Some time ago, fighting fans reported that UFC player "Wolf King" Kanzat Chimaev went to tiger Muay Thai to strengthen his standing skills, and also KO the experience of sparring.
Recently, Chimayev began Versailles again, he said: "There are fewer and fewer people who are willing to accompany me to fight in real combat, because everyone thinks that my punch is too heavy..."
Chimayev has a 10-0 unbeaten career record and won four straight wins at the UFC in October last year to finish 10th in the sub-middleweight.
According to Bethana, it was difficult to arrange a match for Chimayev after that battle, because everyone avoided it. Until the appearance of number one Gilbert Burns, the two agreed to compete in uFC 273 on April 9.
In order to prepare for the battle, Chimayev came to the Thai Tiger Training Camp to train with UFC welterweight peter Yan and kickboxing star Arazov.
In a recent interview with Russian media outlet RT Sport, Chimayev recounted his recent training experience in Thailand, saying that no one chose to train with him in real combat because they were more willing to practice confrontation with opponents who were easier to deal with.
"For the most part, I'm playing with heavyweights," Chimayev said, "and I don't want to overestimate myself, but my punches are heavy, and after a few fights with me, those guys are no longer my real combat partners." ”
Chimayev also said that some of the tactical plans he prepared for training are difficult to keep secret, because he is a very popular star, and he trains people around him to shoot with mobile phones, which makes him very distressed. "Everybody was holding their phones and every time I started shooting everybody around me training, I couldn't figure it out," he said. ”
I have to say that Chimayev's Versailles level is really enough to shoot a dog blood idol drama... It's hard not to imagine that he would smile triumphantly at the corners of his mouth when he talked about his "sweet distress"...
Moreover, Chimayev, who is far away in Southeast Asia, did not forget to continue his gradual evolution of "mouth cannonization". In the recently concluded UFC 271, "Black Dragon" Adi Saya unanimously decided to defeat "five-star" Robert Whitaker to successfully defend the middleweight championship.
Subsequently, Chimayev said on social media: "I can easily make money against Adisaya, his wrestling is 0, I can kill him in just one turn." As soon as this statement came out, it also caused a lot of controversy, some people said: "Dude, you were knocked down by him before you fell, what a joke!" Someone else said, "You've never played against a top ten opponent, and I really don't know what else you'll do but wrestle?" ”
But the 2008 Beijing Olympic wrestling champion, former UFC flyweight champion and former UFC welterweight champion Sehudo agrees with Chimayev that both are wrestlers and may have a natural hostility toward standing players.
Sehudo said: "The guy who can end Adi Saya is actually a 170-pound player whose name is Chimayev. He's confident in his wrestling and I think he can easily beat Adisaya because he can knock down Adisaya and have the same control as hawk Habib."
Yes, Chimayev is strong, very strong, but he has also gained fame and attention that completely does not match his current ranking. Is this "hungry wolf" grossly overrated, or is he really going to become a new generation of superstars sooner or later? Let time tell us the answer.