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Khamzat Chimaev likes his chances against Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman, who hold the UFC middleweight and welterweight titles respectively.<\/p>\n

Chimaev was the breakout UFC star of summer, 2020. The Chechen-Swede first picked up two wins in the span of 10 days on Fight Island in July, defeating John Phillips by first-round submission and Rhys McKee by first-round TKO, then picked up his third win of the season when he knocked out Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 11, also in the first round.<\/p>\n

Now the hottest prospect in MMA, he’s been booked for a fight with No. 3-ranked UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards, and is seen by many as a future title challenger at both welterweight and middleweight.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Dan Hardy<\/a> recently, Chimaev opened up on potential title fights<\/a> with the UFC welterweight and middleweight champs.<\/p>\n

He started with Usman, suggesting the champion will be unable to match him on the feet or the mat.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Usman is) a good fighter, but doesn\u2019t have that knockout punch like I have and he doesn\u2019t have wrestling like me,\u201d Chimaev said (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cWhat is he going to do? If I do my hard work in the gym, nobody can beat me in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a potential fight with Adesanya, Chimaev believes he’ll be able to lean on his wrestling to dethrone the champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Paulo Costa was scared in this fight,\u201d Chimaev said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why people are scared to go in the cage and fight. In the gym, everybody\u2019s tough, like hard sparring. Then (they) come to the cage, they are being chicken. I don\u2019t understand this mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Adesanya is) good in the standup, but nobody did wrestling against him. Yoel Romero, he only threw three or four punches in the standup. \u2026 I can beat this guy. How is he going to come up from under me if I take him down? I don\u2019t think he will. I\u2019m going to beat his face.\u201d<\/p>\n

How do you think Khamzat Chimaev would perform against Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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