Jorge Masvidal will not be a fan of reigning UFC middleweight titleholder Khamzat Chimaev’s wrestling and total struggle model. The previous BMF kingpin believes Chimaev is scared to face and commerce and due to this fact prefers to carry fighters down out of worry.
Chimaev gained the UFC middleweight championship final 12 months at UFC 319 by dethroning Dricus du Plessis. “Borz” utilized his wrestling and ragdolled the South African for almost all of the five-rounder. The Chechen-born Emirati secured a management time of 21-plus minutes, landed 12 takedowns, and landed a complete of 529 strikes (37 vital strikes).
Regardless of a dominant efficiency, some followers weren’t impressed with the snoozefest as “Borz” largely relied on wrestling. And Jorge Masvidal was positively not impressed.
Jorge Masvidal takes digs at Khamzat Chimaev
On his podcast, Jorge Masvidal criticized the best way Khamzat Chimaev fights, saying “Borz” will be the higher wrestler, however that’s probably not preventing. “Gamebred” opined that Chimaev usually simply holds opponents down out of worry, with out advancing place or looking for a end, and as an alternative spends rounds merely laying on them to expire the clock. Masvidal mentioned:
“Simply sit there and sniff crotches. You’ve gotten an opportunity to strike, however you’re simply holding the man down since you’re scared they’re going to get away. Yeah, you’re a greater wrestler, however that’s not preventing.”
Chimaev goes to make the primary protection of his middleweight title at UFC 328 and can meet former coaching accomplice turned arch-rival, Sean Strickland.
Throughout the identical sit-down, Masvidal added that Strickland won’t share the identical destiny as Dricus du Plessis did in opposition to Chimaev. As per the previous BMF champ, “Tarzan” gained’t be straightforward to ragdoll and maintain down, and the American will tire Chimaev and problem him in each facet.
“Strickland may be the primary man that challenges Chimaev in that realm. Even when Chimaev will get a takedown, he’s going to need to work even tougher to carry Strickland down.”
In the meantime, on Death Row MMA, Joe Pyfer added that he desires Sean Strickland to win and isn’t a fan of Chimaev’s inactivity.
Take a look at Jorge Masvidal and Joe Pyfer’s feedback about Khamzat Chimaev beneath:
