One former UFC titleholder believes Khamzat Chimaev would have the ability to dethrone the present gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Rumors have been swirling since Pereira took to social media to assert that Magomed Ankalaev won’t be his subsequent title challenger. Some have speculated that Chimaev will transfer up from 185 kilos to problem Pereira for the gold at gentle heavyweight.
Whether or not or not that rumor has any juice to it stays to be seen, however Robert Whittaker already has an concept of who would win the battle.
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Robert Whittaker Picks Khamzat Chimaev if he Challenges Alex Pereira
Throughout a brand new version of the MMArcade Podcast, Robert Whittaker was requested who he thinks would win the rumored title conflict between Alex Pereira and Khamzat Chimaev.
“Chimaev, simply,” Whittaker mentioned. “Not simply, Chimaev although.”
Whittaker did admit that whereas Chimaev’s grappling is all the time on level, the specter of “Poatan’s” standup can’t be ignored.
“He’s [Chimaev] good at what he does,” Whittaker mentioned. “He performs into his strengths, however shall we say, hypothetically, Chimaev slows down, gases somewhat bit, Pereira received’t. He can strike asleep, lifeless drained. Dude’s been doing it his entire life. He’ll kill Chimaev within the standup. It received’t be like that Usman-Chimaev battle the place Usman was form of outboxing him somewhat bit at that interval the place Chimaev received drained. It’ll be a slaughter, however does it go that far?”
Time will inform what the UFC has deliberate if Pereira vs. Ankalaev isn’t the following gentle heavyweight title battle. We’ll hold you posted as soon as extra particulars emerge on the 205-pound title image.
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