What's Khamzat Chimaev going to do next?

What's Khamzat Chimaev going to do next?

  • Go back to 170 and fight a top 5 contender or the title.

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • Fight a top 5 contender at 185.

    Votes: 26 28.0%

  • Fight for the title at 185.

    Votes: 6 6.5%

  • Doesn't matter to me, I couldn't care less.

    Votes: 15 16.1%

  • I clearly have no idea.

    Votes: 5 5.4%

  • Send pointless tweets about things that will never happen.

    Votes: 40 43.0%
  • Total voters
    93
I'm guessing he will be booked against an opponent in Abu Dhabi as it's the only place he can fight. There is a 50% chance that opponent is short notice.
Dana won't put him on the Riyadh show I don't think because the Saudis are poomping so much money into their competitors, while UAE is unequivocally UFC territory they want to appease even more than the house of Saud.

I do not know why so many of you fantasize about him going down to 170. It isn't happening. It's never happening again. He couldn't make the weight then, he won't make the weight now that he's bulked up more since fighting exclusively at 185 (once a year).

They'll book him against Costa again for fight week, Costa will probably pull out, and we'll have to watch Khamzat lay on a 10 day camp Bobby Knuckles for three rounds. Meanwhile, Khamzat nuthuggers will say how "Bro actually, it was an advantage for Whittaker to come in on short notice, because Khamzat totally wasn't preparing for a striker like Bobby, and that's why he gassed after 5 minutes (again)."
 
Hopefully it'll be against Izzy or Strickland, whichever isn't getting the next TS. But I'm not counting on it.
 
WoozyFailGuy said:
I'm guessing he will be booked against an opponent in Abu Dhabi as it's the only place he can fight. There is a 50% chance that opponent is short notice.
Dana won't put him on the Riyadh show I don't think because the Saudis are poomping so much money into their competitors, while UAE is unequivocally UFC territory they want to appease even more than the house of Saud.

I do not know why so many of you fantasize about him going down to 170. It isn't happening. It's never happening again. He couldn't make the weight then, he won't make the weight now that he's bulked up more since fighting exclusively at 185 (once a year).

They'll book him against Costa again for fight week, Costa will probably pull out, and we'll have to watch Khamzat lay on a 10 day camp Bobby Knuckles for three rounds. Meanwhile, Khamzat nuthuggers will say how "Bro actually, it was an advantage for Whittaker to come in on short notice, because Khamzat totally wasn't preparing for a striker like Bobby, and that's why he gassed after 5 minutes (again)."
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.and I'm sure if Khamzat get injured in that fight, you will completely ignore the impact of it and blame it on his cardio.
 
Him vs Izzy is more intriguing than any title fight for me. Been wanting it for years. Costa @ 301 second pick
 
Iroh said:
.and I'm sure if Khamzat get injured in that fight, you will completely ignore the impact of it and blame it on his cardio.
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Guy sure seems to injure his diaphragm every fight outside the first round innit.

He will gas every time a fight goes 15+, it's a natural thing with heavy handed guys. In his case, his style of bull rushing and dumping in the first round exasperates this issue massively, leading either to a finish in 5 or him grapplefucking someone for the other 10, until he comes up against someone that'll pressure him in the later stretches, which I imagine after the Usman fight is in every camps little playbook. Hammer and nail etc.

Blah blah "He go 4 hours in a row in the gym bruddah, hike for 12 hours smash everybody habibi spar 12 on 1 beat up lions brotha" but the fact of the matter is that if it leaves the first round, Khamzat loses 80% of his efficiency from what we've seen thus far.

Those of you who think he just will waltz in and takes a title off whoever he so picks and chooses are in for an inevitable rude awakening when they match him up against Sean or Izzy for a title eliminator and he gets the brakes beaten off of him 49-46 if he doesn't land the first round sub.

His incessant barking on social media like calling out Poatan after he beat Jiri (lmao) has him closer to the realm of Conor than a title shot in my book.

His last two wins were over short notice opponents outside of their weight class, beforehand going life and death with Burns who has been dominated by Belal and knocked out cold by JDM in the mean time.

Tom Aspinall, Jamhal Hill, Jiri, and Topuria all debuted the same year as Khamzat, all were rated far below him on the best newcomers / prospect watch lists, and they've all absolutely blown past him by becoming champions in the octagon instead of on Instagram in the same amount of time, some with double the fights.

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WoozyFailGuy said:
Guy sure seems to injure his diaphragm every fight outside the first round innit.

He will gas every time a fight goes 15+, it's a natural thing with heavy handed guys. In his case, his style of bull rushing and dumping in the first round exasperates this issue massively, leading either to a finish in 5 or him grapplefucking someone for the other 10, until he comes up against someone that'll pressure him in the later stretches, which I imagine after the Usman fight is in every camps little playbook. Hammer and nail etc.

Blah blah "He go 4 hours in a row in the gym bruddah, hike for 12 hours smash everybody habibi spar 12 on 1 beat up lions brotha" but the fact of the matter is that if it leaves the first round, Khamzat loses 80% of his efficiency from what we've seen thus far.

Those of you who think he just will waltz in and takes a title off whoever he so picks and chooses are in for an inevitable rude awakening when they match him up against Sean or Izzy for a title eliminator and he gets the brakes beaten off of him 49-46 if he doesn't land the first round sub.

His incessant barking on social media like calling out Poatan after he beat Jiri (lmao) has him closer to the realm of Conor than a title shot in my book.

His last two wins were over short notice opponents outside of their weight class, beforehand going life and death with Burns who has been dominated by Belal and knocked out cold by JDM in the mean time.

Tom Aspinall, Jamhal Hill, Jiri, and Topuria all debuted the same year as Khamzat, all were rated far below him on the best newcomers / prospect watch lists, and they've all absolutely blown past him by becoming champions in the octagon instead of on Instagram in the same amount of time, some with double the fights.

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So yeah, you will ignore it and blame it on cardio. Gotcha. And you'll probably make a long spiel again doing so.
 
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