Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t consider children needs to be studying MMA.
‘Borz’ will look to seize his first world title this Saturday evening in Chicago when he challenges reigning and defending middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319.
Whereas he’s gearing as much as win gold contained in the Octagon, Chimaev is trying to mannequin the subsequent era of fight sports activities stars after lately opening up a fitness center for youths in his native Chechnya.
Apparently, Chimaev didn’t trend the brand new coaching heart with an MMA cage. When requested why throughout Wednesday’s UFC 319 media day, ‘Borz’ posited that kids ought to deal with one sport at a time slightly than one which encompasses a number of disciplines.
Plus, children punching one another within the face simply appears like a nasty concept.
“I don’t assume so this MMA will be good for the youngsters as a result of we punching within the face, we broke one another, ,” Chimaev stated. “So grappling, kickboxing, boxing, all of the sports activities in a single sport. that is superb sport however not for the youngsters. So I believe it needs to be like a minimum of 15 years to coach some completely different sports activities. , boxing or judo or wrestling, grappling, there numerous completely different sports activities for the younger boys.”
Chimaev goes into UFC 319 with an ideal 14-0 file, eight of these wins coming underneath the UFC banner. His opponent, Dricus du Plessis, can be unbeaten contained in the Octagon, successful 9 straight fights — seven of which he opened because the underdog.
Saturday’s scrap in ‘Chi-City’ will probably be no completely different as Chimaev is presently favored to depart with the middleweight title by a margin of 2-to-1.
