Khabib Nurmagomedov has offered Khamzat Chimaev some tactical advice prior to UFC 319.
The 14-0 phenomenon will record Dricus Du Plessis on August 16 for the middleweight title in Chicago.
Khamzat Chimaev has earned a chance of UFC Gold by persuading his opponents with his elite wrestling game.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, however, believes that he should leave the fight against Dricus du Plessis.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov offers Khamzat Chimaev UFC 319 advice
Nurmagomedov has become one of the best coaches in MMA since he retired five years ago.
The former UFC Lightweight Champion struggled its way to the top, but he thinks Chimaev can become the 185 pound world champion in a different way at UFC 319.
“Personally, I would advise Khamzat to strike with him,” said Nurmagomedov in Hustle Show. “If I were coaching, I would give him a different advice. If you put them straight, Khamzat is better.
“You can try to force things early, but if you don't finish it, you burn a lot of energy. You need it in the championship rounds. And Khamzat has not been to the championship rounds.
“When you prepare for such a fight, you have to take into account all possible scenarios. You can't go inside,” I will just surprise him. “
“Making a game plan was never so difficult for me. I always had one plan. I go inside, get them down. If I can bring them down, I will do that. If not, I will shoot 100 times. But with Khamzat you don't see that in his fighting.
'With Gilbert [Burns]with kamaru [Usman]In the later rounds he stops struggling and starts to hit instead. If he had beaten those boys just from the start, he would have done better.
“It's a very interesting fight for me. Very, very high level … In these fights a small mistake can cost you everything.”
Israel Adesanya predicts UFC 319
Nurmagomedov stopped saying who du Plessis vs. Chimaev will win on August 16.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has already provided its UFC 319 prediction.
'The Last Stylebender' believes that Du Plessis will run away with his old title of the United Center next month.
“I still think that Dricus gets it. I am thinking. Yes, late finish,” said Adesanya.
“I think Khamzat will, if he wins, it is the first two rounds, or the first round.
“But Dricus is just chaotic. Chaotic good. Chaotic evil. That is literally what this fight could be. Chaotic good versus chaotic evil.”