A former UFC titleholder believes Khamzat Chimaev can dethrone present gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Rumors have been swirling ever since Pereira claimed on social media that Magomed Ankalaev shouldn’t be his subsequent title challenger. Some have speculated that Chimaev will transfer up from 185 kilos to problem for Pereira’s gold medal at gentle heavyweight.
It stays to be seen whether or not there may be any substance to the rumor, however Robert Whittaker already has an thought as to who will win this combat.
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Robert Whittaker picks Khamzat Chimaev to problem Alex Pereira
On the brand new version of the MMArcade podcast, Robert Whittaker was requested who he thought would win the rumored title combat between Alex Pereira and Khamzat Chimaev.
“Chimaev, it is easy,” Whittaker mentioned. “It will not be simple, Chimaev, although.”
Whittaker acknowledged that whereas Chimaev’s grappling strategies are all the time on level, the specter of “Poitan’s” stand-up can’t be ignored.
“He (Chimaev) is nice at what he does,” Whittaker mentioned. “He performs to his strengths, however as an instance Chimaev slows down and accelerates slightly bit, and Pereira does not. He can get so exhausted that he falls asleep. The man has been doing that each one his life. Yeah, he’ll kill Chimaev within the stand-up. It should be totally different than that Usman vs. Chimaev combat the place Usman was outboxing him slightly bit when Chimaev was getting drained. Are you going to do this?”
If Pereira vs. Ankalaev shouldn’t be the subsequent gentle heavyweight title combat, solely time will inform what the UFC plans. We’ll let you understand as quickly as we all know extra concerning the £205 title photograph.
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