I feel like GSP see’s a lot of his attributes in Whitaker. All around great fighter. No real weakness in the ring. They use all their skills in fights and can evolve over rounds to find the win.
I vowed to never have a "favorite" fighter after Cropcop got KO'd by Gonzaga, and after Chael beat Silva in the last round (because they broke my heart), but Whittaker is the closest thing to my "favorite" fighter in a long time. Dude is tough, fought through injuries, took all the fights, and still comes back and beats the contenders.
Any guy who expends that much energy in the first round is going to fatigue themselves. The problem with Chimaev is that his striking is just not that good to keep up with high level strikers like Usman or Whitaker, and if he struggles to submit Whitaker, it works in Whitakers favor, especially given a five round fight.
@@EkiEki-er7hw and after that he almost got ko'd by burns, took the fight into a decision, got outstruck by usman and took the fight intro a decision both are wrestlers, whittaker is a natural striker so i can see him outclassing chimaev on the feet simply because whittaker is a far better and bigger striker than burns and usman
Chimaev gets tired cuz he puts more effort in from bell to bell than most fighters. And those who go 100 from the hell, don't even make it a full round like that. It's khamzat fought at a conserving pace like Strickland, he could go an hour
It was also because all of his previous fights were 3 rounders. That's why he would always go full pace. People think he has poor cardio which is absolutely not the case. This is his 1st 5 rounder and he's aware of it. He'll be more patient this time
This could really go anyway just like Khamzat's last two fights, who would have predicted them (or his fights with GM3 or the Leech for that matter). Khamzat takes everybody to the ground. Whittaker seldom gets taken down. Which trend will continue. I don't know but I would guess that Khamzat continues taking everybody to the ground.
Whittaker can hold up on the wrestling and weather the storm for 1 and half rounds the real question is if he can be super technical in the brawl and drop Khamzat. Cus that will change the game.
I would imagine he does.... I the first round, but if he doesn't get the finish... what about rd 2 then 3 then 4... his pacing needs to be applied differently than normap
you need to keep something in mind , middleweight doesnt have any elite wrestlers except khamazat , romero yes he was but he didnt wrestle or he gave up on wrestling bc he gastank was bad
In every fight Khamzat has had. He has been in trouble with his entire coaching team for everything from "playing with his food" to "letting the matches go on to test himself". There are a small handful of men that you can not do that with. Gilbert Burns is one, and Chimaev did. He wanted the test of Burns more that the win, but got the win. Usman is by far one of the top 10 ever and Chimaev almost lost that one for doing the same. When it comes to GSP, Jones, Fedor, Khabib, Whittaker, and a very few others. If Chimaev goes out to "test" himself with Whittaker. Whittaker will hand his ass to him in a brown paper bag. If Chimaev comes to win and is nothing but business. He will hand Whittaker a loss. I said this from the time it was announced. " This match is Chimaev's to loose or to win. The deciding factor is what his intent is. Because no one in the world in different weight classes can play anything with Whittaker."
I agree with you about Chimaev's conditioning. Theres no point in having fuel left in the tank after the fight. Empty the tank, you should be exerted at the end.
Chimaev is a wrestling-dominant fighter. In the Burns fight he chose to fight stand-up right, He was fighting somewhat out of his comfort zone for long periods during the fight. My point is when your in your comfort zone you don't get tired as quickly as what you do when your not in your comfort zone. Whittaker's footwork could make it a very long hard fight for Chimaev. I think Whittaker can take him.
Oh Chael, you’re just trolling us. You know damn well conditioning affects the amount of time you can function at a high level before energy is depleted and your reactions, timing and function ability get compromised.
@@Perrples This is what we heard when he was at welters lol. "He's overhyped and hasn't fought anyone with a name" then he does and there's like 5 million haters talking about "well burns is a bum anyhow" LOL. Chimaev will win Whitaker and you'll still find a reason why beating a top 5 dude still doesn't warrant a title fight. LOL.
It all depends on wat point in the fight does the fighter get tired. If the fighter getsexhausted early then they have poor conditioning. If they get exhausted towards the end then they have good conditioning. If they never get exhausted like Nate Diaz then they have great conditioning.
Fascinating take on the fight mate. Whatever they say about khamzat he seems to prove people wrong. They said he would be tested against an experienced striker in meerschaert and he dropped him with one punch. And his endurance always gets questioned but that brutal fight against burns he had never been tested like that and he was still swinging hard in the last round. I look forward to the fight.
George was coached by Firas Zahabi. Firas talks about slow twitch and fast twitch muscles. And how fast twitch come at a cost.. Endurance. GSP believes this as well.
He won't last 5 rounds. Both 3 round fights with contenders you could see him gassing by the end of the 2nd round. If he conserves his energy, he might be able to fight through. Whittaker has a great gas tank and if he pushes the pace without getting knocked out he'll win by 4th round easy.
@@Hardcore-0070 he was gassing in 3 rounds not because of poor cardio but because no one goes as hard as him in the 1st rd as this guy not even Chandler. Idc who you are but this is gonna tire you out. And he knew his fights are only 3 rounds so he would consume all his energy. I don't think he's that stupid to not realize that this is his first 5 rounder so i really think he'll be more cautious and patient
Romero shot 18 attempts and only took down Bobby 4 times in the first fight then 3 out of ten on the second fight. The time he controlled Bobby was very minimal. That is where the difference will be (one of the differences anyhow)...Chimaev will score higher on the take down percentage and control time will be a lot higher than Romero. I love both fighters but I don't think Bobby is capable of keeping Chimaev standing. Not only that, but I feel Bobby is a step slower these days.
@@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh Romero, maybe 20 years ago could hang with Chimaev but Romero's fight game declined hard as he aged. Not taking anything away from him though...dude was a beast. But by the time he fought Whitaker, he was half the fighter he used to be
Chael big fan- in all honesty I think something’s off w/ Khamzat…I still haven’t been convinced of his hype, Whitaker may be the best test w/o an asterisk for him to date -no mismatch no last minute notice no weight miss not going against a guy coming back from a KO etc etc…but Khamzat is younger I guess he has that. My $$$ on Whitaker to humble the hype train
i mean he's not a hype train. he went a really close fight with kamaru usman who has been in the goat debate many times. Khamzat is great, maybe just not as good as robbert, we will see.
@@Thadnill yeah he HAS been riding an inflated hype train the UFC pushed & a lot of that has to do w/ how big his market is in Middle East/europe, he was supposed to be the next automatic double champ, except everyone quickly realized he simply cannot simultaneously make 170 lbs & be effective in a 5 round championship fight, gas tank too low, weight cut too harsh- so they move him up to 185 & problem there is, he’s no longer the biggest guy in the division & better grapplers/harder strikers @ MW, so he’s no lock for a title @ MW either…far from it. He fought Usman & had 1 great round & 2 close ones, and Usman was winning the third cleanly- had that fight gone for 5 rounds Khamzat would’ve been F’d. Khamzat getting winded in a 3 round fight he had a full training camp for & yet Usman was right there, less winded, & he was laying on his couch a week prior to the damn fight, fought up 15 lbs in a division he’s never fought in before, & was coming off a KO loss….THAT is the truth @ that’s what you’re basing his greatness on?🥶 so it’s either a recently KO’d, unprepared, fighting up 15 lbs from his normal weight class Usman OR an undersized mismatched Gilbert that is Khamzat’s “biggest victory” in his career thus far. Think about it
Good work Chael, agreed. We will see, this is going to be an interesting fight. I don't know if he can make him look bad. Not at the start maybe later in the fight as he tires are Whitaker is a work horse.
that's a good point uncle chael. i always think chimaev conditioning is bad after covid but maybe he just like to fight in exhaustion, can't wait to see which one is true!
Chimeav was scared of Burns jujitsu, so it became who is the better striker. I just don't see this fight going that way. Whittaker is going to have the toughest first round of his life, after which he'll probably have a decent chance.of winning.
I don't think Bobby Knucks can handle Chimaev tbh. I like Whittaker, and dont like Chimaev but it's not what I want to happen, it's what I think will happen.
I kind of agree If Whittaker holds off that blitz from khamzat to start the fight i think he wins every round past the 1st But i do agree there is a good to very good chance khamzat gets the first round finish. Most dont look ready for his speed/strength combo, even Usman he ragdolled all first round Past the first though Khamzat isnt great, hes very human
I feel like people talk do much about conditioning, but not energy expense per round.. like nates stamina was amazing but he did not work round per round the same as chimaev, then you have freaks like prime covington who shot constantly and successfully and never gassed, thats more impressive. Khamzat pushes so much energy out that if he just slowed down considerably he'd have much greater chances later on
The concern for fatigue is rightfully questionable. But wasn't he deathly ill prior to one fight then broke his hand in the 1st round in another? Idk if he's fought enough to know that answer yet...he usually finishes them too fast to tell. 💪
Five rounds will certainly fatigue anyone. Let’s not forget Khamzat was severely ill with covid. From my perspective, having nearly died, I’ll just admit I’m not 50% of the capacity I was prior (when I finished an Ironman at 55 years old). It’s amazing to me he was ever able to compete at all.
My first thought when anybody gasses out is.... how much weight did they have to cut? I did it once...in high school wresting...for one match, and it was only 3 or 4 pounds, and it SUCKED. I honestly don't know if that is relevant in Chimaev's case or not but probably has an impact just in general.
Khamzats conditioning isn't the problem it's his pacing, which is fine when there is no resistance and you get them out of there early... but now he needs better fight IQ, more of a grinding pace than going way over your vo2 max
Khamzat vs Alex peirera 301. This is perfect. Alex has no toes! Aldo vs cejudo co main. Johnathan Martinez who? Give whittacre to iskrem or imavov. Pretty sure this the only division w/ 4 Russians barring maybe Hw
Yeah I wonder why nobody writes about Chimaev anymore? It cant be because he never fights nor says anything interesting and all he does is call out people that he's definitely NOT fighting next. Hypetrains dont stay hype if they don't work.
I think Whittaker has a chance if he goes 5 round. But he has to pass the storm, which is chimaev. If we get that chimaev that fought Kevin Holland that didn't let up that was constantly on the gas that's a hard time for Rob. But Usman showed us to stand with him but he is a fantastic wrestler but still lost. Before people say Usman didn't train etc. He has stated before he doesn't stop training.
There's also a chance that Whittaker catches on some technical mistakes Chimaev makes when he brings the storm. Getting a decision is tough in the middle East against "their guy"
Bro you’re talking like Whittaker cant wrestle and doesn’t have some of the best TD defense in the history of the sport. You’re also forgetting his timing and space awareness. There is a chance khamzat clips him early but other than that rob mops the floor with this guy
Dana’s going to give RW a title shot if he wins this. That would be RW’s third title shot and it would be against a guy who already definitively beat him twice in Israel, or a guy who KOed him not even a year ago in DDP. Meanwhile Strickland, who dominated Israel and arguably beat DDP is stuck with a guy who RW barely beat after that guy had been on the shelf for a year and a half and lost 3 of his last 4 with the only win being an over-the-hill Rockhold.
i enjoy how chael pointed out his counter argument. a 5 round game really is a different game. with the analogy he used of someone being tired at the end of a 3 round fight winning, compared to the loser who wasn’t tired. that person tired at the end of a 3 rounder, can last the 5 round fight, as long as they fight differently without using as much energy, but putting out the same effort. thanks for the video chael
Yes. He has a conditioning issue.If Chimaev could fight at the same pace in rounds 2/3 as he does round 1 he’d be unstoppable. You’re right it’s not a critique. He’s been dominant without the greatest conditioning, arguably the easiest thing to work on.
Sometime that Cardio is not a very important thing, i mean look at that Kamaru Usman he has an amazing Cardio and he always fought for 5 Round, but it's doesnt matter. the question is how good that Robert's takedown deffense???can he survive???. I love Chael's Analyst, I agreed with him always. RESPECT & Peace✌️
Chimaev by finish and Whittaker by decision would be a good bet if the match wasn't taking place in the middle east😂 Whitaker needs to drop him twice in seperate rounds and dominate the wrestling to get the W thats a tall order😢
Justin v Max. Justin looked gassed and physically exhausted half way thru round 2. He didn't stop tho. Some guys can keep going and look exhausted some cant. You dont know till you know. Uncle Chael is right as rain on this one. And im a big Bobby Knuckles Fan
It hurts to say as a big fan of Chimaev, but yes, his cardio is not a strength of his based on some of his fights. Like Conner against Nate Diaz, where Conner's lack of cardio made him lose his dominant position and the fight, there's a tiny window of an opportunity for Whittaker to achieve a similar result. Chimaev will finish him, though with KO or submission. Against Usman, who has insane KO power and ground game, Chimaev was able to handle him through 5 rounds, so with Whittaker, he can, and he will finish him InshaAllah☝🏽
Idk if Rob doesn’t fight like he’s fighting costa i think he gets manhandled, chimaev is very aggressive and goes immediately for the opponents weak spot, and if he can get a takedown and hold him down for a ground and pound enough for the ref to stop it it’s another easy fight for chimaev
Any conditioning ‘issues’ he may have had were likely due to poor cuts. He’s less likely to suffer those at middle. Whittaker has great conditioning and better standup. Chimaev can only win this on the ground, which tests conditioning more than standup. My money will literally be on a RW stoppage. Guess we’ll see.
Khamzat lost momentum on media for sure, and I think it's because all the confusion about weight class and inactivity was never really explained. He went from fighting 2 weeks in a row, to not knowing if he will fight in one year AND in which weight class it will be. So hard to find a story there. He brings even more by calling out everybody and anybody in all weight classes, while not fighting. I think the only one that can get away with that is Conor.
im a super fan of chimaev but yea im with bisping i think chimaev has the connor problem first 2 rounds are dynamite after that your biten your nails because hes got nothing left in the tank
I think Chimaev was well conditioned before, when he knew that he would spend years doing three rounders, now he has months of training where he knows that he might go five rounds. It seems obvious that he will train even more conditioning. We hear sometimes of fighters who spar that they do four rounds in training for three round fights but against four different fresh men, if I remember correctly Chimaev is one of them.
Chael, here is what I believe 💯 regarding Khammie. There was no sign of bad conditioning previously. He gets Covid, he gets protocol treatment 1 which is now banned because the hospitals killed the people not Covid. Ventilators, remdesivir (an absolutely horrible medication mixed with an upper respiratory virus is a deadly concoction and not by accident. That’s where the deaths came from, blown out lungs. Covid on its does zero damage to your lungs, but that treatment causes lung failure. And the CDC documented that themselves and stopped that treatment. Khamzat got that treatment and now he has lung issues and duh, he gets tiree. Again the propagandists will lie, same pleb idiots who think eggs cause heart disease (they don’t) will say Khamzat had a “bad” case or Covid. No he got CIA death treatment and survived. A bad case of Covid? There’s was one variant back then and it was same as the flu, a cold, there is no bad case just combinations of other things. That’s Khamzat’s issues and lets hope his lungs can fully recover, and we see his potential. Khamzat was robbed, a true victim of the planned operation.
I take it that you are not a physician. Yes, vents and the high pressure required to get oxygen to the system do rarely cause a pneumothorax (blowing out the lung). Remdesivir is still recommended by the CDC as treatment for hospitalized patients with Covid or outpatients with mild to moderate disease at high risk of progression to severe disease. The best use of the antivirals was to keep people from needing the hospitals in the first place. It’s my observation that most hospitals have yet to recover from Covid from 2020 and 2021. All types of medical professionals have dropped out of that career because of the health(physical, emotional and spiritual) consequences due to COVID, their workload or long covid or just death from the virus. As far as Khazmat, I know nothing regarding his treatment or severity except he was stating he thought he would die from the virus. Maybe you could educate me, was he hospitalized,on a ventilator or needing supplemental oxygen?
Ppl are uneducated. Khamzat's conditioning is fine. He's literally won the 3rd round in both his "tough" fights. Ppl are comparing his other rounds to how he fights in the first, so the contrast is making them think he's gassed. He's not... of course he don't fight that way for a whole fight, he's not a fucking robot. Lol. Guys that gas don't finish stronger than their opponents. I love his fighting style. He doesn't fade.... not dramatically. He just comes to dominate and run through his opponent. If they survive that initial storm then he settles into the fight. As far as 4th and 5th round cardio who knows.... Whittaker , or whoever else, will have to get him there for us to find out. But he hasn't shown any reason to think he can't keep fighting. Like i said, he's finished both tough fights stronger than his opponents. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Whittaker can't let chimaev get close
What can that talker do? Bow down and suck? 😂
Just for the first minute of the first round after that, he’ll gas out😂
@@IlIlIUnknownadventurermaybe he doesn’t leave anything in the tank?
He’s dramatically improved in the wrestling department but it’s difficult to imagine him hanging with Khamzat
Vanderley, I can’t let you get close. lol
I feel like GSP see’s a lot of his attributes in Whitaker. All around great fighter. No real weakness in the ring. They use all their skills in fights and can evolve over rounds to find the win.
GSP retired after beating bisping because he didn’t want to fight Whittaker.
@@Luke321gc or cause he was like 40 years old after beating bisping
@@Luke321gc Nah.. he really was sick..
But I think rob would have out pointed GSP.
*Octagon
So he's trying to live vicariously through Whittaker. Got ya.
I vowed to never have a "favorite" fighter after Cropcop got KO'd by Gonzaga, and after Chael beat Silva in the last round (because they broke my heart), but Whittaker is the closest thing to my "favorite" fighter in a long time. Dude is tough, fought through injuries, took all the fights, and still comes back and beats the contenders.
I’ll claim it for ya- Whittakers my favorite fighter 👊🏼 Ever since Alex Gustafson retired.
whats so bad about someoen losing? its just the nature of things
@@AXharothits sad when your favorite dude gets beat up
Whittaker isn't my favorite, but I did call him as future champ back on Tuf Smashes. His left was scary
There are lots of fan friendly warriors eg Cowboy Cerrone who might never win a title but can be a "fan favourite"
Ok great, now where does Kevin Lee fit into this?
Lee really he sucks
Yea this is just an obsolete Chael joke, time to move on
he doesnt anymore
ho observes the holes in khamzats game.
@@mj4193 he coming back so it is relevant again
Any guy who expends that much energy in the first round is going to fatigue themselves.
The problem with Chimaev is that his striking is just not that good to keep up with high level strikers like Usman or Whitaker, and if he struggles to submit Whitaker, it works in Whitakers favor, especially given a five round fight.
Yeah, maybe KChimaev Striking is just not that good but Gerald Merschart get KO in 11 second by his punch😢
@@EkiEki-er7hw and after that he almost got ko'd by burns, took the fight into a decision, got outstruck by usman and took the fight intro a decision
both are wrestlers, whittaker is a natural striker so i can see him outclassing chimaev on the feet simply because whittaker is a far better and bigger striker than burns and usman
Chimaev gets tired cuz he puts more effort in from bell to bell than most fighters. And those who go 100 from the hell, don't even make it a full round like that. It's khamzat fought at a conserving pace like Strickland, he could go an hour
facts
It was also because all of his previous fights were 3 rounders. That's why he would always go full pace. People think he has poor cardio which is absolutely not the case. This is his 1st 5 rounder and he's aware of it. He'll be more patient this time
@@CumcastCable big facts
That might be true, but he needs to prove it don't you think?
Yeah but tito definitely tapped though
U damn right he did bro👊. Undisputed and undefeated 😎
He beat Jones because Jones would’ve got dq’d when they saw his toe snapped in half too player.
No but seriously, Tito tapped, he told me
Remember UNDEFEATED
Yes he did
This could really go anyway just like Khamzat's last two fights, who would have predicted them (or his fights with GM3 or the Leech for that matter). Khamzat takes everybody to the ground. Whittaker seldom gets taken down. Which trend will continue. I don't know but I would guess that Khamzat continues taking everybody to the ground.
Whittaker can hold up on the wrestling and weather the storm for 1 and half rounds the real question is if he can be super technical in the brawl and drop Khamzat.
Cus that will change the game.
I would imagine he does.... I the first round, but if he doesn't get the finish... what about rd 2 then 3 then 4... his pacing needs to be applied differently than normap
you need to keep something in mind , middleweight doesnt have any elite wrestlers except khamazat , romero yes he was but he didnt wrestle or he gave up on wrestling bc he gastank was bad
anyone who wants to win vs khamzat needs to survive the first round , that the hardest part
In every fight Khamzat has had. He has been in trouble with his entire coaching team for everything from "playing with his food" to "letting the matches go on to test himself". There are a small handful of men that you can not do that with. Gilbert Burns is one, and Chimaev did. He wanted the test of Burns more that the win, but got the win. Usman is by far one of the top 10 ever and Chimaev almost lost that one for doing the same. When it comes to GSP, Jones, Fedor, Khabib, Whittaker, and a very few others. If Chimaev goes out to "test" himself with Whittaker. Whittaker will hand his ass to him in a brown paper bag. If Chimaev comes to win and is nothing but business. He will hand Whittaker a loss.
I said this from the time it was announced. " This match is Chimaev's to loose or to win. The deciding factor is what his intent is. Because no one in the world in different weight classes can play anything with Whittaker."
Could go either way. If it goes past round 3 though, Khamzat is toast
Remember when GSP said Chris Weidman was going to beat Anderson? His predictions have been pretty decent.
it was also because GSP trained with Chris. GSP didn't trained with neither Chimaev and Whittaker but anything can happen so who knows
He sees things
I agree with you about Chimaev's conditioning. Theres no point in having fuel left in the tank after the fight. Empty the tank, you should be exerted at the end.
Chimaev is a wrestling-dominant fighter. In the Burns fight he chose to fight stand-up right, He was fighting somewhat out of his comfort zone for long periods during the fight. My point is when your in your comfort zone you don't get tired as quickly as what you do when your not in your comfort zone. Whittaker's footwork could make it a very long hard fight for Chimaev. I think Whittaker can take him.
I'm sure GSP was also referring to RW's anti-wrestling, as it is kind of his bread and butter.
Oh Chael, you’re just trolling us. You know damn well conditioning affects the amount of time you can function at a high level before energy is depleted and your reactions, timing and function ability get compromised.
GSP: Ehhhhhhhh Whidicker karate advantage
Talk after the fight
khamzat smesh
Lol 😅
First person to realize Borz didn't gas out, he goes all out, if he paced himself he'd be a cardio machine but he's going in there to eat them
He’s also mad over promoted with 0 wins over relative middleweights
@@Perrples This is what we heard when he was at welters lol. "He's overhyped and hasn't fought anyone with a name" then he does and there's like 5 million haters talking about "well burns is a bum anyhow" LOL. Chimaev will win Whitaker and you'll still find a reason why beating a top 5 dude still doesn't warrant a title fight. LOL.
@@gogreenindustriesinc.7299 who’d he fight with a name at welterweight… the 155er Burns??? Who’d he fight at Middle with a name… 170lbs Usman??
@@Perrples lol only cornballs call burns a lightweight 🤡. How many fights did burns take at lightweight?
@@Perrples after he beats Whitaker we’ll come back and chat so you can tell me how Strickland was too old and on his way out 😂😂😘. Haters gonna hate
It all depends on wat point in the fight does the fighter get tired. If the fighter getsexhausted early then they have poor conditioning. If they get exhausted towards the end then they have good conditioning. If they never get exhausted like Nate Diaz then they have great conditioning.
Fascinating take on the fight mate. Whatever they say about khamzat he seems to prove people wrong. They said he would be tested against an experienced striker in meerschaert and he dropped him with one punch. And his endurance always gets questioned but that brutal fight against burns he had never been tested like that and he was still swinging hard in the last round. I look forward to the fight.
George was coached by Firas Zahabi. Firas talks about slow twitch and fast twitch muscles. And how fast twitch come at a cost.. Endurance. GSP believes this as well.
I want to see chimaev fighting 3 times a year
Your gonna upset his fan boys by saying. This
Idk if he can fight in the US any more so that would be hard
@@Yungdabmannwhy? We all want to see him fight
@@tylermoskowitz2848I hope they can make this work. It should be OK if UFC books at least 25% of PPV cards in intl locations.
Me too
Nobody thought that ddp can do 5 rounds, so maybe kamzat can but we haven't seen it yet
He won't last 5 rounds. Both 3 round fights with contenders you could see him gassing by the end of the 2nd round. If he conserves his energy, he might be able to fight through. Whittaker has a great gas tank and if he pushes the pace without getting knocked out he'll win by 4th round easy.
DDP explained a long time ago that he needed nose surgery. That was causing his cardio issues.
That issue is long ago in the past.
@@Hardcore-0070 he was gassing in 3 rounds not because of poor cardio but because no one goes as hard as him in the 1st rd as this guy not even Chandler. Idc who you are but this is gonna tire you out. And he knew his fights are only 3 rounds so he would consume all his energy. I don't think he's that stupid to not realize that this is his first 5 rounder so i really think he'll be more cautious and patient
Whittaker that Beat Romero are a Nightmare for Chimaev.
Romero shot 18 attempts and only took down Bobby 4 times in the first fight then 3 out of ten on the second fight. The time he controlled Bobby was very minimal. That is where the difference will be (one of the differences anyhow)...Chimaev will score higher on the take down percentage and control time will be a lot higher than Romero. I love both fighters but I don't think Bobby is capable of keeping Chimaev standing. Not only that, but I feel Bobby is a step slower these days.
@@gogreenindustriesinc.7299 Romero would make Chimaev his slave in a Wrestling match.
@@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh lol….maybe 20 years ago
@@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh Romero, maybe 20 years ago could hang with Chimaev but Romero's fight game declined hard as he aged. Not taking anything away from him though...dude was a beast. But by the time he fought Whitaker, he was half the fighter he used to be
Chael big fan- in all honesty I think something’s off w/ Khamzat…I still haven’t been convinced of his hype, Whitaker may be the best test w/o an asterisk for him to date -no mismatch no last minute notice no weight miss not going against a guy coming back from a KO etc etc…but Khamzat is younger I guess he has that. My $$$ on Whitaker to humble the hype train
i mean he's not a hype train. he went a really close fight with kamaru usman who has been in the goat debate many times. Khamzat is great, maybe just not as good as robbert, we will see.
@@Thadnill yeah he HAS been riding an inflated hype train the UFC pushed & a lot of that has to do w/ how big his market is in Middle East/europe, he was supposed to be the next automatic double champ, except everyone quickly realized he simply cannot simultaneously make 170 lbs & be effective in a 5 round championship fight, gas tank too low, weight cut too harsh- so they move him up to 185 & problem there is, he’s no longer the biggest guy in the division & better grapplers/harder strikers @ MW, so he’s no lock for a title @ MW either…far from it. He fought Usman & had 1 great round & 2 close ones, and Usman was winning the third cleanly- had that fight gone for 5 rounds Khamzat would’ve been F’d. Khamzat getting winded in a 3 round fight he had a full training camp for & yet Usman was right there, less winded, & he was laying on his couch a week prior to the damn fight, fought up 15 lbs in a division he’s never fought in before, & was coming off a KO loss….THAT is the truth @ that’s what you’re basing his greatness on?🥶 so it’s either a recently KO’d, unprepared, fighting up 15 lbs from his normal weight class Usman OR an undersized mismatched Gilbert that is Khamzat’s “biggest victory” in his career thus far. Think about it
George is right
It was obvious vs Burns that he didn’t have a tank , especially when his takedowns are less effective after 1 single round
Bs he didnt take down burnz because burnz almost broke his arm when chinaev took him down
Good work Chael, agreed. We will see, this is going to be an interesting fight. I don't know if he can make him look bad. Not at the start maybe later in the fight as he tires are Whitaker is a work horse.
that's a good point uncle chael. i always think chimaev conditioning is bad after covid but maybe he just like to fight in exhaustion, can't wait to see which one is true!
If Burns had made Chimaev "look bad," I don't see why Whittaker couldn't do the same.
Chimeav was scared of Burns jujitsu, so it became who is the better striker. I just don't see this fight going that way. Whittaker is going to have the toughest first round of his life, after which he'll probably have a decent chance.of winning.
Lol...He fought burns during Ramadan..Do fast and Face a professional fighter...It's not easy@@jamescook4402
and if DDP could knock whitteker out cold imagine what KHAMZAT can do to him
🤣😂😃🤣😁
BOBBY KNUCKLES IS COMING FOR THE BELT 💪🏼👍🏼
I don't think Bobby Knucks can handle Chimaev tbh. I like Whittaker, and dont like Chimaev but it's not what I want to happen, it's what I think will happen.
I kind of agree
If Whittaker holds off that blitz from khamzat to start the fight i think he wins every round past the 1st
But i do agree there is a good to very good chance khamzat gets the first round finish. Most dont look ready for his speed/strength combo, even Usman he ragdolled all first round
Past the first though Khamzat isnt great, hes very human
@robbigs1855he didn't slug it out with Burns to prove a point 🤦. Burns took away Khamzats ground game with his BJJ so that's all he had left
@@Rowsy91bro all is human
@@HoniTheCircleMaker13the problem for Robert is no submission threat
I feel like people talk do much about conditioning, but not energy expense per round.. like nates stamina was amazing but he did not work round per round the same as chimaev, then you have freaks like prime covington who shot constantly and successfully and never gassed, thats more impressive. Khamzat pushes so much energy out that if he just slowed down considerably he'd have much greater chances later on
The concern for fatigue is rightfully questionable. But wasn't he deathly ill prior to one fight then broke his hand in the 1st round in another? Idk if he's fought enough to know that answer yet...he usually finishes them too fast to tell. 💪
Khamzat already fought Burns and Usman. Not really understanding why he is not getting a title shot.
Congrats on the hall of fame uncle chael!💪
Amazing observation by Uncle Chael
Five rounds will certainly fatigue anyone. Let’s not forget Khamzat was severely ill with covid. From my perspective, having nearly died, I’ll just admit I’m not 50% of the capacity I was prior (when I finished an Ironman at 55 years old). It’s amazing to me he was ever able to compete at all.
Thank you Chael. I agree
My first thought when anybody gasses out is.... how much weight did they have to cut? I did it once...in high school wresting...for one match, and it was only 3 or 4 pounds, and it SUCKED. I honestly don't know if that is relevant in Chimaev's case or not but probably has an impact just in general.
Khamzats conditioning isn't the problem it's his pacing, which is fine when there is no resistance and you get them out of there early... but now he needs better fight IQ, more of a grinding pace than going way over your vo2 max
Did you even watch the video?
Khamzat vs Alex peirera 301. This is perfect. Alex has no toes! Aldo vs cejudo co main. Johnathan Martinez who?
Give whittacre to iskrem or imavov. Pretty sure this the only division w/ 4 Russians barring maybe Hw
Go back to the robert vs smith fight. Bobby knuckles is here to SCRAP!
Yeah I wonder why nobody writes about Chimaev anymore? It cant be because he never fights nor says anything interesting and all he does is call out people that he's definitely NOT fighting next. Hypetrains dont stay hype if they don't work.
It's because he said something pro-palestine during his post fight interview probably
I've never been tired, just ready for a beer.
😄 The only exercise I get, is walking to the pub.
@@gabrielplattes6253 I drink 40s, you should see my arms, swole af
George actually is the french commentator for France and Canada!
Whittaker is a beast and chimaev isn’t getting the credit he deserves for beating usman regardless of the short notice
So when DDP "gave his all" and got tired you thought his conditioning wasnt up to par..
Now you sing a different tune..?
He is heavily biased towards wrestlers
You definitely spitting facts 💪
Do you have a problem with championship weight ?
The Super Bowl can’t end in tie. The nba playoffs change to best of 5 best of 7 in playoffs.
Congrats on HOF bad guy
I think Whittaker has a chance if he goes 5 round. But he has to pass the storm, which is chimaev. If we get that chimaev that fought Kevin Holland that didn't let up that was constantly on the gas that's a hard time for Rob. But Usman showed us to stand with him but he is a fantastic wrestler but still lost. Before people say Usman didn't train etc. He has stated before he doesn't stop training.
Going 10 rounds with Yoel Freaking Romero is harder than anything Chimaev will bring to the table.
There's also a chance that Whittaker catches on some technical mistakes Chimaev makes when he brings the storm.
Getting a decision is tough in the middle East against "their guy"
Bro you’re talking like Whittaker cant wrestle and doesn’t have some of the best TD defense in the history of the sport. You’re also forgetting his timing and space awareness. There is a chance khamzat clips him early but other than that rob mops the floor with this guy
Dana’s going to give RW a title shot if he wins this. That would be RW’s third title shot and it would be against a guy who already definitively beat him twice in Israel, or a guy who KOed him not even a year ago in DDP. Meanwhile Strickland, who dominated Israel and arguably beat DDP is stuck with a guy who RW barely beat after that guy had been on the shelf for a year and a half and lost 3 of his last 4 with the only win being an over-the-hill Rockhold.
Whittaker yeah he is a beast. Burns i think either beat or almost be chimaev. So yeah this is going to het bad for him.
i enjoy how chael pointed out his counter argument.
a 5 round game really is a different game. with the analogy he used of someone being tired at the end of a 3 round fight winning, compared to the loser who wasn’t tired. that person tired at the end of a 3 rounder, can last the 5 round fight, as long as they fight differently without using as much energy, but putting out the same effort.
thanks for the video chael
Chael, love the content. But what is this mic quality? Sounds like a toy mic from a teddy bear with the reverb from a bathroom.
I hope so!
"there's not a lot of former champions" well except im MW, which has like, four currently floating around
Yes. He has a conditioning issue.If Chimaev could fight at the same pace in rounds 2/3 as he does round 1 he’d be unstoppable. You’re right it’s not a critique. He’s been dominant without the greatest conditioning, arguably the easiest thing to work on.
I don't think he a conditioning problem. I think he has a pacing problem.
Ya
Gsp is THE 5 round man
Sometime that Cardio is not a very important thing, i mean look at that Kamaru Usman he has an amazing Cardio and he always fought for 5 Round, but it's doesnt matter. the question is how good that Robert's takedown deffense???can he survive???. I love Chael's Analyst, I agreed with him always. RESPECT & Peace✌️
But they called the singlet pull. So even if they didn’t have the footage they couldn’t overturn it. He knew he did it and they called it.
Chael looking like the main character of the Godfather ps2 game
KC was tired with Burns, who can blame him? Burns is a beast
If Whitaker isn’t worried he’s already half whipped. He is getting took down within 2 minutes. How he responds is everything.
Hey champ, bring some videos photographs or other type of visual media to support your very well based opinions. Just a thought, Champ!
We said that about Driccus, too, and we see how that turned out....
Chimaev by finish and Whittaker by decision would be a good bet if the match wasn't taking place in the middle east😂
Whitaker needs to drop him twice in seperate rounds and dominate the wrestling to get the W thats a tall order😢
Justin v Max. Justin looked gassed and physically exhausted half way thru round 2. He didn't stop tho. Some guys can keep going and look exhausted some cant. You dont know till you know. Uncle Chael is right as rain on this one. And im a big Bobby Knuckles Fan
yea i do whittakers striking is on a completely different level as is his strength/ takedown defense burns at 170 arguably beat him.
No this will be a good fight I think Chimiav has learned going in there an going all out so I think he will take it slow honestly
Tito tapped
I don’t think he gets tired , he just goes way too hard from the start. Him and Burns went to war the whole time. However , Rob is a different animal.
Lets wrestle chimaev
After u wrestle him. I wrestle you in baby oil and speedo. I will dominate u.
I will oil check u on purpose too
It hurts to say as a big fan of Chimaev, but yes, his cardio is not a strength of his based on some of his fights. Like Conner against Nate Diaz, where Conner's lack of cardio made him lose his dominant position and the fight, there's a tiny window of an opportunity for Whittaker to achieve a similar result. Chimaev will finish him, though with KO or submission. Against Usman, who has insane KO power and ground game, Chimaev was able to handle him through 5 rounds, so with Whittaker, he can, and he will finish him InshaAllah☝🏽
I hate and love this match. Very bittersweet- Bobby knuckles is and will be one of my all time favorites, as goes for Khamzat. 😢
Maybe on the feet he will have a clear advantage, but chimaevs grappling is next level and will give anyone problems
Idk if Rob doesn’t fight like he’s fighting costa i think he gets manhandled, chimaev is very aggressive and goes immediately for the opponents weak spot, and if he can get a takedown and hold him down for a ground and pound enough for the ref to stop it it’s another easy fight for chimaev
Rob is a great wrestler
They need to change the rule so grapplers can actually take damage on failed takedown
Kamzat the only can make damage in the ground but fans gets hurt and upset. So say no damage we all know Usman got ragdoll
Wrestling is a sprint, striking in a long distance run. He has pacing issues, not conditioning issues.
Any conditioning ‘issues’ he may have had were likely due to poor cuts. He’s less likely to suffer those at middle. Whittaker has great conditioning and better standup. Chimaev can only win this on the ground, which tests conditioning more than standup. My money will literally be on a RW stoppage. Guess we’ll see.
Khamzat is living his best life. He’s fighting guys who’s he’s biggest fans of.
Chael can you make a video on Charles Oliveira please and ask yourself and make a claim what does he do next for his career
Chimaev looks like gargamel from the smurfs 😂 hard to make him look any worse than that.
You look like the trans guy from the big brother show
George gave up the middle weight belt after beating Bisping because he didn't want the Whitaker smoke. He knows how good Whitaker is.
Khamzat lost momentum on media for sure, and I think it's because all the confusion about weight class and inactivity was never really explained. He went from fighting 2 weeks in a row, to not knowing if he will fight in one year AND in which weight class it will be. So hard to find a story there. He brings even more by calling out everybody and anybody in all weight classes, while not fighting. I think the only one that can get away with that is Conor.
People have such a hate-boner for Chimaev. Personally I think he will beat Whittaker.
im a super fan of chimaev but yea im with bisping i think chimaev has the connor problem first 2 rounds are dynamite after that your biten your nails because hes got nothing left in the tank
It is interesting the consensus that Khamzat has no gas tank… wrestlers usually have the absolute best cardio. Hands down.
Jones toe has never recovered, neither has Jones.
Only after years do you realise you never beat Chael. Still undefeated!
Chimawv's best shot is in the 1st round get Robert diwn fast. Good ground and pound and find a sub in the 1st round
Oh God I hope so
whittaker does not have enough tools for CHIMAEV sadly and am rooting for Robbert
Ask Oleg Taktarov about karate and conditioning. Grappler 👊🏻
If Robert makes it one round, he will win!
Seven quarters 😂
Chael can't let maths get close
I think Chimaev was well conditioned before, when he knew that he would spend years doing three rounders, now he has months of training where he knows that he might go five rounds. It seems obvious that he will train even more conditioning. We hear sometimes of fighters who spar that they do four rounds in training for three round fights but against four different fresh men, if I remember correctly Chimaev is one of them.
I don’t necessarily think Khamzat has a bad gas tank but he definitely is bad at managing his gas tank. But thats kind of the trade off of his style.
Chael, here is what I believe 💯 regarding Khammie.
There was no sign of bad conditioning previously.
He gets Covid, he gets protocol treatment 1 which is now banned because the hospitals killed the people not Covid.
Ventilators, remdesivir (an absolutely horrible medication mixed with an upper respiratory virus is a deadly concoction and not by accident. That’s where the deaths came from, blown out lungs.
Covid on its does zero damage to your lungs, but that treatment causes lung failure. And the CDC documented that themselves and stopped that treatment.
Khamzat got that treatment and now he has lung issues and duh, he gets tiree.
Again the propagandists will lie, same pleb idiots who think eggs cause heart disease (they don’t) will say Khamzat had a “bad” case or Covid.
No he got CIA death treatment and survived.
A bad case of Covid? There’s was one variant back then and it was same as the flu, a cold, there is no bad case just combinations of other things.
That’s Khamzat’s issues and lets hope his lungs can fully recover, and we see his potential.
Khamzat was robbed, a true victim of the planned operation.
I take it that you are not a physician. Yes, vents and the high pressure required to get oxygen to the system do rarely cause a pneumothorax (blowing out the lung). Remdesivir is still recommended by the CDC as treatment for hospitalized patients with Covid or outpatients with mild to moderate disease at high risk of progression to severe disease.
The best use of the antivirals was to keep people from needing the hospitals in the first place. It’s my observation that most hospitals have yet to recover from Covid from 2020 and 2021. All types of medical professionals have dropped out of that career because of the health(physical, emotional and spiritual) consequences due to COVID, their workload or long covid or just death from the virus.
As far as Khazmat, I know nothing regarding his treatment or severity except he was stating he thought he would die from the virus. Maybe you could educate me, was he hospitalized,on a ventilator or needing supplemental oxygen?
Ppl are uneducated. Khamzat's conditioning is fine. He's literally won the 3rd round in both his "tough" fights. Ppl are comparing his other rounds to how he fights in the first, so the contrast is making them think he's gassed. He's not... of course he don't fight that way for a whole fight, he's not a fucking robot. Lol. Guys that gas don't finish stronger than their opponents. I love his fighting style. He doesn't fade.... not dramatically. He just comes to dominate and run through his opponent. If they survive that initial storm then he settles into the fight. As far as 4th and 5th round cardio who knows.... Whittaker , or whoever else, will have to get him there for us to find out. But he hasn't shown any reason to think he can't keep fighting. Like i said, he's finished both tough fights stronger than his opponents. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
People forget Khamzat is now 15 lbs heavier. He’ll smother RW & win in less than 2 rounds.