Were you impressed by Khamzat Chimaev performance?

[MarleyLynx]

Absolutely. Usman is his worst stylistic matchup and has the highest TDD. He took him down in all 3 rounds. He almost had him out in the first.

 

[blackheart]

Nah, he looked very beatable in there. His gas tank is awful for someone who claims to train like crazy

 

[chiefwiggum]

Gilbert already showed he’s beatable, this proved it even more

Oh man. There has never been a fighter who isn’t beatable. He chose to fight a war against burns.

Name any fighter who has ever lived and you can say the same thing.
Which champiomntoday is unbeatable ? Or any ever?

 

[Pierced7681]

Oh man. There has never been a fighter who isn’t beatable. He chose to fight a war against burns.

Name any fighter who has ever lived and you can say the same thing.
Which champiomntoday is unbeatable ? Or any ever?

Floyd Mayweather

 

[Boevik]

Rather wasn't, Camaro almost outstruck him.

 

[Shay Brennan]

Why would it have been 5? The original Khamzat-Costa fight wasn’t 5 rounds, there was no title on the line and Usman was short notice.

As to the thread question—no, I wasn’t particularly impressed. Khamzat has terrible holes in his striking and his cardio is kind of suspect. These flaws show up any time he fights elite competition.

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He didn't gas out in the Gilbert fight though.
Chimaev had the biggest output in round 3.

I agree about his striking. He's not defensively responsible and doesn't have many tools.

What he needs the most though, is new coaches and team around him.
His wrestling is some of the best I've ever seen but the striking needs some work to do.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Yeah, and this fight was at 185 and Khamzat had a full camp to prepare and went to the fight location early to acclimate. I know the excuse was always "he's too big for 170 and is reallly a MW" but what is it now? Does he have the cardio to win a tough 5-round war against a top MW? It's hard to be confident of that after today.

True. This is the best version of Chimaev there is. No excuses can be made.

 

[chiefwiggum]

Floyd Mayweather

Castillo should have beat him their first fight. Maidana and delahoya showed he’s beatable. Old mosley almost stopped him and chop chop Corley hurt him badly.

 

[flektarn]

Round 1 can't be a 10-8 for khamzat considering Usman broke khamzats wrist with that slam

 

[whitebelt4life]

People voting ‘No’ are likely obese and haven’t trained martial arts in their lives.

Yeah seriously. How many people here were picking Usman to win? A lot...now 60 percent are "not impressed" by him handling Usman fairly easy.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

absolutely not. he should have stopped usman. instead he gets pieced up on the feet, does no damage, only hugs usmans back with his legs, and can't even pass half guard. absolute garbage showing from kamzhat, total joke he gets a MW title shot, after beating a short notice WW, and getting pieced up on the feet. all strickland has to do is survive one round and then he easily beats kamzhat.

 

[Aluminati]

Yes, but... 2 more rounds he loses that fight.

 

[BFoe]

He didn't gas out in the Gilbert fight though.
Chimaev had the biggest output in round 3.

I agree about his striking. He's not defensively responsible and doesn't have many tools.

What he needs the most though, is new coaches and team around him.
His wrestling is some of the best I've ever seen but the striking needs some work to do.

I went back and looked, and you are right about Khamzat’s output in the Gilbert fight. Geez, it sure seemed like he got sloppy in a hurry in that fight. Same today with Usman.

 

[mangokush]

Struggled against a blown up WW on less than 2 weeks notice

Costa would have destroyed him easily

 

[Yellowcrab]

His performance is impressive because beating Usman is a very hard task (even on short notice and when he's getting old).

However, if you see his performance by his hype standards, then you have to joke.

 

[Shay Brennan]

I went back and looked, and you are right about Khamzat’s output in the Gilbert fight. Geez, it sure seemed like he got sloppy in a hurry in that fight. Same today with Usman.

Chimaev has legitimate power and an iron chin as that Gilbert fight showed.
He also has the height and reach advantage over a lot of MW's.

Again, if he wants to reach his full potential, he will need a new team.

I was really impressed with how he ragdolled Usman.
If he can do that to someone like Usman, he can do it to pretty much anyone.

 

[Bradillac]

Anyone who said yes is lying to themselves.

 

[Jake the Muss]

 

[BFoe]

Chimaev has legitimate power and an iron chin as that Gilbert fight showed.
He also has the height and reach advantage over a lot of MW's.

Again, if he wants to reach his full potential, he will need a new team.

I was really impressed with how he ragdolled Usman.
If he can do that to someone like Usman, he can do it to pretty much anyone.

I think he also suffers from being hot-shotted up the rankings. Prospects need time to develop and rankings exist for a reason.

 

[ki11ian]

I'm impressed that he can outgrapple Usman, you can say 2 weeks notice all you like but that's an impressive feat, nobody has ever done that.
But if he can't keep someone down I worry for him on the feet, he's very hittable and seems to gas easily. If he's in a 4th round against a Strickland or a DDP... not sure it goes well for him

Very sober take. Insane first round, who does that to Usman? Pedestrian 2nd round and probably 3rd round aswell. Clear win but could what could have been total annihilation becomes nothing even close. Still, Khamzat could fold Stickland hard, my money would be on Chimaev.