Marvin Vettori thinks it’s only a matter of time earlier than Khamzat Chimaev runs into someone he can’t bully.
‘Borz’ delivered one of the vital dominant performances in UFC title battle historical past, handily defeating Dricus Du Plessis in August to say the undisputed middleweight world championship and transfer his document to an ideal 15-0.
To date, Chimaev has regarded rattling close to good in his UFC run, except for a cardio challenge towards Kamaru Usman that didn’t seem like a problem towards ‘DDP.
However regardless of that, Vettori stays assured that Chimaev’s one-note sport plans will ultimately fail.
“He simply ragdolled him for like 5 rounds, and the man couldn’t stand again up,” Vettori instructed Helen Yee whereas discussing Chimaev’s efficiency towards Du Plessis. “I simply suppose that like, all people was like… he’s a fantastic wrestler. He doubled down in wrestling; you’ll be able to see on his coaching, he was simply coaching with all the very best wrestlers there in Chechnya and stuff. So he positively doubled down on the wrestling.
“However then I nonetheless suppose lots of people—as a result of now there’s quite a lot of grapplers within the prime ten, prime 5 in my division—I nonetheless suppose they’re going to offer him issues as a result of if simply DDP acquired uncovered to the truth that he couldn’t actually get again up, didn’t actually have a sport on getting again as much as his ft, I do know a few of these guys positively know the way. They’re going to… he’ll should spend far more power, you realize?”
Arising quick in his final three, Vettori has some work to do earlier than he can hope to earn one other alternative on the 185-pound crown.
Marvin Vettori wants a win if he hopes to problem Khamzat Chimaev
‘The Italian Dream’ will look to get again to his successful methods on December 6 when the promotion presents UFC 223, that includes two can’t-miss title fights and a bout between Vettori and Brazilian standout Bruno Ferreira.
Take a look at the present lineup for UFC 323 under:
UFC 323 PPV Primary Card on ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):
Merab Dvalishvili(c) vs. Petr Yan – UFC bantamweight championship
Alexandre Pantoja(c) vs. Joshua Van – UFC flyweight championship
Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott
Jan Błachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov
Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira
UFC 323 Prelims Card On ESPN, ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira
Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
Chris Duncan vs. Terrance McKinney
Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva
Nazim Sadykhov vs. Fares Ziam
Card topic to alter.
