{"id":441466,"date":"2022-04-07T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=441466"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:47:45","slug":"israel-adesanya-shares-his-thoughts-on-khamzat-chimaev-hes-a-beast-but-hes-a-beast-at-170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-shares-his-thoughts-on-khamzat-chimaev-hes-a-beast-but-hes-a-beast-at-170\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya shares his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev: \u201cHe\u2019s a beast. But he\u2019s a beast at 170\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Adesanya has shared his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev ahead of UFC 273.<\/p>\n

It will be Khamzat Chimaev (10-0 MMA) vs Gilbert Burns (20-4 MMA) in a welterweight bout this Saturday, April 9th, at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n

Chimaev will be looking for his 11th win, while Burns will be looking to hand ‘Borz’ his first career loss.<\/p>\n

During his guest appearance on the Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson podcast, Israel Adesanya discussed Chimaev saying:<\/p>\n

“This guy fights at welterweight. He’s fought at middleweight one time, and he fought a low-ranked guy. He definitely can beat some middleweights, but I’m like show me something, SHOW ME SOMETHING. His last fight was impressive. I might not like you, but if I’m impressed by what you do, I will give you props. He’s a beast. But he’s a beast at 170.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Khamzat’s last fight was at UFC 267 in October 2021 against Li Jingliang (18-7 MMA) where he won via submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 1, 3:16.<\/p>\n

Burns last fight was back in July of 2021 at UFC 264 where he defeated Stephen Thompson (16-6 MMA).<\/p>\n

Of course Israel Adesanya (21-1 MMA) is the undisputed middleweight champion. Most recently defeating Robert Whittaker (24-6 MMA) via unanimous decision at UFC 271, in February of this year, to retain the title.<\/p>\n

Chimaev continues to be courting an eventual fight with Adesanya.\u00a0 It was after Adesanya’s victory at UFC 271 that the Chechen prospect took to Twitter<\/a> to call him out saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cAdesanya easy money for me, 0 wrestling. 1 round I\u2019m gonna kill him!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

At the UFC 273 pre-fight press conference, Chimaev once again noted his interest in fighting ‘The Last Stylebender’.<\/p>\n

It seems though that Adesanya is not all that interested in getting into the cage with Chimaev in the near future.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Chimaev will ‘show me something’ this weekend in the Octagon with Gilbert Burns. Will you be watching? Who are you betting on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israel Adesanya has shared his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev ahead of UFC 273. It will be Khamzat Chimaev (10-0 MMA) vs Gilbert Burns (20-4 MMA) in a welterweight bout this Saturday, April 9th, at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Chimaev will be looking for his 11th win, while Burns will be looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54491,"featured_media":441477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,81075,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIsrael Adesanya shares his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev: \u201cHe\u2019s a beast. 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