he was gassed, probably mixed in with some crappy commentary to sway an opinion.
So I would say the W for Khamzat was justified. He wasn't gassed. Usman did not dominate, won 1 round clearly. Round 3 scoring depends on how you score control time, but wasn't a slam dunk for Usman by any means.

Stats for the fight pretty on par with that.

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 - Kamaru Usman v Khamzat Chimaev Fight Statistics

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 - Kamaru Usman v Khamzat Chimaev Fight Statistics

sports-statistics.com

Bruh, I said he didn't look tired right after it happened. 90% of SD can't recognize fatigue. It's honestly pretty sad. Even a lot of pros weren't able to tell.

Dude tore a ligament in his hand at the end of round 1 and had to fight very carefully and conservatively compared to his normal style, because one hand was a major liability.

Chimaev to have surgery, eyes return at UFC 300

Khamzat Chimaev, who initially was going to try to avoid surgery on a torn ligament in his right hand, said he would undergo surgery in the coming weeks.

www.espn.com

 

[Greyscale]

You forgot former multiple time defending ww champion and elite wrestler.

yeah well. I guess matt hughes is the next stop