{"id":361402,"date":"2020-09-16T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361402"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T19:33:13","slug":"ben-askren-not-sold-on-khamzat-chimaev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-not-sold-on-khamzat-chimaev\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren not sold on Khamzat Chimaev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren isn&#8217;t sold on red-hot UFC welterweight prospect Khamzat Chimaev just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chimaev was the breakout star of the UFC\u2019s four-even stint on \u201cFight Island\u201d in Abu Dhabi in July. The Chechen-Swede won two fights in a 10-day span, submitting John Phillips at middleweight and Rhys McKee by TKO at welterweight\u2014both in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since then, he&#8217;s been the talk of the MMA world, and is now gearing up for a Saturday night middleweight fight with Askren&#8217;s training partner Gerald Meerschaert.<\/p>\n<p>Askren believes Meerschaert is well-equipped to derail the Chimaev hype train when the cage door closes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Askren on Covington\/Woodley, Khamzat Chimaev Hype, Adesanya\/Costa, Gives Leon Edwards Advice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WoDfmNJh1l4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hard part about it is, we saw him twice in the UFC,&#8221; Askren said of Chimaev on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WoDfmNJh1l4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a>&#8220;But the first guy he fought, John Phillips, he\u2019s 1-4 in the UFC. So, he was very unsuccessful. And the second guy he fought was a new addition to the UFC. So, he has not won a UFC fight. And so it\u2019s like, ok, well, he definitely smashed these guys, there\u2019s no doubt about that, but are these guys Gerald Meerschaert level competition? And the answer to that, is no, they\u2019re definitely not. So, sometimes people can look great against guys who aren\u2019t as good, and then when they step into a little competition, it\u2019s a lot harder. So, I don\u2019t really know what to expect out of Chimaev. I know Gerald is really good, he\u2019s really tough. But yeah, I don\u2019t know about Chimaev yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think one of the things is, Gerald\u2019s really hard to submit. He\u2019s really hard to control. He never wrestled, but fairly solid wrestling. So, one of the things I can see happening for sure, is Chimaev comes out like a ball of fire and isn\u2019t able to do the damage, isn\u2019t able to get the submissions, and then Gerald starts taking over as the fight moves on. I can see that happening one hundred percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being booked to fight Meerschaert this weekend, Chimaev is already linked to a fight with Demian Maia at welterweight thereafter. While Meerschaert has admitted he finds that double-booking <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/gerald-meerschaert-calls-it-disrespectful-that-khamzat-chimaev-is-already-set-up-to-fight-demian-maia\/\">disrespectful<\/a>, Askren sees an opportunity for his training partner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told Gerald it\u2019s great,&#8221; Askren said. &#8220;It adds to the story, and you can steal somebody else\u2019s hype. I mean, that\u2019s for sure, right? So, there\u2019s this hype behind Chimaev. Steal his hype. Make it yours. And, you know, Gerald probably can\u2019t make welterweight, which is the Maia fight. So, just tell Maia to bump up or something. I think that\u2019s the move for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren isn&#8217;t sold on red-hot UFC welterweight prospect Khamzat Chimaev just yet. Chimaev was the breakout star of the UFC\u2019s four-even stint on \u201cFight Island\u201d in Abu Dhabi in July. 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