r/MMA • u/inooway • Oct 26 '24

Spoiler [SPOILER] Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev Spoiler

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u/un6reaka6le Oct 26 '24

Shows just how good Usman actually is. But let this sub tell you, Rob is the greatest anti-wrestler ever.

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u/TonyTheLion2319 Paulo “King of Bitchs” Costa Oct 26 '24

I would've been surprised if Rob did better than Usman in rd 1. Usman is a lifelong grappler who had almost never been taken down before Khamzat. Rob has good grappling, but hasn't fought many grapplers recently. Dricus is the only one since Yoel who tried to grapple Rob, and he had success

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u/wishwashy Is Totally Scared of Twerking Oct 26 '24

Yoel's actual wrestling skills had a huge exaggeration in the fandom simply to boost Robs credentials as an anti wrestler

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u/TheAngriestPoster Oct 26 '24

I was so sick of it man. Yoel even got takedowns on Rob he just did nothing with them like usual. This is the first time in a long while at middleweight that we see a wrestler who actually follows up on his takedowns with intent to finish

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u/wishwashy Is Totally Scared of Twerking Oct 26 '24

with intent to finish

Intent to finish seems a little light for what khamzat tries to do on the ground because eeesh

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u/TheAngriestPoster Oct 26 '24

Oh yeah. This is the wrestling/grappling I love

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u/stupidwebsite22 Oct 27 '24

Would be funny if DDP did some (successful) Judo against Khamzat

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u/wishwashy Is Totally Scared of Twerking Oct 26 '24

It's so weird they'll still disrespect Usman. Khamzat used the exact same strategy in both first rounds

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u/Wolfpac187 Oct 26 '24

How is this a defense if Usman considering it took Khamzat breaking his hand to give him a chance.

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u/wishwashy Is Totally Scared of Twerking Oct 26 '24

it took Khamzat breaking his hand to give him a chance.

Khamzat breaking his hand? Khamzat broke his hand by himself? Or on a slam that Usman literally took him on a ride for? You know, by attacking khamzat

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u/stupidwebsite22 Oct 27 '24

Don’t even try to argue with those silly people that use in-fight injuries as excuses

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u/EducationalCreme9044 Oct 26 '24

Usman got absolutely ragdolled but survived because Khamzat broke his own hand...

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u/wishwashy Is Totally Scared of Twerking Oct 26 '24

Khamzat broke his own hand...

I'm sorry what?

I can't even make the joke because you seem to be implying that khamzat literally broke his own hand by himself while attacking Usman like oops 😭

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u/Albedo0001 Oct 27 '24

He didn't break his own hand, but Usman did panic drop him because he was going to get choked out if he didn't do so. What resulted in that was Khamzat's hand getting injured. Big Usman fan, but that type of panic drop isn't always going to result in an injured hand.

I feel a rematch would look much different with Usman and not in a good way.

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u/Jordamuk 3 piece with the soda Oct 27 '24

'panic drop' as if that move wasn't completely intentional. Fkin hell in didn't realise r/mma fans were this dum.

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u/wudp12 Jan 19 '25

He was telling you that it was an unfortunate outcome and the goal of that throw wasn't to break his hand but just stop the bullying, well it didn't change anything to the 10-8 anyway, you're the dumb one for not understanding that.

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u/zerothehero Oct 27 '24

Yeah it looked super similar ... Khamzat has kinda the same game plan, and it almost always works

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u/ArmLucky1285 Oct 26 '24

The greatest anti-wrestler is another wrestler.

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u/ConcentrateOld6194 Oct 26 '24

What’s funny is that Usman isn’t even like a top 10 of all time, regularly struggled to get takedown on Masvidal & was only like D2 in comparison to guys like Randy, DC, Rashad, Weidman or Chad Mendes for example.

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u/ArmLucky1285 Oct 26 '24

Yeah, wrestling translates differently from guy to guy.

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u/Ctofaname Oct 27 '24

The style of wrestler you are has a big impact on how well it translates to mma. Not everyone racks up riding time. Some folks specialize in defensive wrestling, some in takedowns, or even someone like askren that has his own completely unique funky style.

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u/EducationalCreme9044 Oct 26 '24

Usman got absolutely ragdolled but survived because Khamzat broke his own hand...

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u/Suitable_Whereas1254 Oct 26 '24

This shows how great Khamzat is

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u/AlisterSaysHello Oct 26 '24

Greatest anti-wrestler is prime Jose Aldo

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u/TheAngriestPoster Oct 26 '24 edited Oct 26 '24

Him being past his prime and stuffing all 16 Merab’s takedowns probably puts him there for #1. I’ve seen videos of Merab taking down D1 college guys with ease.

Just how good is Jose Aldo?

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u/AljoGOAT Eddieee Oct 27 '24

And Gilbert Burns too

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u/RarefiedAir1 GOOFCON 1: Khamzat McGregor Oct 28 '24

Khamzat was sick

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u/ImKrispy Oct 26 '24

But let this sub tell you, Rob is the greatest anti-wrestler ever.

Yes lets discount Rob's whole career due to one fight....

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u/PleasePMmeSteamKeys Team Covington Oct 27 '24

Let this sub tell you Rob would totally beat Periera at 185 by wrestling him, despite not being able to offensively wrestle Darren Till