Why Khamzat will be exposed

[Sean Chowdhury]

I think DDP's wrestling is overrated, his takedowns are kind of ugly and he's been taken down by worse wrestlers than chimaev. It just depends on how good his defense is once he's on his back or has to stop submissions/gnp

 

[RockyLockridge]

DDP gonna take him into deep water and drown him

I see it going the same way, He weathers an intial storm and brings his own probably a 3rd or 4th round finish

 

[ShadowRun]

DDP is gonna get bodied

 

[tat2man5k]

I wish I could be undefeated in the UFC in 2 weight classes and be able to be "exposed" with a loss. Idiot.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Usman was one of the biggest WW when he was champ.
DDP might not have his wrestling, but also not his shot knees and he is even bigger.

Khamzat couldn't wrestle Burns, nor Usman. I'm not fully convinced he can wrestle DDP after a DDP camp preparing for Khamzat.
We'll see, DDP likes to throw a lot of kicks, which ain't good against a wrestler. So his main tools are also out of the window.

Didn’t wrestle burns because of the submission threat .

As far as Usman you need your memory jogged .

 

[trimmin]

I dont think DDP is gonna be able to get Khamzat off him in the first two rounds. Khamzat wrestles with the best guys in the world, ddp is strong don’t get me wrong but i see Khamzat just subbing him. I could be wrong but is DDP practicing against the same caliber of grapplers in africa?

 

[Tweak896]

Even if Khamzat lost to DDP, he still beat so many other great fighters you can't say he's not good. When average fighters start to beat him with the "cardio gameplan" then I'll admit I was wrong. I still don't think DDP is only going to win by cardio.

 

[AstralPanda]

Weird how in arguing it isn't fight IQ you reference him fighting his opponents where they are stronger which is dumb, being screamed at by his corner for not following the gameplan, which is dumb, and a clera indication of fight IQ or a lack of one.

I think it's more of a thing where you believe you're head and shoulders above your opponent, so you can get away with it, or you want to prove a point.

Jon Jones's entire career has been full of fights like that. Beating opponents where they're strongest rather than weakest, making fights way harder than they had to be.

It's the ego of a fighter who believes they're the best, playing with their food in a sense.

 

[Ghostoftheville]

I like how TS ignores Chimaev last fight since it doesnt serve his hot take

Whittaker getting his jaw broken in the first round is the same as a DDP potentially going to a decision?
du Plessis has gone into the championship rounds in all three of his title fights.
du Plessis is larger than anybody Khamzat has fought, and so the it's understandable to believe Khamzat wont ragdoll DDP like he has been able to do with so many others.

 

[mkess101]

Usman was one of the biggest WW when he was champ.
DDP might not have his wrestling, but also not his shot knees and he is even bigger.

Khamzat couldn't wrestle Burns, nor Usman. I'm not fully convinced he can wrestle DDP after a DDP camp preparing for Khamzat.
We'll see, DDP likes to throw a lot of kicks, which ain't good against a wrestler. So his main tools are also out of the window.

Couldn't wrestle Burns? He hit 2 of his 3 TD attempts. He was less excited about a grappling match with a world champion grappler like Gilbert, so he chose to strike and it turned into a brawl. Khamzat is absolutely an emotional fighter who will be lured into a brawl, and that could be his undoing potentially.
But he also had control time for almost half the fight vs Usman so saying he couldn't wrestle him is also not accurate. His gas tank absolutely failed him in that fight, he's lucky it was 3 rounds. But before he tired he absolutely threw Usman around like a child.

 

[Streeter]

TS is right in the fact Khamzat whole plan is to overwhelming you with strength grh and pressure out the gate. I don't think he plans much after that and Burns an Usman showed he looks very mediocre after.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Hasn't he been already? Nearly retiring because of mystery illnesses and needing a year to recover from getting faceplanted by a LW?

 

[188912345]

Hasn't he been already? Nearly retiring because of mystery illnesses and needing a year to recover from getting faceplanted by a LW?

He strangled Kevin Holland 5 months after the Burns fight.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

He strangled Kevin Holland 5 months after the Burns fight.

You're right, he took a year to recover from the Holland fight.