Brendan Schaub doubts Kamaru Usman desires to battle rising contender Khamzat Chimaev. The retired fighter-turned-podcaster lately gave his tackle the rise of Chimaev and has likened him to Khabib Nurmagomedov, the previous light-weight champion.
Chimaev is rumored to be taking over prime 170-pounder Gilbert Burns in his subsequent bout. If he wins that, which Schaub believes he’ll, the previous UFC heavyweight does not suppose Usman might be too concerned about taking him on. Through the newest episode of The Schaub Present, ‘Large Brown’ mentioned:
“I don’t see anybody beating him. I’m not saying he steamrolls via him proper now, however with Kamaru’s accidents, I don’t understand how a lot Kamaru has. I don’t know. Khamzat clearly had the COVID s*** however apart from that, I don’t know who beats him.”
He added:
“He’s very Khabib-ish, however he has extra energy in his fingers. His mentality, it’s scary s***.”
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Proper now, there are only a few fighters within the UFC who’re as talked-about as Khamzat Chimaev. ‘Borz’ has gotten off to a blistering begin within the UFC having picked up 4 stoppage victories since becoming a member of the promotion. The undefeated phenom boasts an total document of 10-0 and has completed all of his opponents up to now.
Chimaev has repeatedly known as out the reigning welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman. He has vowed to dethrone ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ by the tip of the the 12 months.
The continued success of Kamaru Usman
Since changing into the UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman has been just about unstoppable. Whereas he is needed to undergo some adversity in a couple of of his fights, that does not take away from the truth that he simply retains on profitable. Furthermore, he seemingly will get higher with each passing battle.
Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal and Gilbert Burns have all fallen to ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ since he received the strap. He’ll hope so as to add Leon Edwards to that checklist in the event that they meet – as rumored – later this 12 months.
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Some have instructed he might make a transfer as much as middleweight however together with his shut pal Israel Adesanya being the champion, that appears unlikely at this stage.
