Prior to his title fight against Dricus Du Plessis on UFC 319, Khamzat Chimaev received an important advice from two UFC Geiten.
This Saturday at UFC 319, Khamzat Chimaev will finally fight for UFC Gold when he compiles Dricus du Plessis for the middleweight title in Chicago.
The fight has been going on for a long time and after Du Plessis successfully defended his title against Israel Adesanya on UFC 305, he called for a fight against Chimaev.
Nevertheless, the UFC chose to make the rematch between 'Stillnocks' and Sean Strickland earlier this year because of the continuous visa issues of Chimaev.
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Chimaev received important advice from Khabib Nurmagomedov prior to UFC 319
During his UFC official period to date, 'Borz' has received criticism on various occasions because of his personality, but Jon Jones has praised the greatest consensus of all time Chimaev for his character.
Despite the fact that he still has a flawless record, the Chechen cardio has shown problems in recent fights, and prior to his first five round fighting, some experts believe that this could be a turning point in this matchup.
And that is why Chimaev recently received advice from one of the greatest hunters ever, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who told the 31-year-old to be at the South African champion instead of trying to ruthlessly struggling.
“Personally I would advise Khamzat to strike with him. If I coached, I would give him other advice. If you put them straight, Khamzat is better,” said Khabib on the Hustle show.
Alexander Volkanovski agrees with Khabib's advice to Chimaev
Although Khabib's advice to Chimaev seems controversial, given the dominant wrestling style of the Chechen, it would undoubtedly allow him to maintain his energy the longer the fight lasts.
And with that in mind, the current UFC -Fedweight champion Alexander Volkanovski agreed with Khabib's advice to Chimaev.
“I heard that Khabib spoke about Chimaev, probably should box, you see how smart Khabib is, many people are like” Why would he get up with Dricus? “Just know that you are trying to struggle, if you don't get the Takedown, you have to worry about your gas tank, because he believes in boxing Chimaev and know that he is not going to be as tired as he boxes, so I see what he says there,” said people.
The current featherweight champion took care of the fight for the fight and supported the underdog to get Chicago the title.
“I am going with the underdog (du plessis), incredible fight that it will be, I am interested in seeing,” Volkanovski continued.