“He’s in big trouble man”- Henry Cejudo claims Khamzat Chimaev is not yet ready to fight Kamaru Usman
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Kamaru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev
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.
“We just saw him kind of become human here”– Henry Cejudo offers his take on Khamzat Chimaev’s performance at UFC 273
Khamzat planned on knocking out Burns in the first round and challenging the welterweight king, Kamaru Usman for the belt. Even though he got the victory, his performance wasn’t good enough to receive an appreciation from the champ. After beating Usman, Khamzat wanted to move up to the middleweight division to take on Israel Adesanya.
Adesanya was watching the event, and he was impressed by his will. Adesanya has beaten almost every contender in his division, and we might see a fight between these two in the near future. Henry Cejudo was keeping a close eye on this fight as well, and he believes Khamzat isn’t ready to fight the likes of Usman.
Talking about it on Triple C & Schmo Show, he said, “That was the right call, but if Chimaev goes out there and fights The Nigerian nightmare like that, he’s in big trouble man. We just saw him kind of become human here.”
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Suryansh Thakur
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