“It was hard because I see his kids”- Khamzat Chimaev claims he didn’t want to hurt Gilbert Burns in front of his family
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Khamzat Chimaev vs Gilbert Burns
The much-anticipated fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns just took place inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The fight gained immense popularity as it featured Chimaev who was experiencing a monumental hype. Coming into the fight, Khamzat was expected to just run through Burns, but things took an interesting turn.
But The Brazilian put on a wonderful performance and gave Khamzat Chimaev his biggest challenge. The fight was brutal and extremely close. Khamzat Chimaev who is known for his dominating wrestling failed to do anything on the ground. It helped Burns to capitalize on striking but it wasn’t enough to win the fight. After three rounds, Chimaev was announced as the winner via unanimous decision.
Many thought Khamzat failed to live up to his hype, but the UFC president, Dana White was very impressed by his performance. He says it’s almost unreal for someone to just have 4 fights in the UFC, and take on a number two ranked opponent. He believes it’s very to break into the top 5 of any division, and Khamzat passed his test with flying colors.
Khamzat Chimaev reveals what went down between him and Gilbert Burns after the fight
Khamzat embraced a beautiful moment with his opponent backstage, he walked up to Burns while he was getting the stitches, and a reporter asked him what went down between these two. Khamzat said people don’t really know who he is, and he actually respects all his opponents.
“I said… well everyone, all the guys you know in the UFC… people think I don’t respect the guys… (but) this is the game, I like (to) try to play with his mind and let him make some mistakes you know,” Khamzat said. “I love this sh*t you know… I’ve been watching all the time, all that you see, I try to learn something from everyone, and I respect all my opponents.”
He also claimed it was a little hard for him to fight Burns because he met his kids, he said, “Everyone do it for his family and I sit before the fight. Actually, it was (a) bit hard for me to fight him because I see his kids you know… they come to me (and say) ‘Hey you fight my daddy.’ I say sh*t f*k, I don’t need that sh*t, I don’t want to fight with some daddy.”
“I need some killer like me you know, like kill somebody and don’t care about that, yeah, but I go to him and said I respect (you) brother, and sorry for punches and we do that for our family, and to have fun as well.”
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Suryansh Thakur
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