Kamaru Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev Full Fight Reaction and Breakdown - UFC 294 Event Recap

Kamaru Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev was in the co-main event of UFC 294 Makhachev vs Volkanovski 2 and Chimaev won. This is my full fight reaction with a breakdown and recap of the event highlights, let me know what you guys think about the decision in the comments below.
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[@the-mma-guru]

Aside from the decision seeing Khamzat absolutely stream roll Usman in round 1 with grappling speaks volumes on what he will do to most other fighters he comes up against, but the question is now, can those fighters survive round one? because if they can, then Chimaev better work on his gas tank asap. I had it a draw with Usman winning the second and third and Chimaev winning the first 10-8. But not a robbery, round three was still very close and I understand how the takedown decided it for judges who weren't sure. I think it's weird that Chimaev got the benefit of the doubt despite Usman being the one who took it on a weeks notice though. Du Plessis vs Strickland next.

[@mhutch5082]

I'm convinced colby would destroy khamzat in a 5 rounder.

[@mhutch5082]

The saffa can sit and wait. It should go to the guy who takes chances. Dare to be great

[@wingusdingus9447]

Khamzat broke his hand in the first is what I'm hearing right now.

[@trumpflavourednugget9325]

​@@mhutch5082no it should go to the ranked middleweight who dominated Bobby fucking knuckles, not the welterweight who barely beat another welterweight with cobblestone knees. And if khamzat's hand really is fucked, all the more reason to give dricus the shot.

[@ArseneBorz]

​@@STATOSHIThat would be cope from Khamzat supporters, he picked Chimaev

[@harambe7430]

Not gonna lie that first round was legit crazy to watch. I was almost in disbelief could never have imagined seeing Usman in a situation like that.

[@RyanNorman-gn3qu]

Same bro

[@amsyarluqman1528]

i actually had an existential crisis during that, not even lying

[@meanmrbean8641]

It was a game of inches for sure. Seeing Usman come up with a defence for every attack was really cool.

[@DeeboWRLD]

Fr😭 nobody has done him like that

[@enigma372]

@@meanmrbean8641yet people thought he would get subbed 😂

[@petedevriese]

I scored it 28-28. Regardless, I didn’t think Khamzat’s performance was worthy of a title shot. His cardio over 5 rounds is seriously suspect.

[@t.b.y.a.visceral8615]

facts

[@eli_the_crypto_guy]

Not facts, fighters will fight depending on thr type of fight it is, 5 rounds he would of paced himself , 3 rounds you are going to expend more energy because you only have 3 roinds, basically you want to be at a point of exhaustion at the end of the fight

[@saidesimon3144]

Extremely suspect. He was disappointed after fight. You could tell

[@johng.2220]

@@saidesimon3144 yea all that talk about iPhone pro and shit, and in the end he was matched by the older version that has messed up knees and was fighting on short notice. If he was fed to Usman when he was champ and had to go 5 rounds with him, he would have been destroyed.

[@joeschmoe3665]

I hear you man but think about all that back control time in the whole first round all it takes is a little slip from Usman and he gets choked but he survived and Chimaev was gassed and a bit disappointing later on the feet@@johng.2220

[@OoLiiMiiT3D]

The way Usman slammed Khamzat into the canvas, just before Khamzat could get the choke, thats my favorite Usman moment 😂 for the first time I was rooting for Usman, and he did pretty well for 10 days notice. He is still so good.

[@deanthelemur1716]

gotta agree never liked marty but that spam was fucking chadlike

[@ashervirin9698]

He slammed himself into the canvas more than chimaev, watch it back. But fair play it worked 😂

[@saljewsteinbergowitz]

Marty did really well. Maybe Khamzat isn't as good as we thought tho. He really did get exposed on the feet

[@mighthookya2637]

Yea usman slammed his face more than chimaev lol

[@leflopjames5628]

Casuals love supporting losers. You sound like a Biden bro. 😆 🤣 😂 TAKE YOUR L CASUAL 😆

[@jlwavy]

Let’s not forget Dricus also got injured during the camp and still stopped Rob. It shouldn’t even be a debate on who’s really next

[@michaelturley3457]

God was looking out for DDP and broke Khamzats hand. That should be enough to give DDP the shot again but who knows how much Dana hates the guy for not barking when he said to bark. It’s crazy a 60 year old man-child’s feelings determines who gets title shots. Can’t wait for Dana to retire.

[@xeta180]

Rob is insanely chinny and he didnt break his hand, he had a foot injury.

[@carthaginian1153]

Unfortunately the UFC only cares about money and Chimaev brings them much more money than DDP

[@michaelturley3457]

@@xeta180 lol I got roasted for saying Rob’s chinny in this comment section months ago, glad people are finally seeing, he never goes fully out in his recent fights but he gets rocked at least once a fight

[@laptv2144]

@@michaelturley3457 you should get roasted for that. It’s a bad take because relative to someone who is actually “chinny” he is not

[@user-dj4wf8so8t]

Usman represented himself very well. and took limited damage.

[@mystermont2019]

Khamzat broke his hand in the first round. Usman lucked out. A one handed Khamzat still out wrestled Usman in rounds 2 and 3 so Usman really did not represent himself well. Lost a wrestling exchange to a one handed fighter.

[@moonman-84]

​@@mystermont2019these fanboys r so annoying, Usman literally had like 3 fans all this time but now that he fought chimaev ppl want to feel special by hating on the up and coming prospect 😂😂

[@mystermont2019]

@@moonman-84 Khamzat has been getting hate ever since many thought Burns won. Burns had a more impressive performance against Khamzat than Usman did.

[@moonman-84]

@@mystermont2019 ikr, in a couple months everyone will be saying they rewatched the fight and admit that khamzat won just like with makhachev volk 1, guru always shilling for the opponents of dagestanis whenever there's a close fight and I'm not even a fan of them

[@gabrielsanches5772]

​@@moonman-84after watching him lose to leon if your still hating your a bch straight up give him his respect

[@ablackspecimen5700]

For me, when Bruce Buffer said "29-27 Khamzat" I already thought it was a draw but to hear that Khamzat won was just so weird. This card definitely had a lot of head scratching moments

[@downfromthereeefters]

Just bias toward anyone who loves allah tbh. Or that Russian ref giving Naimov so many “warnings” for blatant fouls that shoulda had a pt deduction

[@scottmichael7178]

should've been a draw, but the chinstrap means its a win if its close.

[@ablackspecimen5700]

​@@downfromthereeeftersHow he didn't get a point taken off is still so confusing. Also, the doctor absolutely sucked.

[@HeliodromusScorpio]

Welcome to Abu Dhabi

[@joeysavino385]

What makes you think that?

[@ahorse7884]

Usman on short notice is allowed to have sus cardio, khamzat on a full training camp should have been pushing a pace.

[@Mr_Wht]

Okay I agree, but Khamzat was getting rdy for Costa there’s a little difference there! Usman would ko/tko Paulo in the 1st or 2nd. Overall all Khamzat just needs to put in more work and not be afraid.

[@ahorse7884]

@@Mr_Wht cardio is cardio, khamzat himself says that he dosent care who they put in front of him, he’ll fight everyone the same, obviously you gotta take that with a grain of salt, but still, the drop in activity was not good to see at all especially considering the compromised opponent.

[@Mr_Wht]

@@ahorse7884 Absolutely not fucking salty at all mate, I actually very upset the way Chimaev fought after 1st….. very upset he is my fav fighter and to be standing there in the 2nd not doing shit and 3rd being clueless of what to do. I looked back at it and it’s a fucking draw! Next fight Khamzat has I hope he knows what to do now no more b/s. Usman HAS TO STAY IN 185 he is GOOOOOOD at this weight class definitely a top 5 fighter! Can’t wait to see Usman fight at 185 again.

[@ronmka8931]

Well he aint called the ceo of epo for nothing

[@ahorse7884]

@@Mr_Wht would have to agree

[@calebdruckenmiller3148]

Round 1: Chimaev Round 2: Usman Round 3: Usman *I agree with the Guru. I can see the 10-8 for Chimaev in the first round (making the match a 28-28 tie) however I can see it going 10-9 (meaning Usman wins 29-28). Regardless, I was thinking the same exact thing. Why is it that control time only matters for Dagestani fighters now? But whenever any other grappler controls without damage, people call it a robbery against the striker? Chimaev didn't do any damage in the 2nd or 3rd rounds. Usman actually landed some pretty good 2-3 punch combos.

[@montyellingsworth4982]

round 1 was clearly 10/8

[@stanparker9556]

It's not the control time but the fact that he took his back and the choke was there for over 3 minutes. The verbage of the rules is a little hard to understand clearly.

[@katana_3558]

He is from cheneya mf😂😂😂

[@kavinraj4689]

I dont know how Derek Cleary scored the third for Khamzat. Usman was punching his face for fun and Khamzat didn do much with his late takedown

[@DADRB0B55]

No damage was done by Chimeav if a failed submisson gets a 10-8 then by your shitty logic Ciryl Gane beat Francis 10-8 in the 5th. Cumshot barely landed any significant strikes compared to Usman

[@pandaslayer11]

I think it’s crazy that it’s taken two welterweights in Usman and Burns to expose Khamzat

[@KAT-xi3ol]

How is it exposed? Guess you did not understand that Khamzat also broke his hand in the first round.

[@KAT-xi3ol]

He clearly dominated in wrestling. So how is that exposed? Some fighters are wrestlers some are strikers etc? so no, no expose.

[@AlvosElRey]

​@@KAT-xi3olbeing salty AF they're guy lost.

[@MrMasterCGO]

He isn't some prodigy like people have been claiming. Usman with a full camp would have TKOed him in the third round.

[@Joy-boy-joy]

@@MrMasterCGO I think he is a prodigy. He is scary for everyone, but Usman is the 2nd best Welter Weight ever. There is no shame in struggling against him.

[@stillmyboy6708]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Usman survived with a dry, 1st round Khamzat Chimaev on his back w a body triangle for 4 minutes, and didn’t get subbed. Crazy. Best submission defence ever maybe?

[@enigma372]

People took that Leon taking his back thing too serious in the lead up to

[@tomrussell9829]

😂while grabbing the cage many times in the 1st n not getting called on it😂

[@srr3097]

@@tomrussell9829he didn’t grab the fence

[@uwotm8634]

Khamzat broke his hand

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

​@@uwotm8634harambe didn't kill himself

[@nihil3923]

People didn’t like my last comment saying that Khamzat is in a for beating if Sean survives 1.5 rounds. This fight proved my point. Khamzat looked like destroyer of worlds in round 1 but after he looked human.

[@nesne2167]

Lots of people like your comment. I hope it happens but I never get what I want so I am going to stay thinking khamzat is going to win.

[@uradeekhead]

idk if strickland can survive round 1 but vettori gives this man the work

[@SunTzuMedia]

Strickland destroys this version of Khamzat. I hope that performance was due to the hand or whatever it is...

[@greuju]

It's impossible to tell with this type of grappling. If Sean can always stay safe like he always checked the leg kicks. I think he can win given 5 rounds. Khamzat could just choke Sean out fast. Also Sean's knees are shot too

[@slee2695]

Sure if khamzat hurts his hand again

[@callumgodden5707]

I thought it most definitely should've been a draw, Usman clearly got 2 and 3

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

Yeah but it’s a rigged sport for show so who cares what anyone thinks

[@allpraisewebb1142]

Same thing I said...yeah Khamzat got the takedown in the 3rd but was getting pieced up smh

[@mehck-gk9yn]

The entire card was Muslims vs cans except for co-main and main. It was clearly gonna be a Muslim sweep night. Did you see 1 single fight that was Muslim vs Muslim? No.

[@azeemsyed8550]

Same. 10-8 Chimaev, 10-9 Usman, 10-9 Usman. 28-28 Draw

[@RWJ127]

@@mehck-gk9yn don't forget the fuckery with the Walker/Ankalaev fight

[@papajaa7387]

Khamzat got the Raul Rosas Jr. Style of cardio lmao.

[@GeorgetheGreat]

The desperate shooting reminded me of Raul

[@gamebred6995]

Khamzat has more cardio in one round than colby has in his entire career

[@zzc787]

@@gamebred6995that means literally nothing, whoever has a good chin could beat khamzat if they just survive the first round. khamzat can do that for 1 round to usman while colby can go toe to toe with usman for 5 rounds straight.

[@edwardirwin3478]

@@zzc787 I think DDP finishes Khamzat in the 2nd or 3rd honestly

[@gamebred6995]

@@zzc787 Colby has zero power in punches or take downs.he Just stares at his opponents and hugs their armpits

[@Clothy22]

Should’ve been a draw

[@ParkedKar]

I was in honestly waiting for a 28-28 across the board

[@whoknows8223]

Me too. But didnt account for the UFC privilege (like Paddy, O'Malley)

[@Randleplex]

Khamzat had every advantage. Home field, opponent had to take a fight on short notice without a full camp. They set it up so Usman would get finished in front of the Royalty like Volk did. Instead it was a very close fight and Khamzat looked very bad in stand up. He needs to fight a top 5 middleweight next. Either Costa, Rob or Jared.

[@saljewsteinbergowitz]

I don't think he's beating Robert or Costa after watching that fight

[@tryhardninja1089]

@@saljewsteinbergowitzI agree with Rob, but let’s be real Costa sucks

[@JoshyManTheGreat]

Usman almost knocked him out with that slam while beeing choked. Holy shit

[@benk6391]

If pereira won his fight against Yan, no reason usman shouldn’t win this one, but of course they’re gonna give it to the younger fighter with star potential

[@Slim-MMA]

This fight was another example of how judges and casuals don’t know and/or choose to ignore the scoring criteria.

[@Major98]

I was shocked at the draw scorecard.

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

It’s in Abu Dhabi, it’s the UFC’s own judges and their own commission it’s rigged toward their prospect. Not much more to it than that IMO

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

​@@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638oh my werd!

[@thirtythree504]

Islam clearly won

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

@@thirtythree504 The religion clearly won... what does that even mean ☠️

[@reallatv9711]

Khamzat isn’t going to last long if he thinks he just empty the tank on everybody in the first round

[@NarrativeCMBSports]

I understand we all expected a finish out of Khamzat, but he’s undefeated and on the doorstep of a title shot.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@jeremyr.7899 A title shot he doesn't deserve in any way shape or form. 11 days Usman took him to a draw, both are unranked, and Khamzat has 0 ranked wins at MW. UFC turning into a joke. DDP and Whittaker crush Khamzat.

[@NarrativeCMBSports]

@@Neil-qg9cw seems Dana disagrees with you lmao

[@aceambling7685]

@@NarrativeCMBSports Dana is and always has been a clown

[@Slim-MMA]

This fight was a draw but the judges and casuals value harmless grappling too highly, as always.

[@Luke-ji8to]

youre the casual for misunderstanding control time and takedowns

[@phantasma669]

No they value built stars over all otherwise yan would ve given the rightful win against omalley

[@ScuffedLandlord]

​@@Luke-ji8toread the rules bozo

[@Slim-MMA]

@@Luke-ji8to Khamzat won round 1 by 10-8. Usman won rounds 2 and 3 because of damage.

[@Slim-MMA]

@@phantasma669 True. Pretty much every big incorrect decision except Ngannou vs. Gane has benefitted the UFC in recent history.

[@trustme2001]

Screw all you guys that were saying that Usman was going to get his head caved in. By the third round Hamza was looking extremely human and gassed out. Usman didn't lose any stock, My respect for him grew even more taking this fight in short notice. It should have been a five rounder in my opinion. But overall it was a good fight.

[@phantom_mist1726]

I agree!!! I KNEW he wouldn’t get run over. Did you know that Khamzat with a full camp DENIED it being a 5 round fight?! I now see why

[@trustme2001]

@@phantom_mist1726 @ I didn't know that he didn't want to go five rounds. Now that's interesting.

[@mintaekim182]

You idiots no fights except main cards and championship fights get a 5 round fights. Uninformed gossip smh

[@DepressedHyena]

I felt like it was 1-1 going into round 3, Chimeav landed a takedown but really didn’t do much with it, Usman got up and landed the cleaner shots. A 5 round fight would have been very exciting to see!

[@abyss5883]

Not sure if Chim can go 5 rounds ngl cardio wise

[@DepressedHyena]

@@abyss5883 yeah I know what you mean, his cardio did seem a lil’ worrying. All he’s gotta’ do is try not to jump to “killeveryonesmesheveryone” mode straight away and he’ll be sound.

[@pwnedurmum69]

Khamzat broke his wrist in the first.

[@DepressedHyena]

@@pwnedurmum69 Didn’t know breaking the wrist could actively effect your cardiovascular system but I see what you mean, it would of been tricky for him to do much with that hand/wrist.

[@pwnedurmum69]

@@DepressedHyena I just meant in a R5 fight he loses, khamzat was compromised and I think if no wrist break Khamzat takes the fight easy

[@ShiteOnTheBus]

Strickland and DDP smokes Chimaev if they don’t get subbed in the first

[@binky777]

Drikus will blitz through Khamzat.

[@killamonga8649]

Usman was not in prime, khamzat isn’t gonna even takedown ddp or costa

[@silentassassin423]

​@@killamonga8649 Khamzat takedowns both easily. DDP can survive but Paulo would get mauled.

[@DarkCloudNC]

Strickland would NOT beat Chimaev

[@pill1154]

@@DarkCloudNCin a 5 round fight Strickland pieces him up until khamzats gassed

[@andypelly]

Khamzat doesn't deserve a title shot after that fight injured or not, GIVE IT TO DRICUS like what are we doing here?! 😤 He deserves it way more, but good win regardless. Although arguably could be a draw, whatever.

[@TripleK.BobJones]

there hasnt been a more deserving fighter for the mw title shot than dricus

[@ayemane2828]

Khamzat would eat dricus alive, let's be real here, it would be a good fight, and yea dricus is the most deserving, but we all know who the champion is, and it's the wolf. Khamzat broke his hand, that's why it made it all 3 rounds, why are we acting like that didn't happen.

[@alucard3294]

@@ayemane2828 No.

[@emana.9954]

@@ayemane2828DDP knocks him out in 2

[@Colin-xy4xb]

@@ayemane2828strickland clears both

[@alexrojas2686]

I fucking love when u make videos like these especially when I work and miss the card . U show the thought process as a watcher while fighting and also the story lines going around like it should’ve been a draw nd shit I fw that heavy

[@jasonrick6148]

MMA Gods were on Dricus’ side this whole time. After, they saw how the company and Dana refused to give him the title shot, they decided to curses both Khamzat & Usman to have a mediocre fight, and Khamzat to suffer a hand injury so Dricus could get his shot at the title next.

[@uradeekhead]

they giveth and they taketh

[@greuju]

Yeah, I'm for it. Honestly Usman could just fight Strickland I wouldn't mind it.

[@friedmotherboards2395]

@@greujuDDP deserves it but if he’s still injured then give it to Usman.

[@jayd1nero]

Bro but watch chimaev take another 2 years off as he feels he ‘deserves’ a title shot. I told you guys this from the very start Costa would’ve exposed him and I was proven right. But I don’t care I have faith in the Nicksick camp to prepare Strickland for round 1 Khamzat if Dana gives khamzat the next title fight which won’t surprise me if they do as they have a favouritism towards him. If they do and it gets passed round 1 khamzats gas tank will fail him.

[@a9029k]

@@friedmotherboards2395it makes zero sense to "give it to Usman" or Chimaev for that matter. Cannonier makes way more sense

[@greedling6811]

Chimaev adrenaline gets to him.u can see him wanting to start the fight instantaneously.he’s too anxious and uses so much energy that first round smh u can’t do that vs DDP,Whitaker,Bo Nikal

[@jdw2592]

Khamzat just goes to show no fighter is invincible. People were talking about this guy being a 3 weight class champion at one point…

[@deanthelemur1716]

hes still young but he just beat the previous champ

[@sanskarisuri]

Hahaha before the Usman fight, "Khamzat fans were saying Usmans is kneeless, has weak knees, his best days are behind him" after the fight, Usman is former Champ, his knees are fine blah blah

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@@deanthelemur1716Did he? Should have been a draw at best cause he clearly lost 2 and 3. That was Usman on 11 days. Full camp Usman for 5 rounds would TKO hype job Chimaev. He'll be lucky to get one belt and one defence.

[@whiteflame24]

@@deanthelemur1716 I mean yes he did get the win on the score cards but pretty much everyone in the know is agreeing that fight was a draw. Khamzats hype as an unstoppable force was already diminished after the burns fight. The move up to 185 gave him some new hype and now it’s just been diminished again.

[@FrenkieWest32]

​@@whiteflame24so a young new fighter has a draw against the previous p4p#1 and someone only a few people in the world could beat and that means his hype is gone. What a shitty fighter, he drew Usman. Somehow every fighter even at the top of the world is trash according to some couch potatoes.

[@DuslamPorichev]

Alex Pereira vs Blachowicz had almost an identical fight to Usman vs Chiamev yet Blachowicz lost but Khamzat wins?? Even if you look at the stats Usman oustruck Khamzat

[@AverageG50]

I literally just said this it's because khamzat is the new blood they be robbing the least popular person in close fights

[@poojann514]

Ufc is becomin Wwe

[@thenedsmmachannel8970]

Khamzat was far more dominant in the 1st compared to Jan vs Alex and Alex was going for it in the 2nd and 3rd. Round 2 of Usman vs Khamzat basically had zero action till a late takedown from Khamzat

[@BismarckMMA1898]

Ridiculous that Khamzat is getting a title shot after that shit performance, Dricus Tko’d Robert Whittaker and won the previous round. Fake sport

[@jayn6943]

Usman won the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Chimaev showed that Costa would've K.Od him.

[@poojann514]

Chen chen shud b happy secret juice pulled out

[@Thijszz]

I really tought it was the weight cut for Khamzat before. But it's his gastank. A huge problem going forward from now on.. because hes gonna fight 5 rounders. Let him take you down and defend like hell for 5 mins after that you have a good chance to beat him.

[@dianeaustin2414]

I think he may have permanent side effects from his severe bout of COVID. Respiratory problems are real...

[@Thijszz]

@@dianeaustin2414 We will never know because we never saw him fight over 1.5 rounds before he catched covid. But you could be right, he suffered bad while he had it.. and now he may have the long term effects of it indeed.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@dianeaustin2414 Just more cope tbh. He was just massively overhyped. He has never shown good cardio before he had Covid because his fights were fast. He's just fast twitch, hence his power and speed, but the payoff is shit cardio. No human can have power, speed, and cardio at the elite level. The human body doesn't work that way. He's just got one nightmare round in him and then he is average.

[@beastlad]

If Strickland can survive those first 2 rounds he will drown Khamzat

[@huxley8930]

I agree

[@DarkPhantomSky]

Broken hand / wrist whatever or not: The Khamzat hype train definitely came to a halt after this one. What a lackluster performance (from the armchair perspective of course) from him in Rounds 2 and 3 (overtrained probably as well). He certainly seems hittable and beatable, even if he's tough and a force of nature with his wrestling. I could be wrong though.

[@mr.jameson218]

Khamzat could beat Bones in a trilogy and y'all would still call him a hype train.

[@lovefoodandtravel9928]

Lol pure hater. I think you should become a judge. No matter what he does your opinion will be the same. Keep quiet until he loses, he is still unbeaten.

[@pointnine5030]

I can’t wait for him to be champ so I can 💩 on All the haters like u 🤣 y’all hate khamzat so much

[@donkarnage6032]

These people calling you a hater in the comments are dumb. You gave a fair assessment of Khamzat. The guy has arguably tied or lost his two fights against top opponents. Khamzat is definitely a top guy and can hang with the top guys but he has holes in his game namely his striking defense and cardio.

[@Luca-ku2nv]

In round 3 most of those strikes the crowd went crazy for and the commentary didn’t even land💀

[@KittyKittyBangBang249]

Even if Khamzat didn’t injure his hand in the first round, he was so tanked by 2 he wouldn’t have done much anyway. I was absolutely shocked at how tired he was. I was hoping Usman won. I think Khamzat needs humbling badly

[@KAT-xi3ol]

Ever thought about him not fighting as much because of his hand? lmao?

[@drummingtildeath]

I'm going to argue the other side. Usman had the highest takedown defense in the UFC. He has very good fight IQ and used it under pressure. Despite that, Chimaev was able to dominate the round. It seems reasonable that it would be pretty draining to do what no one has ever done to Usman before. Maybe it's just a testament to Usman's defense in such a poor position.

[@KittyKittyBangBang249]

@@KAT-xi3ol sure. Of course but any F fool could see how much he was struggling, unless of course you’re blind or as dumb as a stick. I think he was relying on a first round finish and it didn’t go that way and he got seriously exposed. It was bad in the burns fight too but this one was on another level. Understand?

[@shnek5143]

@@KAT-xi3ol he's doing interviews post fight holding mics and shows zero pain or issues, typical fighter excuse to make their lack luster performance seem understandable

[@sanskarisuri]

​@@drummingtildeathHahaha before the Usman fight, "Khamzat fans were saying Usmans is kneeless, has weak knees, his best days are behind him" after the fight, Usman is former Champ, his knees are fine blah blah

[@PughMMA]

I scored this 29-28 Usman. The first round, Chimaev did have huge control time, but caused minimal amounts of damage and not close to a submission. Second round, there was a lot of standup, with Usman stumbling Chimaev with superior striking. The third round, Usman started off with damage, so Chimaev took him down, but it looked like when somebody gets rocked and starts hugging with no damage.

[@ct0332]

I you didn’t score that 10-8, just stop talking. Usman landed 0 strikes. Zero! That in itself is a good enough reason for 10-8.

[@saljewsteinbergowitz]

well that first round was obviously a 10 8 round.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@saljewsteinbergowitz Quite debatable tbh, but no one is saying it couldn't be a 10-8. What's clear is Usman winning 2 and 3 with damage.

[@saljewsteinbergowitz]

@@ct0332 True it was so clearly a 10-8 round... But Usman did win the next two rounds... So I believe it was a draw. Usman would have probably won a full five round fight... Khamzat really does just gas out by the third round. If people can withstand the onslaught for 1-2 rounds, then they will win 3,4 and 5.

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

This fight actually makes me more confident that Costa does well, and that when he loses it will be from gasing out

[@rustledjimmes]

More like Costa gets subbed rd1

[@dammaguy1286]

Costa is a tank and that fight could've been great.

[@silentassassin423]

How do people come up with these takes? Honestly, it's just shit. Tell me how Paulo survives that first round in the same situation.

[@VictorHugo._]

​@@silentassassin423i mean Paulo has good bjj + he is waaaay heavier than Usman, i believe if he can make a little resistance on the td Khamzat will gas in the first td attempt

[@gamebred6995]

Costa lost to rock hold

[@XileMMA]

2 judges gave the second and third round to usman. If the scoring of mma fights were based on rounds as opposed to judges usman wins 2 rounds to 1

[@MNJim1966]

Absolutely agree

[@greuju]

I think the point of giving 10-8s is for damage. Control doesnt matter. Theyre still scoring wrong If you do some damage or some control 10 9 If you do both and your opponent does neither it's 10 8 or close.

[@MNJim1966]

Agree

[@paulosicne8498]

I was disappointed with Chimaev. I was rooting for Khamzat, but he didn't do anything overly dominant in the 2nd and 3rd round. I'm kind of changing stances here on the whole Paulo Costa thing now. Had it been a healthy Costa against Khamzat, NOW I believe Costa would have KO'd Chmaev.

[@dammaguy1286]

Khamzat broke his hand in the first round.

[@isaiahnoll201]

Well Khamzat is super dominant, but apparently he broke his hand at the end of the first nd when Usman did that slam

[@olivercheeseman8227]

I think Costa could’ve KO’d Chimaev but I doubt he would’ve survived if he was put in the situation Usman was in round 1 if their fight went there

[@buridah328]

If he had BJJ the fight would be over in 1st round

[@MNJim1966]

​@olivercheeseman8227 ask people who have fought Paulo. He's nearly impossible to keep on the ground. Plus, he has great take down defense. IMHO, Costa wins.

[@devenp.5508]

Khamzat keeps proving Colby would maul him

[@VyperMMA]

Khamzat ko’s that glass chin bum

[@silentassassin423]

Look, if Kamaru couldn't maul him, Colby isn't mauling him either. "But styles make fights!" Okay, great. Kamaru is more dangerous than Colby in every aspect of fighting. Imo, there is NOT a single fighter on the current roaster that would beat Kamaru but lose to Colby.

[@ItsameAlex]

Leo Edwards. I just smoked you with 1 sentence.@@silentassassin423

[@fangiscool1]

Honestly thought Usman won. I had first round 10-9 Khamzat, but could see a 10-8. Usman landed lore shots round 2. Usman also landed mote shots on the feet round 3. Khamzat got a takedown but didnt do any damage. Usman did about as much damage as Khamzat from the bottom

[@REALDEALMMA91]

I wanted Usman to win but idk how the hell anyone saw him winning ??? I feel like a lot of people wanted him to win so they were praying for him to win and expected khamzat to dominate but people forget that Usman is a former world champion and is not to be taken lightly, but I am very shocked on here to see so many people thinking he won because without a doubt in my mind, I thought Usman lost the fight and not even he contested it so I mean if you listen to his corner after round two, Trevor Wittman said if he did not change some thing he was going to lose the fight. I had it 2-0 going into round three. And I’m not saying Usman didn’t have any success when he threw his hands a little bit, but it just wasn’t enough.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@@REALDEALMMA91How did Khamzat win round 2? He got outstruck and hit with better quality strikes that moved him backwards. Same in round 3. There is no argument for Khamzat winning 2 or 3. It should have been a draw unless you are very biased, and I don't like either fighter tbh.

[@cstmex4937]

I really was impressed with usman’s heart at the end. I was so shocked to see Usman throwing with reckless abandonment

[@Tinky__Winky]

A1 analysis dude. Only reasonable scoring of this fight was a draw, really wish Khamzat would have committed to something during R1 too.

[@AJ-zy9jf]

After watching that, I’m very confident Costa mauls Khamzat. Dude gassed after 1 round and was getting tagged the last 2 rounds. Costa hits a lot harder than Usman.

[@sureucan9366]

Just like I said again, give usman 5 rounds and he destroys kumshot because kumshot has no cardio and hugs guys for 3 rounds. Strickland will absolutely destroy kumshot because kumshot isn't as good as everyone thinks. He barley pulled one off against Gilbert and then again against usman off the coach. They keep throwing layups to kumshot and he's had the easiest road towards a title shot ever. Dude didn't even have to beat a true 185 pounder to become top contender and his cardio is crap. I don't know what Jon annik has been watching but he said that kumshot was the cardio king and that's a smack in the face towards colby because we all know that Annik hates coby and Strickland because he hates raw American steal

[@oldformatguru]

He got whooped by gilbert

[@sickydoesmma8898]

I fully believe it was a draw. Me and my friend were counting each strike so closely and said Khamzat is clearly losing this round until he got the takedown and did nothing with it. Think it was clearly an usman win or a draw. We now know usman wouldve destroyed khamzat at 170 full camp 5 rounds

[@aquatazer]

The other part of this is that Khamzat couldn’t drill anything for Usman, either. This isn’t a Volk v Islam matchup where they’ve fought before, Khamzat has never trained for Usman. It would not be a steamroll for Usman like you think it would be. And this is coming from a fan of his. He has no jiujitsu, so honestly I think if you simulated this fight multiple times, he get submitted in a decent amount of those, especially with prep time for Khamzat.

[@silentassassin423]

He wouldn't. It would still be a close fight. This fight proved: Kamaru is still in his prime, Khamzat is an elite MW, Paulo would get mauled.

[@sickydoesmma8898]

@@silentassassin423 he’s defo not in his prime what are you saying haha. Defo think he’d still beat leon a few times if they fought eachother 10 times but he’s defo not the old usman that fought burns and Colby

[@silentassassin423]

@@sickydoesmma8898 Why not? Can you give me a proof? I saw Kamaru fight Khamzat, you saw it too. I don't see anything that gives off the impression that he is out of his prime.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@@silentassassin423He fought unranked MW Khamzat, so? Khamzat is a fucking massive hypejob with no cardio and shit striking. Usman took 2 rounds off him out of prime and 11 days off the couch. Usman is old, his knees are fucked, and he got badly knocked out 3 fights ago and is on a 3L streak - how tf is that 'prime' Usman?? Absolute clown comments brother

[@stipemiocic_speech_therapist]

Shoutout to usman what a legend

[@jocoolshow]

Leon Edwards’ stock kinda rises from this if Usman basically fought to a draw with Chimaev when moving up in weight. MMA math doesn’t make sense but the general skill levels do match up

[@jackmesteir6881]

I thought that rd 2 was closer than the 3rd I thought usman clearly won the third.

[@SonOfMartylewis]

If DDP gets his hands on that belt he ain't losing it.

[@TheLastApostle]

He loses eventually. He wont have 9 defenses and retire. Hes not a world beater

[@edwardirwin3478]

@@TheLastApostle Agreed but he's looking real good against the rest of the division right now. Finishes Chimaev in the 2nd or 3rd imo

[@TheLastApostle]

@edwardirwin3478 i agree ddp can beat anyone rn. But will he is the question. He could choke

[@meanmrbean8641]

Turns out that when Hamsack stands up with a guy with the same reach and a good chin he’s got nothing. DDP beats him, Cannonier KOs him, freakin Vettori probably beats him.

[@masondykstra9464]

Had a broken hand for most of the fight

[@masondykstra9464]

None of those guys beat him

[@meanmrbean8641]

The broken hand didn’t stop him from throwing plenty of hard punches. He just didn’t land any and got outboxed by a wrestler

[@bharath8607]

Crying already lol

[@alcesspectre]

Where did the rumor start that Chimaev has an impressive gas tank? Ive been hearing that all week, and now people are surprised he tired a bit. Why? He almost never goes into the 3rd round so why are peoplw thinking this?

[@swishs6446]

Islam is everything people thought khamzat was

[@ItsameAlex]

true true - but it's to be expected, one started training at 4 years old, the other started training at 23 years old

[@quincyblue5098]

If Khamzat doesn't get you out of there in the 1st round he is struggling. He kept saying Usman is old. How the hell does a dude at 36 , no full training camp can match a 29 year old with a full training camp?. If this would have been a 5 round fight Khamzat would have been done. Strickland is going to take his head off

[@gordito_roba_lunches248]

khamzat is like abus one round cardio

[@ruin3r]

however you want to score it, it's clear that if Usman had time to bulk up to a proper Middleweight size and had a training camp, in a 5 round fight as it should be he has a very good chance to win that fight as Khamzat was starting to run out of steam already in R3. The deck was stacked against him in every way so you can't really fault him for the way it played out.

[@struBANG]

It’s amazing to see Usman in the twilight of his career be that crafty wildy veteran. I like Khamzat, I found myself routing for Usman. I was really hoping he would get it done in the moment.

[@a9029k]

*wily

[@struBANG]

@@a9029k I was waiting for that

[@tayahangysl7751]

Plus Usman did all that with his 60yrs old knees

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, THE MMA GURU

[@chiquita683]

Chimaev gassed after 2 mins just like Holland and couldnt even get good punches in with the back. All he could do is hold on. UFC needs to change the rules that allow points for being on the back and doing nothing

[@RationalLlama]

I'm not gonna lie. I don't think Khamzat is a championship level fighter. Any large middleweight with decent submission defence will give him problems. I honestly don't think he could beat adesanya or dricus. Might have a shot against Sean.

[@jovanshrestha4075]

He will actually rag doll the shit out of them

[@lz1860]

Imagine adsanya or dricus with khamzat on their back, like he was in this figgt

[@FightCenterMMA01]

Was hoping for a stoppage but still enjoyed the fight! First round had me on the edge of me seat waiting for a sub! Respect for both and Usman on the late notice!

[@noahlevy1698]

just a correction - only one judge gave Khamzat R3... the other judge who scored it for Khamzat gave him R2 which just makes things even weirder. R2 was barely even arguable for Khamzat imo.

[@user-le8px9fu4h]

Oh cmon, Usman hit 2 more strikes than Khamzat in R2, it wasn't a decisive Usman round, 2 more hits vs 41 second control + takedown by Chimaev??? how is that not a Chimaev round? you people act as if Chimaev was knocked down or dominated.

[@noahlevy1698]

@@user-le8px9fu4h you watched this video and yet still don’t know how scoring works. damage trumps all. usman landed the bigger shots and khamzat did essentially nothing with the control time.

[@user-le8px9fu4h]

@@noahlevy1698 Usman landed one or two of the bigger shots, he didn't knock Khamzat down or rock him. He just hit the cleaner shots and got in 2 more than Khamzat got on Usman. Then Khamzat took Usman down and controlled him for almost a minute. It all depends on whether you consider 2 more hits to be more valuable than a takedown and 41 second control time against a former world champion who previously before this fight had a 98% takedown defence.

[@noahlevy1698]

@@user-le8px9fu4h i’m trying really hard to not be mean here. please read the scoring rules or watch a video on how UFC scoring works and come back. you said it yourself, usman clearly landed the bigger shots, which is the most important factor. control time is only important if damage is equal

[@ScottSteinergeneticfreak]

The judges use the criteria when they want, the criteria is on the internet, damage is above everything, and they still gives rounds to the guy who lays on top of another one.

[@Tommy_o7]

So Usman injured kammys hand with that slam, It seems like Kamaru did more damage in that round.

[@r3mi_righteous]

Khamzat is like Conor mcgregor with wrestling style

[@Flyc2]

😂after the 1st round buddy is a normal fighter

[@damondash309]

Yo I miss your old play by play breakdowns, are you still doing them somewhere?

[@MrJoshuabauer]

Good take. Damn near exactly how I felt. 👌🏼

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Round 2 was razor close and the takedown in round 2 had zero damage. Usman round 3 all the way he out damaged khamzat, getting a takedown and laying in half guard landing shoulder strikes is not dominant nor all that damaging. We make fun of usman for stomping feet but consider lightly tapping someone with your shoulder as “ground and pound”?

[@gordito_roba_lunches248]

i thought usman won aswell cause khamzat was layimg on usman but wasnt doing damage except the first round

[@kaylu4984]

Completely agree with you, man!! 👍

[@fahed2544]

I agree with your assessment of round 1

[@Masedogg10k]

Hey yo thank you MMA guru I said the exact same thing after the fight and people calling me crazy. If this is a 5 round fight tomorrow would have won if this was a full training camp if it wasn't on 2 weeks notice he also would have won based off of what I saw. I would like to know is when the hell did the UFC stop making co-main event fights 5rounds. Maybe I'm thinking about main events and title fights but this was worthy of 5 rounds. Apparently this was supposed to be a 5 round fight but kamaru Usman didn't want to have a a 5 rounder

[@AlreadyDemon]

People just forget how exhausting and taxing on legs are body triangles. Look at Aljo in second Yan fight. Look at Burgous in Jourdain fight. Plus Khamzat belle his hand.

[@MrBarborosa]

Why do it then.

[@jayd1nero]

Excuses excuses

[@Neil-qg9cw]

No they aren't, it was even mentioned in the video. It's just a dumb excuse when Khamzat chose to do a body triangle to try and win. If it gassed him then that is his fault. Keep coping, he gassed vs Burns as well.

[@AlreadyDemon]

@@Neil-qg9cw cope? He won, you idiot😂

[@cmattingly5033]

Why is no one talking about all of the back of the head blows the Volk took it was like seven or eight

[@riccardozanetti2893]

Can't give Usman more praise than this. The way he steps in on short notice and put such a performance, makes me think that he can be very dangerous at 185. Also, I had the fight scored 28-28 with a 10-8 R1. Khamzat looked human again. Round 1 was crazy, but after that he was a shell of himself. Khamzat gassed out, his strength faded and his durability was questionable from Round 2 onwards. If Khamzat wants the title shot, he should watch out if he ever gets to the championship rounds

[@naturoidz2714]

Seeing Usman and Chimaev. Costa would absolutely beat Chimaev.

[@alrikjohansson9888]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bharath8607]

Yeah because Costa grapples better than snoozeman ☠️💀 casual

[@EandE1903]

How many 5 rounders has Chimaev been in?

[@ehawk8854]

I actually agree with your analysis.

[@CidicVicious]

Not showing bias, I like it. 🤘🏿

[@hands_of_stone]

Breeden barking and KOing the Indian dude was the highlight of the whole card

[@JOHN-zl5kw]

😆 🤣 😂 Yelling at him then KOs him. That was the best fight of the card. Dude had his eye stitched before the fight as well.

[@destroyerofsenses]

Absolutely this. So disappointing.

[@Totalnikkadeath]

Crazy how shara had the funnest fight

[@Cristian-yb5us]

Khamzat really is a round 1 fighter i really believe strickland breaks him

[@wishes6445]

If this was at WW with both on full camps Usman smokes him i did bet anything on it.

[@martinlarrivee5081]

As much as the first round was exciting, round 2 and 3 was very disappointing. The fight was close, and neither really took any risk or tried to really get the finish. A bit of brawling in the last seconds... But things went very stale after the first round and not sure Khamzat has a good 5 rounds in him.

[@drummingtildeath]

Round 2 sucked but 3 had some moments

[@bubbag3176]

The first round was not a 10-8… he out-grappled him but didn’t damage him

[@rustledjimmes]

Worked sub attempts the whole time while punching his head, is your brain okay?

[@palerewin]

First round was a domination usman did absolutely nothing so 10-8 makes sense

[@jordanrules6643]

@@rustledjimmesis your Brain ok A few subs attempts NO DAMAGE

[@bubbag3176]

@@palerewin but no DAMAGE

[@bubbag3176]

@@rustledjimmes he didn’t damage him.. he grappled him

[@revelation5577]

Good update...Welcome to the NEW MMA...Fixed..I had it a draw as well

[@bobbybooshay5854]

To be honest i think there are many fighters who could do the same thing as chimaev in round 1 but they have enough experience /common sense to realise it's bad strategy. If you don't get the win in round 1 you're gassed for the rest of the fight

[@NinetysixRs]

Chimaev the Russian McKinney. A monster for one round.

[@aceambling7685]

Strickland will do to Chimaev what Dober did to McChinny

[@timephire]

Khamzat "even worst cardio than Zabit Magomedsharipov" Chimaev.

[@cordogg1132]

I'm curious how hot that arena is in the middle of the desert. I know they have those custom giant AC units to cool the place but who knows how well they keep the place cool, the heat could play a heavy role in performance.

[@letsgobrandon4601]

You’re predictions were pretty fricking close dude

[@gp873]

It was a draw no doubt

[@beastlad]

Usman could’ve won that, seems a shell of himself and hesitant

[@KAT-xi3ol]

Khamzat also broke his hand in the first.

[@BismarckMMA1898]

Usman with full training camp would probably find Chimeavs chin in the later rounds

[@EJ-yz8lx]

Usman seemed way too hesitant. If he let the hands fly maybe he could have got the W. It’s really hard to give it to him though because it really wasn’t until round 3 he starting getting some good strikes

[@Red-mc5ee]

@@KAT-xi3olhuffing on the copium.

[@silentassassin423]

Kamaru is in his prime. Your favorite fighter would be hesitant too after being out grappled like a child for an entire round.

[@toxicgoat341]

Both looked great

[@zuro2913]

agreed, i thought the same as the fight ended. DDP deserves the title shot, not chimaev.

[@FBAExapt]

Diamond Dallas page? Lol