Two-time UFC gentle heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson just lately weighed in on the potential middleweight title bout between the extremely esteemed Khamzat Chimaev and the perpetual underdog Dricus Du Plessis. He believes his former teammate will come out on high towards the Afrikaner. In a current interview, the Swede spoke extremely of his former teammate, the UFC veteran mentioned the next:
Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus Du Plessis is a really attention-grabbing combat, however I see Khamzat because the winner.
“I see Khamzat due to his wrestling and his energy, however Dricus is a really harmful champion. He has crushed numerous good guys.”
“However Khamzat is prepared for this mission and he’ll find yourself as champion. I’ve at all times recognized how proficient he’s so nothing has stunned me, he outworks everyone and that’s what has taken him to the highest.”
Alexander Gustafsson nonetheless has love for his former teammate.
“The Mauler,” Alexander Gustafsson, nonetheless loves and admires Chimaev. The 2 received alongside fairly nicely, just like the bromance “Borz” had with Darren Until when he was nonetheless promoted.
With their historical past of coaching collectively and traditionally serving to him put together throughout his stint at welterweight, earlier than Chimaev relocated to the United Arab Emirates and trains out of Akhmat Battle Membership now in Chechnya, Russia, distance has made the center of the Swede develop fonder as he believes that Chimaev would be the subsequent middleweight champion.
