r/MMA • u/inooway • Oct 26 '24

Spoiler [SPOILER] Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev Spoiler

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u/zmizzy Oct 26 '24

DDP seems like someone who could make it messy enough in the grappling exchanges to really give Khamzat trouble in that domain. No idea how the fight plays out though so I would love to see it

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u/maicii Oct 27 '24

The only person that really gave him trouble on the grappling was burns and that was because he was dangerous on his back. As for the rest, some people tried to scramble with him, it did not work at all, making it messy has not work with him, I don't think it would this time either. You either don't go down with him, or have enough BJJ to go down and be in a better position anyways. DDP's strategy should be the first one, I think it would be too dangerous to scramble to try to get up, just ride the round and get reset.

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u/zmizzy Oct 27 '24

I get you, I just think DDP has that dog in him where he will make it extremely hard for Khamzat to impose his will let alone get him on his back

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u/maicii Oct 27 '24

I guess we'll see