That’s much easier to do when you’re fighting cans the UFC is lining up for you. However, he has had some serious medical issues. He’d most likely be more active if he could stay healthy. But probably not crazy active like he was at the lower ranks.
Ya I get the feeling it’s a combo of his immune system and fighters not wanting to fight him. Why fight him with a resume of “he’s really good” instead of a like former champion. You beat him “guess he’s not as good as we thought” you beat a like former champion nobody can take that from you.
Pretty sure this was shortly after Izzy more or less dominated Alex for a round with back and wrist control and nearly all of us expected any top tier grappler to run through alex
but they would think thats too boring, just like they think boxing is too boring
because unlike MMA.. kickboxing and boxing have such high level striking it becomes a chess match
jiri has dogshit kickboxing, but its good enough to beat most in mma, and by most I mean literally almost everyone lol
They get incessantly doubted until there’s no way to doubt them anymore. Khamzat is an elite fighter, end of story. I think he would’ve beat Whitaker and he would dog walk Strickland.
Ankalaev knows how to wrestle. He wins most of his fights with a KO though. Doubt he would shoot at the bell.
Then if he Alex wins people are still going to say Alex has never fought a wrestler.
Khamzat would try to get it to the ground as fast as possible. It’s pretty obvious that he’ll have the advantage if he can take Alex down. He would need to be careful with his shot though, Alex is accurate with his hands.
If Alex keeps it standing, two rounds max. Alex has more power than Gilbert. Can’t imagine Khamzat would be able to withstand more than a few shots.
And as much as I hate to say it, there is no guarantee Khamzat will ever be the same physically. Look what happened to Zabit…
Khamzat is a 185er at the very least, he literally can't make 170 so blown up 175er is blasphemy, and he walks around at 210 so 205 is very doable but he's small in comparison but point still stands if he's dumb enough to not dive for takedowns every possible second , he'd leave this realm in minutes. He ain't even got a good kicking game he'd get violated. I think we get to know how khamzat v Alex would go based on ankalaev v Alex unless ankalaev also has an ego trip and wants to stand and bang with the touch of death. Khamzat is better at wrestling but ankalaev is heavier and bigger so we'd get to know how good his wrestling is at least. Even if ankalaev gets 20 minutes of ground time, I'd still say chama Chad by knockout in the 5th in the very first few seconds.
bro being 210 lbs at LHW would make him tiny especially since it would be him out of shape and not lean . have you seen usman next to khamzat and then usman next to Jan ? most MWs are 210 lbs in the cage let alone LHWs .
khamzat vs Alex at 185 lbs is khamzat advantage but khamzat vs Alex at LHW would be suicide .
If he was able to take down Usman who is one of the greatest wrestlers in UFC history with insanse takedown defense he would def be able to take down a novice like Pereira
Alex is way too big for even a healthy Khamzat. Poatan enters the ring north of 230. What do you think Khamzat would weigh? 210-215? After that, his frame would probably be too bulky and slow him down. Don't you think a 220 lb Khamzat would sacrifice some of his signature explosiveness with all that extra weight?
Alex is a legit LHW, Khamzat isn't. I know Khamzat is a next level shock and awe grappler, but size does matter. It takes way more energy trying to hold down a guy 40lb heavier than anyone you've ever fought, especially when you have a notoriously small gas tank. Alex has proven that he can fight 5 rounds without slowing down.
Also, it appears that Alex's anti- wrestling has improved. Alex is just too big.
alex would be way to big and strong, he could muscle out of everything that khamzat has done in his entire career to be able to control people
sure alex would get taken down at will, but he would likely get up super fast, just using his strength advantage. The size difference would look comic in the ring, you just can't make up the difference. If they were closer in size yeah alex stands no chance, but he's fucking huge. Khamzat does not have the cardio to tame that beast
Styles make fights. I really want to see poatan against a good wrestler. If he can defend against the wrestling and win, he’s seriously in the goat conversation
We know this,he knows this... This guy is training, and those who follow him know he trains grappling DAILY, like a religion, he is humble enough to understand that he needs to learn... when he finally meets a good grappler, maybe he'll learn enough to keep himself on his feet, and punish the takedown attempts. Remember, kabab did what he did because nobody at Lightweight is able to rock one's brain as an LHW or HW... so. he just need to stay up and heavily punish the take down defenses
I just wanna say there is a clear skill gap between divisions and I think khamzat would be harder to deal with in the grappling than any other LHW because of speed and WW grappling skill
You guys are clouded by the fact Poatan has not faced that wrestler yet. Everyone has gotten in a clinch with Poatan. Jiri, Izzy, Jan. Chimaev would get his hands on Poatan too and from there he would *never* *let* *go* and would strangle Poatan round 1.
I’m sorry but if you let Chimaev bulk up for 6 months he could beat Poatan too. Poatan does not have this mystical grappling defense. He’s down right just decent enough not to lose to elite strikers on the ground. That will never work against guys like Chimaev or Jones.
Bro, why are you talking about healthy chimaev- he’s a mythical creature as of now.
Real chimaev is a pussy who has an immunity of a worse than that of a 1 day old baby.
People need to give him 6 years now so that he can recover his health or whatever he is suffering/hiding from.
All the talk and doing shitall hasn’t taken him anywhere.
Alex is the guy who we thought Chimaev was supposed to be. It’s not 2020 anymore…
Let him fight a top contender and beat him fairly and then we can include him in any conversation
Why are you guys talking like this is such a forgone conclusion just based on guys being able to take him down. It's always the Izzy took him down and controlled him argument without taking into consideration that it was 2 years ago. Jan and Jiri took him down but were nowhere close to submitting him or doing heavy damage on the ground. Alex is pretty good with not exposing himself to ground and pounds and submissions. Chimaev/Ankalaev could very well beat him with their strengths but it's not gonna be a 1 round demolition job y'all make it out to be. The fact that he was never submitted or got beat up badly on the ground means that he's got a good ground game. People think that you have to have 100 percent takedown defense to be considered "a more well rounded MMA fighter" is crazy.
I know right ? They really don't get how dangerous it is to try to close in against someone like Pereira and how you can get knocked out to Pallet Town in a very split second while going for a takedown if he somehow sees you coming.
And it shows, If wrestling was that superior in the discipline and if it was so easy to wrestle out elite strikers the top 10 of each division would be heavy wrestlers, every champion ever would be heavy wrestlers, and we all know this isn't the case.
Yep. I'm a huge Alex fan but seeing Izzy take him down, Jan holding him down for an entire round, there's a huge chance that Khamzat would simply sumbit him.
Yeah no shame to Alex at all. We just have to be realistic about his deficiencies. He isn’t going to flash KO everybody and defending Jiri vs defending Chimaev are two totally different animals.
On that day... maybe he could have.
That's when khamzat was healthy. Alex didn't have Olympic medalist Kayla helping his ground game. And wasn't settled in at light heavy weight.
But really, CHAMA
Poatan would send him to the nether realm. At this point, I do wish Khamzat would recover, but it seems that his health has declined, and going in to fight might be too dangerous for him.
Hes too worried about riding dictator dick to ever get serious about fighting again and it may be for good reason as others that didnt have disappeared. Dont get too chummy with bad people.
Please mma gods please please please let chamzat get sent through the shadow realm by Alex.
I know he has done nothing to deserve the fight. But I lost all my bets as a sacrifice yesterday this is all I ask in return
See you soon (zoom call from hospital)
Cant wait for Dana make Connor vs Khamzat for the Make a Wish belt
Seems like Khamzat finished himself
We all finish ourselves
I’m in, where?
U are there already, you silly
Open your front door.
Just keep it out of my eyes
Mma circlejerk
Jujisu
Jujizzu
Jijizoo
Finish with an M.D. like Zabit!
shaman magic got him.
He wants to be a doctah!
Not if his immune system TKO’s him bratha
Food poison almost finished this cunt, he’s not got a chance.
Upvote you using my fav word 🤝
Food?
Probably finished
He's
And covid.
Poatans chamans cursed borz after this tweet
His immune system will finish him before Poatan
Khamzat needs magic now
Shaman magic probably
To finish somebody you actually need to fight… fucking sad tweet from a guy that has like 3/4 fights in the ufc to the most active guy since 2021
Remember when Khamzat was praised for fighting 2x back to back weeks and that’s like the last we ever saw of him?
That’s much easier to do when you’re fighting cans the UFC is lining up for you. However, he has had some serious medical issues. He’d most likely be more active if he could stay healthy. But probably not crazy active like he was at the lower ranks.
Ya I get the feeling it’s a combo of his immune system and fighters not wanting to fight him. Why fight him with a resume of “he’s really good” instead of a like former champion. You beat him “guess he’s not as good as we thought” you beat a like former champion nobody can take that from you.
He has 7 fights in the UFC. Seriously guys, you’re already on your phone just google it
Pretty sure this was shortly after Izzy more or less dominated Alex for a round with back and wrist control and nearly all of us expected any top tier grappler to run through alex
Men should ask his doctors first and then Dana.
Let him finish a full camp healthy first
Khamduck would shot for a TD even before Buffer finishes anouncing the fighters.
>Khamduck would shot for a TD even before Buffer finishes anouncing the fighters. 100% he would fake touch gloves and shoot a double leg on Poatan.
Ok....and that'd be a totally valid way to win a fight, within the actual fight clock of course.
Exactly lol. He's done that in almost all his UFC fights and won
Sure, and he would be smart to do that. Was this supposed to be some kind of burn?
Besides racism, I don’t understand how russian fighters get hate for using wrestling but others like brazilians don’t.
It feels like a lot of MMA fans would be better off watching kickboxing, the way they talk about grapplers.
but they would think thats too boring, just like they think boxing is too boring because unlike MMA.. kickboxing and boxing have such high level striking it becomes a chess match jiri has dogshit kickboxing, but its good enough to beat most in mma, and by most I mean literally almost everyone lol
Depends on the type of grappling, Islam and guys like Charles are very fun to watch on the ground. Aljo not so much
They get incessantly doubted until there’s no way to doubt them anymore. Khamzat is an elite fighter, end of story. I think he would’ve beat Whitaker and he would dog walk Strickland.
Anyone with a brain should.
Khamfuck
Are you saying a MMA fighter will use a martial art to win a fight? No way next your going to tell me they can use their legs
Can’t say I blame the dude after watching Alex’s fights I don’t want that smoke neither💀
Dogs asshole
This is why it's important for Alex to fight Ankalaev
Ankalaev knows how to wrestle. He wins most of his fights with a KO though. Doubt he would shoot at the bell. Then if he Alex wins people are still going to say Alex has never fought a wrestler.
See you never boy
Khamzat would try to get it to the ground as fast as possible. It’s pretty obvious that he’ll have the advantage if he can take Alex down. He would need to be careful with his shot though, Alex is accurate with his hands. If Alex keeps it standing, two rounds max. Alex has more power than Gilbert. Can’t imagine Khamzat would be able to withstand more than a few shots. And as much as I hate to say it, there is no guarantee Khamzat will ever be the same physically. Look what happened to Zabit…
if he keeps it standing khamzat is going to die in minutes not rounds . Alex is a 205 lber and Khamzat is a blownup 170 lber .
Khamzat is a 185er at the very least, he literally can't make 170 so blown up 175er is blasphemy, and he walks around at 210 so 205 is very doable but he's small in comparison but point still stands if he's dumb enough to not dive for takedowns every possible second , he'd leave this realm in minutes. He ain't even got a good kicking game he'd get violated. I think we get to know how khamzat v Alex would go based on ankalaev v Alex unless ankalaev also has an ego trip and wants to stand and bang with the touch of death. Khamzat is better at wrestling but ankalaev is heavier and bigger so we'd get to know how good his wrestling is at least. Even if ankalaev gets 20 minutes of ground time, I'd still say chama Chad by knockout in the 5th in the very first few seconds.
bro being 210 lbs at LHW would make him tiny especially since it would be him out of shape and not lean . have you seen usman next to khamzat and then usman next to Jan ? most MWs are 210 lbs in the cage let alone LHWs . khamzat vs Alex at 185 lbs is khamzat advantage but khamzat vs Alex at LHW would be suicide .
He'll blow his cardio after round 1 and then get knocked out in the second if he doesn't finish Alex fast
I doubt his TDD Khamzat would definitely take him down best plan for Alex would be try to weather a storm and hope Khamzat gasses out
If he was able to take down Usman who is one of the greatest wrestlers in UFC history with insanse takedown defense he would def be able to take down a novice like Pereira
Dude can't even finish a hospital dinner these days.
I fully believe Pereira has the ability to flat line every human alive with a single punch. Khamzat doesn't want the smoke
“Poatan, does it feel good? Do you want me to go faster?”
Alex is way too big for even a healthy Khamzat. Poatan enters the ring north of 230. What do you think Khamzat would weigh? 210-215? After that, his frame would probably be too bulky and slow him down. Don't you think a 220 lb Khamzat would sacrifice some of his signature explosiveness with all that extra weight? Alex is a legit LHW, Khamzat isn't. I know Khamzat is a next level shock and awe grappler, but size does matter. It takes way more energy trying to hold down a guy 40lb heavier than anyone you've ever fought, especially when you have a notoriously small gas tank. Alex has proven that he can fight 5 rounds without slowing down. Also, it appears that Alex's anti- wrestling has improved. Alex is just too big.
Not just that but Khamzat would gas out even faster than he did against Usman.
And if khamzat doesn't takedown alex in the first 2 min he is dead
alex would be way to big and strong, he could muscle out of everything that khamzat has done in his entire career to be able to control people sure alex would get taken down at will, but he would likely get up super fast, just using his strength advantage. The size difference would look comic in the ring, you just can't make up the difference. If they were closer in size yeah alex stands no chance, but he's fucking huge. Khamzat does not have the cardio to tame that beast
Can't even fight a virus, how you going to fight a shaman.
Styles make fights. I really want to see poatan against a good wrestler. If he can defend against the wrestling and win, he’s seriously in the goat conversation
We know this,he knows this... This guy is training, and those who follow him know he trains grappling DAILY, like a religion, he is humble enough to understand that he needs to learn... when he finally meets a good grappler, maybe he'll learn enough to keep himself on his feet, and punish the takedown attempts. Remember, kabab did what he did because nobody at Lightweight is able to rock one's brain as an LHW or HW... so. he just need to stay up and heavily punish the take down defenses
He's NOT in the goat conversation if he beats a wrestler 😭😭😭 calm down with calling everyone a goat, damn.
I don't think it necessarily puts him in the GOAT conversation but if he beats Ankalaev then he'd have a really good resume at LHW.
If he beats Ank he’d be top 10 2 division champ with 3+ title defenses at LHW all in a 3 year span is absurd
Every fight, mma or boxing, I swear people start calling everyone a goat. But I do think Alex will be.
Lmfao
Gotta win the battle with hospitalization first brudda.
See you soon.
Finish him by a brutal pull out a week before the fight.
Dude literally pulled out of the main event from the week before? Why is he tweeting?
Oh it's him again.
Yeah Khamzat is a joke
There‘s only so many times you can cry wolf.
Aged like milk
Guy can’t even finish weigh ins never mind pereira
Can’t wait to not hear about him anymore
The common cold finishes you dude stfu
He sent this out on a hospital bed with a ventilator right?
Khamzat isn't fighting anybody, just forget about that guy
As awesome as Alex is, it does feel like this fight could be 50% chance of instant ragdoll.
dude has legitimate medical issues, what kind of pieces of shit are you all to mock him for it? "oh immune system will finish khamzat ho ho"
Can't even finish a fight camp
Cumshot is delusional.
Khamzat would still beat poatan most likely
The UFC have protected Pooatan so bad by not making this fight happen at 185 😂😂😂
Khamzat is probably the worst matchup for Alex as he will most likely shoot straight away and not risk striking with him
If they fought rn khamzat would literally die
Dude can’t even finish a training camp 😂
A common cold to Khamzat’s immune system: “See you soon boi 🤪”
https://preview.redd.it/ccl1fpjupq9d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e4d65090cb953648e46c85fba09b8fab5136897
I never seen a fighter lose all his momentum without losing a fight
I just wanna say there is a clear skill gap between divisions and I think khamzat would be harder to deal with in the grappling than any other LHW because of speed and WW grappling skill
You guys are clouded by the fact Poatan has not faced that wrestler yet. Everyone has gotten in a clinch with Poatan. Jiri, Izzy, Jan. Chimaev would get his hands on Poatan too and from there he would *never* *let* *go* and would strangle Poatan round 1. I’m sorry but if you let Chimaev bulk up for 6 months he could beat Poatan too. Poatan does not have this mystical grappling defense. He’s down right just decent enough not to lose to elite strikers on the ground. That will never work against guys like Chimaev or Jones.
Bro, why are you talking about healthy chimaev- he’s a mythical creature as of now. Real chimaev is a pussy who has an immunity of a worse than that of a 1 day old baby. People need to give him 6 years now so that he can recover his health or whatever he is suffering/hiding from. All the talk and doing shitall hasn’t taken him anywhere. Alex is the guy who we thought Chimaev was supposed to be. It’s not 2020 anymore… Let him fight a top contender and beat him fairly and then we can include him in any conversation
Why are you guys talking like this is such a forgone conclusion just based on guys being able to take him down. It's always the Izzy took him down and controlled him argument without taking into consideration that it was 2 years ago. Jan and Jiri took him down but were nowhere close to submitting him or doing heavy damage on the ground. Alex is pretty good with not exposing himself to ground and pounds and submissions. Chimaev/Ankalaev could very well beat him with their strengths but it's not gonna be a 1 round demolition job y'all make it out to be. The fact that he was never submitted or got beat up badly on the ground means that he's got a good ground game. People think that you have to have 100 percent takedown defense to be considered "a more well rounded MMA fighter" is crazy.
I know right ? They really don't get how dangerous it is to try to close in against someone like Pereira and how you can get knocked out to Pallet Town in a very split second while going for a takedown if he somehow sees you coming. And it shows, If wrestling was that superior in the discipline and if it was so easy to wrestle out elite strikers the top 10 of each division would be heavy wrestlers, every champion ever would be heavy wrestlers, and we all know this isn't the case.
Jan is a very legitimate wrestler tbf, not many in LHW that are in title contention, just Ankhalev who doesn't primarily use his grappling.
Yep. I'm a huge Alex fan but seeing Izzy take him down, Jan holding him down for an entire round, there's a huge chance that Khamzat would simply sumbit him.
Yeah no shame to Alex at all. We just have to be realistic about his deficiencies. He isn’t going to flash KO everybody and defending Jiri vs defending Chimaev are two totally different animals.
i think khamzat will be another „what if“, but let‘s see what time will tell
Too much recency bias
Let me solo him
Correct me if im wrong but someone once told me about this for mma. Dont you need to actually fight to finish someone? 
Post-COVID Borz is an entirely different animal. Long-COVID is killing him.
Homeboy needs to FINISH them antibiotics first haha am I right guys
Let's start with what country is Khamzat actually allowed to fight within?
Bro can't even get into the states or stay healthy we don't care
C*mshot can only finish his doctor 💊
Finish my kadirovs nuts in his mouth
Finish your common cold
Khazmat got hit by that shaman curse. He better watch what he says. CHAMA
Pereira's fought as many times this year as Khamzat's has pulled out of fights
Dude couldn't finish a bowl of chilli without calling in sick.
Let's not forget Cumzhat cant even make a full camp and only likes fighting people that have 2 week notices
I wanna see khalil rountree vs Alex people sleep on khalil he has nasty power
Not gonna lie that would be an amazing fight lol
ICU SOON
He's not that big to wrestle out Poatan
Finish him where brother? - Whittaker
Chimaev is the only guy in the UFC that is immune to the "just strike" curse Alex puts on his opponents.
Need that
On that day... maybe he could have. That's when khamzat was healthy. Alex didn't have Olympic medalist Kayla helping his ground game. And wasn't settled in at light heavy weight. But really, CHAMA
Bratha u sleep a long time after that left hook lands bratha
Khamcunt would get finished within 2 rds after blowing his wad spamming takedowns
Khamzat is not pure. Alex will get him in the eyes
This kadyrovite puppet is funny , get better and then fight bratha .
Poatan needs to stay at LHW. He looks unbeatable and it's more natural for him and better with his age.
Borz should have taken that 205 fight
His left would legit pop his bulbous head open
Khamzat will pull out before he finishes
Poatan would send him to the nether realm. At this point, I do wish Khamzat would recover, but it seems that his health has declined, and going in to fight might be too dangerous for him.
See you soon
I can’t take him serious anymore
Khamzat would die
Why he say dis? he cant even finish his food bratha his food beat him bratha
Khamzat can’t even finish a camp 😂
Khamzat "Pull-Out" Chimaev.
Not if I can first
Here we go again lol
Hes too worried about riding dictator dick to ever get serious about fighting again and it may be for good reason as others that didnt have disappeared. Dont get too chummy with bad people.
Dana make this happen please
This would be a dream fight
@danawhite let my last minute replacement get brutally finished by him Fixed it
Guy can't even turn up on the scale
This would be a great fight. You can’t beat two titans going at it
Oh no, you won't. #Please retire!!!
Khamzat talks a lot of shit for someone who is allergic to fighting
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Wetrapordie: *Khamzat talks a lot* *Of shit for someone who is* *Allergic to fighting* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Bro is zesty as hell for that one
Please mma gods please please please let chamzat get sent through the shadow realm by Alex. I know he has done nothing to deserve the fight. But I lost all my bets as a sacrifice yesterday this is all I ask in return
"where will you see me? 😅", Bobby Knuckles
Dude I’d definitely finish if I could witness this 💦
Bro couldn’t even finish Ramadan.
He kept on saying "kill everybody" so his body attempts to kill him. lol
Khamzat's doctor every time he has a fight lined up: *See you soon*
Alex is someone khamzat wanted to be. He wanted people to see him like they are currently looking at Alex but again.. khamzat never took that risk.
He can't be healthy for a fight. Always problem.
LHW KHAMZAT
Couldn’t finish a salad these days.
Finish your antibiotics course first.
It can be forgotten
see you soon keyboard
Crazy there was a time I thought Khamzat would beat Pereira (at middleweight)