Khamzat Chimaev had a historical past making efficiency towards Dricus du Plessis however there was a sure side of the combat that gave the impression to be missing a bit based on a former UFC title challenger.
Throughout an look on Submission Radio, Hardy touched upon the pay-per-view major occasion in Chicago from over the weekend and largely indicated how impressed he was by this altering of the guard efficiency within the UFC’s 185 pound ranks.
The previous UFC welterweight title challenger did appear to understand that there was a little bit of an uncharacteristic side to the 31-year-old phenom’s in-cage effort on Saturday as in comparison with a few of Chimaev’s prior fights. In expressing what he noticed happen within the du Plessis vs. Chimaev headliner at UFC 319, Dan Hardy mentioned,
“He [Chimaev] was type of tenderizing him and, you understand, controlling him. It was spectacular from a management perspective, don’t get me fallacious. However, in fact, you understand, the principle occasion of a pay-per-view, you type of wish to see a bit extra intention to complete. That’s what I wish to have seen.”
“That’s what Khamzat’s been all about. That’s why folks have been so enthusiastic about him due to how, you understand, overly aggressive he’s, like, violent. It’s scary to look at typically. That was simply type of, I don’t know, it appeared a little bit of a safer efficiency. Possibly out of respect for Dricus and his power and explosiveness and scrambling potential.”
Khamzat Chimaev’s efficiency assessed by surging middleweight contender who was cageside in Chicago
Whereas some potential title challengers would possibly go a bit of quiet within the wake of such a dominant win by Khamzat Chimaev, somebody who was cageside for the UFC 319 bout towards Dricus du Plessis appears assured in navigating a path to victory towards the newly minted champion. ‘Borz’ is seeking to get again within the cage once more at UFC 321 on October twenty fifth in Abu Dhabi and a ranked middleweight who just lately notched his personal assertion win is already envisioning how a Khamzat Chimaev combat performs out down the road.
Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez secured his eighth win in a row in what was a strain heavy, dominant efficiency towards Roman Dolidze when he notched a fourth spherical submission. Throughout an interview with ESPNDeportes concerning what he noticed whereas sitting entrance row cageside at UFC 319 and what he sees transpiring going ahead, Anthony Hernandez mentioned [via Bloody Elbow],
“Congratulations to him, it was a fairly f***ing boring combat, not gonna lie, however man name me for the combat, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu, I can cease all of the s**t and I can shut him down and with my gasoline tank man, I’ll drown him, I promise.”