Usman derailed the Khamzat hype train without even winning the fight on the cards.

[forRealHuh]

Why do people act like Usman is some can? He legit is one of the best ever, swept the diviison, he beat Leon for 5 rounds prior to bring caught, way more experienced and better conditioned than Khamzat. He was never ever close to losing a round 10-8 before.

 

[dominion]

Well clearly. To add, if he becomes champ by beating Strickland unimpressively, then continues to defend the belt 10 more times unimpressively, he'd suck even more. What a hot take.

 

[JohnCena]

The fight was still close lol.

nah. I'm surprised one judge even ruled it a draw. Khamzat had rounds 1 and 3 and Usman had 2. Wasn't hard to judge at all.

 

[Yellowcrab]

Why do people act like Usman is some can? He legit is one of the best ever, swept the diviison, he beat Leon for 5 rounds prior to bring caught, way more experienced and better conditioned than Khamzat. He was never ever close to losing a round 10-8 before.

Why do you act like it wasn't an extremely short notice and not in his weight class + against a much older declining fighter ?

Isn't Khamzat supposed to beat anyone in the first round and he simply didn't follow the game plan against Burns ?

 

[forRealHuh]

It was a short notice for Khamzat too, as he was preparing for someone completely different. Kamaru is a first class opponent, much tougher than Paolo, and he got ran over in the first round, but obviously a champ level fighter who can not be easily finished.