Chael Sonnen doesn’t assume Khamzat Chimaev’s questionable cardio might be a priority at UFC 319.
On August 16, Chimaev will as soon as once more step into the principle occasion highlight at UFC 319 for a extremely anticipated title conflict with reigning and defending middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis.
‘Borz’ goes into the bout as a 2-to-1 favourite on the sportsbooks, however predictions for the bout are pretty unanimous, with pundits believing that the longer the struggle goes, the extra it favors the champ.
Nonetheless, Sonnen tends to disagree.
“Chimaev has bought to get him down,” Sonnen advised MMA Junkie. “He can’t simply go struggle him wherever. Then there’s a giant query round Chimaev’s conditioning. I don’t know if that’s honest. We’ve seen Chimaev get exhausted. Fedor (Emelianenko) used to get exhausted, however he by no means stopped. It by no means slowed him down. And it’s the identical factor with Chimaev.
“I don’t assume it’s honest to query his conditioning. I feel he’s bought a bunch of power and he makes use of all of it, which is what he’s presupposed to do. That’s going to get examined and we’re going to discover out if that’s correct. I’m additionally giving Dricus lots higher of a glance than I used to be when Chimaev beat Whittaker and the struggle bought introduced.”
Will Khamzat Chimaev’s cardio maintain up towards ‘DDP’?
Chimaev usually comes bursting out of the gate, trying to dominate early. That technique labored wonders towards Kevin Holland and Robert Whittaker, however ‘Borz’ noticeably struggled in his bouts towards Gilbert Burns and Kamaru Usman — each of which went the gap.
‘Borz’ in the end beat Burns and Usman, however his fading gasoline tank within the later rounds has followers questioning how he’ll maintain up towards the unrelenting assault of du Plessis.
Fortunately, we gained’t have to attend for much longer to search out out.
