UFC Champ Khamzat Chimaev on Affinity for Crucifix Position: 'Make Them Humble'

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

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Apparently Dricus Du Plessis isn’t the first person to struggle to escape Khamzat Chimaev’s vaunted crucifix.

Chimaev trapped the South African multiple times en route to a dominant unanimous decision triumph in the UFC 319 headliner at the United Center in Chicago on Saturday night. The final statistics in the championship victory were jarring: Chimaev secured 12 of 17 takedown attempts, logged 21:40 total control time and outlanded his opponent by a 529-to-45 count in total strikes. Much of that striking offense occurred from the crucifix position, which “Borz” says he has used on many a training partner over the years.


“That’s just having fun with my friends. I take them in this position, holding them for 25 minutes, one hour sometimes. Make them humble,” Chimaev said at the post-fight press conference.

“Nobody can take me down, hold me down. So take them to the gym, hold them down there with this position. I do this a lot.”

While the common line of thought heading into UFC 319 was that Chimaev would struggle the longer the fight lasted, that wasn’t anywhere near the truth on Saturday night. Though Du Plessis had a brief glimmer of hope in the final round, he was largely overwhelmed for 25 minutes.

Chimaev Proved Point at UFC 319​

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UFC Champ Khamzat Chimaev on Affinity for Crucifix Position: 'Make Them Humble'

Apparently Dricus Du Plessis isn’t the first person to struggle to escape Khamzat Chimaev’s vaunted crucifix.

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I prefer the camel clutch for humbling

 

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Not so easy to do that to Dricus without him using some super powered african shit to turn the tide

 

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