Jared Cannonier: Khamzat Chimaev Is Not a Middleweight Title Contender | The MMA Hour

Jared Cannonier discusses life as a backup fighter for UFC 293, if he’s close to a title shot, how close he was to filling in for Sean Strickland at UFC 293, Strickland’s upset of Israel Adesanya, where Khamzat Chimaev is a true contender, makes his case to be the next title contender, and more.
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[@joec3247]

Love It, Cannonier Went Hard On This Joint! LOL

[@jimbomow6803]

Always got love for cannonier….. he’s a real one but a gentleman….. definition of a man

[@RaffSolis]

Jared is such a cool dude. Love his mindset!

[@DardanEmini]

Jared vs Rob is the fight to make.

[@LambSauceWill]

It is and isn’t because it’s already happened which makes it hard to find a fight for Rob because he’s pretty much fought everyone. Rob’s next fight is the loser of Costa vs Khamzat

[@allpraisewebb1142]

Already fought nobody is begging to see that ... Whittaker should fight the winner of Costa/Khamzat that's a more interesting new fight to see

[@rconn4501]

@@allpraisewebb1142the loser. He lost to DDP. That winner lines himself up as Sean’s 2nd defense. DDP should be next within 6 months

[@tdsetffr7350]

Tbh Jared deserves the title shot unfortunately du Plessis Strickland is more interesting

[@Gg-wh3vi]

2 big things fell for cannonier. Weighed in as backup over du plessis and the contender he got skipped for that he already beat recently won the belt. HaSnT lost since the title fight and has improved since mentally and technically. So s/o to Jared, real genuine dude that has took the long way. He has a real argument to fight for the title right away. I hope him all the best. Big fan

[@brandon-ls6td]

Jareds gorilla stamp on Sean’s man card might be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a very long time 😂😂😂

[@Iamcg3]

Love cannonier. Always rootin for this guy. Real dude 💯

[@zionjones6415]

Cannonier is such a good dude. I wanna see him fight for the title again forsure 🙌🏼

[@philcliffe6909]

Would love to see Jared as the champion. He's been around forever and seems like a really nice down to earth man. I'd like to see how he fights whilst being the champion.

[@mattkaiser8984]

Yeah, it’ll cure insomnia for sure.

[@simbeam]

Lol yeah decent fighter but he would be a boring champion, no thanks

[@harrycooper3789]

Cannonier vs Du plesis needs to happen next! Title eliminator

[@kidkid985]

Du Plessis deserve it more

[@ixparadimeix92]

Can't help but like Jared lol

[@devinh8858]

Man…I’m loving this motivation! Making a real statement. The guy is speaking facts with conviction! That being said..I thought Strickland won that fight!😂 👊

[@brandonhanson9412]

Bro I'll admit that I had a couple teas that night.... but I thought the same way....

[@diggitydank1083]

Strickland won.

[@AllGoldNoIceOn]

I know. I said that. STRICKLAND GANG!

[@2rich4most85]

Bro high ash😂😂

[@aliedil5415]

he is on jeopardy

[@plingfan5408]

I was just going to say haha

[@thacxdemusic]

I was gonna say that too lmao

[@TheJoeholton]

He’s awesome! That Tarzan Killa Gorilla rundown was hilarious 😂

[@user-nd5ud7bh3j]

Yo I'm dying. I heard sean hit dude in face? The fact he gave him a body shot is priceless! Dude probably was dying inside. But played it off like hes cool... meanwhile he walked off to cry inside and wait for his breath to come back lol

[@jinku77]

How is this guy not getting the title shot but Colby is? Dana White's priviledge is so real

[@jinku77]

@@ethanglickman2978 Most likely, yes

[@BillBagBargensonsBarger]

dif divisions, colby vs leon made perfect barg, jared might get the shot after strickland adesanya barger rematch

[@jinku77]

@@BillBagBargensonsBarger Different divisions and Different look in the eyes of the Dana as we can see...

[@BillBagBargensonsBarger]

if only dana was black and then u wouldnt be saying barg @@jinku77

[@cathaldowdall7467]

Jared is good dude

[@slixlix7303]

Jared’s always had an amazing perspective and insight. Really interesting to listen to.

[@angelfalcon4016]

My man was laying out roadmaps and making proposals! I like it! A savage!

[@cheahhhh]

Love Jared. Just too nice to be pushed for a title shot

[@Currentlyundiscovered1000]

His fighting style ain’t nice

[@BigSadEyez]

@@Currentlyundiscovered1000 one KO in last 6 fights (derek brunson, a dude who’s been KOed like 10 times). he hits hard but for the most part is boring with no major killer instinct

[@timw4432]

Bro he’s already had one

[@ssj4goku18825theepic]

@@BigSadEyezprobably also has something to do with age, cutting and losing all that weight he had which affects the chin as well as other factors on how his opponents game plan are

[@fortyfiveseconds]

Jared should be pushing for retirement home he had his chance against izzy and he made the most boring fight of all time

[@FloatyApe]

I have a feeling the UFC will make Jared fight one more time and simultaneously give the title shot to Izzy for the rematch or DDP.

[@hoosler6876]

I mean giving it to DDP is clearly the right choice. Ideally he should fight Whittaker again.

[@joratos5550]

Bro all this guy does is complain! He complained about Strickland getting a shot and now he’s complaining about Khamzat? Stop whining please! 😂

[@punchline9111]

Chimaev is legit and clear #1 catchweight contender

[@rigovalentine]

Khamzat is 100x the star jared is

[@kafkick82]

@@rigovalentineJared gonna bust his face 100x more than Gilbert did😂

[@closinginonclosure]

16:41 Ariel "There's one thing you didn't mention" 🤔😆 Ariel never listens. Jared clearly said that him being the backup fighter only helps his chances at being next in line for the title. He mentioned it multiple times too, and I believe he even said it was part of why he even agreed to doing it. Meanwhile, Ariels talking like he's breaking news to him. 😂

[@closinginonclosure]

1:54 Jared says it here

[@closinginonclosure]

8:20 Touches in it again

[@closinginonclosure]

10:48

[@closinginonclosure]

18:51 "I'm tryna help you out. I'm tryna add it to the mix 🥴" Like he really thought of something special, that Jared already discussed multiple times in the interview. Ariel is such a doinker sometimes.

[@josephmills9205]

Khamzat is a title contender, Jared is just jealous that he’s not on khamzat level😂

[@jamesthompson9003]

Which title? He has 0 ranked wins at MW, and barely scraped by a former 155lber Gilbert Burns. Khamzat isn;t on the level of any of the top 185lbers

[@kafkick82]

title of missing weight, title of fraud, title of disgrace, kumshot 100% is a contender. jared is no way near around it, even jared can bust his face like 10x Gilbert did to him.

[@loadedfilmstokyo8380]

"A speaker just fell on him," lol. Look forward to Jared's next fight. I'm not even joking when I say -- has Marvin fully recovered?

[@genguise7782]

He was with Helen yee, Schmo and hill for the Izzy vs Strickland fight and he looked fine

[@loadedfilmstokyo8380]

@@genguise7782I saw that video and a couple others, yeah. Superficially he seems fine, and does have a cement head, but if any fight led to some CTE it'd be that one.

[@ExoLeo]

Killa Gorilla vs Tarzan is a crazy story

[@ricktheruler1665]

If Izzy gets the rematch I think we see ddp vs canonier

[@tylercruse2402]

We can hope

[@Youssef-hd5bl]

he's if he gets a good win against costa, some fighters still don't understand how this sport works.

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

What? Right twice in 2 years and miss weight and first ranked win you get a title shot? 😂

[@Youssef-hd5bl]

@@Nameplease12blacknobility you have the same problem that jared has, you don't understand the sport very well. buddy get "deserves or doesn't deserves" out of your mind, cuz it's not about that.

[@jamesthompson9003]

@@Youssef-hd5bl Then why not cancel the Costa fight and just have Khamzat fight Sean immediately? I know that the mountain dwellers get UFC privilege (like Abus & Aliskarov getting the #7 and #5 MW's after their UFC debuts, or Umar being in talks to fight #1 Merab after Umar beat the #15 guy). How does beating the #6 guy warrant a title shot for Chimaev?

[@DaCrazyO]

@@jamesthompson9003just like how Colby got a title shot against Leon at UFC 296, Khamzat can get a title shot by beating Costa.

[@jamesthompson9003]

@@DaCrazyO And I haven't seen one person who thinks Colby's title shot is fair. Though he did win 4-6 rounds against then P4P #1 Usman, and 50-44'd Masvidal and Woodley. In other words, Colby's unfair title shot is vastly more merit-based than if Khamzat get one after beating a single top MW in #6 Costa

[@Tragedy602]

Bro this was gold haha 😂

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

if you like seeing grown men cry

[@j.s3591]

When Ariel asked Cannonier if he was high in the picture, he should've said "Yes I was high, High on that CBD baby"

[@TheDonUp]

Jared does have a good point.

[@listen_up_creatives]

What more can Jared do? Jared gave the current champ his last loss, recently. Jared broke a MW record beating the #3 ranked MW at the time in his last fight. Jared flew across the world to be back-up for the most recent title fight. He's only lost 1 of his last 5 fights, and that was a 5 round points decision loss to Issy which he bounced back from beating the current champ. If Issy doesn't want an immediate rematch with Sean then Jared should be fighting him. The only way DDP or Khamzat should get a shot now is by fighting Jared, Issy, or Sean if he loses his first title defense against either Issy or Jared.

[@ssj4goku18825theepic]

He still got to fight dricus or a khamzat costa type guy to fight for a title. Maybe even a rematch with whittaker would be nice see how both are in their current state

[@jessechavez4820]

Strickland won that fight. The judges were smoking bbc

[@vasheldiablo507]

Jared making a lot of good points

[@reekhavoc2932]

Hahahahahah the zoom in on his eyes hahahahahahahhaha

[@jordandelatorre6867]

thats the fight i wanna see

[@mattkaiser8984]

Chimaev would absolutely smoke Cannonier. You say he’s not a contender at MW but he’s god damned dangerous and you can’t deny it. Chimaev is so dangerous, the “I’ll fight anyone Champion”, Izzy and his team were doing anything to not fight him.

[@kevinmalone584]

Anything to not fight him? He hasn’t earned a shot

[@louisdlariviere3824]

Che chen gourmet is under 1 year USADA suspension, now the only one who can make it public is the athlete

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

@@louisdlariviere3824 facts

[@dylanhagsauce8629]

It's just not true what you are saying.

[@johnnybravo6951]

No lies detected.

[@amazingray3295]

Who gonna tell him that he is not UFC 300 main event material? 😂😂

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

literally everyone who knows anything

[@rconn4501]

Can’t believe Sean beat both of the scariest black dudes at 85. That’s wild!

[@reekhavoc2932]

Sean lost to Jared haha

[@Notmintvr]

@@reekhavoc2932by a bad decision, watch the fight.

[@Hhh-gm6sx]

​@@Notmintvrit was close af! It was draw at best

[@SaintsCheat]

Jared Vs DDp is a Fkin fight! Let’s gooooo! 👊

[@ThatGuyFromThe404]

I think Izzy gets more love & more fans if he passes up on the rematch, regardless of who gets the fight

[@Gbranmma665]

jared is a good guy.... but i think the weed really hit him hard towards the end when he made his ufc 300 middleweight battle royal 😂

[@dariusmynar2456]

Jared was fried in this interview😭🦍

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

he needs lotion and common sense

[@BamOn742]

What a lovely due this man is! He will be back for a crack at the title some day

[@ExoLeo]

Sean vs DDP Jared vs Izzy Or any combo of the 4

[@JamesJohnson-ie8tr]

Give this man his shot! Izzy vs dp faces winner?

[@crd88918]

put jared in there on December card And costa vs khamzat fight for number 1… izzy ddp for the next in line

[@boobzdagoonta]

Cannonier smokin that good weed

[@PBandy89]

Ariel tried to get him in trouble

[@reekhavoc2932]

Yup. "Is.....weed allowed on fight week?"

[@PBandy89]

@@reekhavoc2932 crazy bro

[@qdawgg2587]

Poor guy was just blabbing on. I like him but he said a whole lot here without saying anything of substance.

[@forever1909]

Great guy

[@34thncrenshaw]

timestamps??

[@lester4584]

Why not just make duplessis vs Jared ??

[@johnpotts2250]

cannonier def deserves the shot over the other guys i agree with that

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

he deserves a bottle of lotion

[@HarrisRiaz1]

No if I am Jared I am not happy Izzy lost. I mean we know they will do the rematch. If Izzy would have won the fight no way Sean would get the rematch next. They will do Sean vs Izzy next. Winner between Jared and DDP gets the winner between Sean and Izzy. If Khamzat wins he should fight Whittaker.

[@robertnapolitano9256]

Khamzat for the Title shot after 294

[@kafkick82]

Kumshot is about to go back to 170 after Paulo beat his ass. There are not many guys you can weight bully in middleweight

[@colbymclemore7642]

He will be after he runs through Costa

[@DANIEL_eltravieso]

@9:02 Strickland did what you couldn't do. He showed up and showed out!👊

[@Charmander009]

U realize canonier whooped Strickland right ? Had Strickland backing up running all fight

[@adamacosta5680]

@@Charmander009he won but didn’t whoop him lol Sean outlanded him

[@alpe6228]

But he beat Sean didnt he?Exactly.

[@reekhavoc2932]

Sean got mopped by Jared

[@Notmintvr]

@@reekhavoc2932Sean got robbed by the judges you mean. He landed way more strikes in that fight. Plus Sean is twice as good now as he was last year since he sealed up all of his holes.

[@mrdisaster5880]

Is so weird how he carried that heavyweight power when he moved down to middleweight.

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

he didn't lol. he's a bum

[@kyleMcQuinn90]

Lol is this comment section on crack so many better options for sean than Jarad

[@reekhavoc2932]

Lmaoooooo

[@reekhavoc2932]

Jared is just so goofy but so serious at the same time

[@IceMastaChristopher]

Yes, we know what you mean

[@ExoLeo]

Jared I love you bro

[@willkillbuck1399]

Love Jared bro deserves another shot but I think he needs to just go balls out and he can’t beat anyone

[@gbrlsho6069]

Izzie vs ddp, or this dude vs ddp , and then we still got that khamzat fight we Duno what’s that outcome like , Strickland vs whoever the hell he wants lol

[@leflopjames5628]

Cannonier literally showed zero desire to win the title vs Adesanya. He's another Kevin Holland; loves to talk the talk but unwilling to go into the fire to win.

[@nesne2167]

I really like Cannonier, as a person I think he is a great guy i just dont think him vs Strickland.sells.

[@Charmander009]

Ofcourse it does . He whooped Strickland like he was a kid .

[@nesne2167]

@@Charmander009 no he didn't. He may have beat him or maybe not but it wanted a whooping by either side. The rematch would be a great fight but I just don't think it sells.

[@Notmintvr]

@@Charmander009are you a fanboy? Go watch the fight, Sean was screwed.

[@polarbear2469]

I like Cannonier for the Title fight so Strickland can decisively beat him this time! Izzy can go fight Dricus!

[@mubarkqardas46]

Hard to be title contender when whole division run 😂

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

he's boring. no one's running

[@lowlowseesee]

The next champ right here

[@TheRulersBack18]

if only we had jared in charge of the 170 weight class! he made the 185 picture sound so clear, even though the ufc is gonna make it complicated and annoying!

[@clipsets215]

Jared was fried 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Aint_Got_The_Answers_Sway]

But his had is title shot

[@UtherPendragon2020]

Unfortunately for Cannonier, Khamzat is a contender with a win over Costa and he's a bigger draw than Cannonier too.

[@Hhh-gm6sx]

Wayyyyyyyyyyy bigger draw

[@louisdlariviere3824]

@@Hhh-gm6sxif Khamzat gets a belt, he’ll loose it in the first fight, he will become the most overrated and delusional middleweight champion of all times, guy is a joke and immature

[@PBandy89]

He should be calling out izzy

[@wbseeds]

Jared got super high for this interview

[@ThatGuyFromThe404]

If it was ethics, Jared deserves the title shot. Izzy fights Driscus, & winner of Costa & Khamzat fight Rob

[@haroon4567]

Nah, if we go by ethics, Dricus deserves the title shot. Izzy should fight winner of Khamzat/Costa.

[@lakerspackers11]

@@haroon4567exactly

[@StamosDiaries]

Jared vs rob rematch makes more sense. Dricus is before jared

[@mimo19ess]

"Jared Cannonier discusses life as a backup fighter for UFC 293" Enough said of what the UFC think of you.

[@reekhavoc2932]

Life as a backup fighter is a crazy description 😂😂

[@arborthomas886]

Give my dog a chance 💪

[@mpaulo6222]

you don't have star power, stop acting like your a must see fighter. you had your chance with izzy and you blew it.

[@benhallo1553]

Cool guy

[@codyhaines4272]

Yuppppp do the number 1

[@davidbell4626]

Aljamain Sterling vs Max Holloway!

[@Peppersfirst]

If he couldn't handle sean's hands then Max will dice him up.

[@hyena9594]

Jared would freeze again like ELSA in front of Izzy.

[@ab4211]

Until he picks you up.

[@prophetnozza4150]

Jared would MURDER Khamzat!

[@PineappAlSauce]

I like Jared, but Sean should’ve gotten that decision.

[@omarisawesome1996]

Jared would destroy khamzat

[@maxcamberlin]

W Jared

[@fanboy7718]

I love jared - he is a real one

[@24-7traumacleaningandbiore3]

he's a bum

[@alcottdevalte7440]

This kid is most likely gonna fight Plessis next since Strickland vs Adesanya is also most likely gonna happen at UFC 300 or early next year. Anyway, only think Strickland really has lost to Alex at middleweight and nobody else in my opinion. The judges have no clue what they're watching anyway...

[@freedapigs]

Cannonier vs Strickland would be a great CO-MAIN for 294 or 295 Israel deserves a break DDP vs Costa,Chimaev winner makes sense

[@lukethomasprteam]

This dude going to get matched u w cris Curtis next 😂

[@reekhavoc2932]

Lololol

[@aliedil5415]

dont look at his nostrils, once you see them they hypnotize you

[@langtryvlogme]

Bro 😭

[@richardogarcia34]

Lol so hes a matchmaker now?😅

[@robertnapolitano9256]

I love the Cannonier vs DuPlessis....Khamzat vs Sean for the belt

[@Bundy663]

Khazmat the GOAT, he can beat anyone any weight class

[@langtryvlogme]

Woah 😨😳 daddy chill 🤧

[@tigerslick1111]

Neither is he 😂

[@evanpanda8]

How khamzat will become a real contender, if he was hard to find someone to fight ? Kevin loss to chimaev, after that he got three fight, and chimaev no fight

[@minimat098]

chimaev is like another abus magomedov quick work for sean

[@hoosler6876]

Be real

[@beastofnature5836]

lol watch them train together….sean wouldn’t survive two rounds with chimaev

[@Notmintvr]

@@beastofnature5836lmao where is this training footage? Because Sean told Khamzat to go easy on the rookies is what your talking about?

[@beastofnature5836]

@@Notmintvr i clearly heard him say that everyone knows khamzat is baddest in the gym…even stylistically khamzat beats sean…DDP or whittaker would give chimaev a harder time