Can Khamzat Chimaev manage the deep waters against Dricus du Plessis?

Din Thomas thinks that Khamzat Chimaev would have trouble against the champion of average weights of the UFC Dricus du Plessis.

Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained its average weight title by beating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) a second time during the main event of the UFC 312 of Last Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

From the Plessis wants Chimaev then, and opened as a betting bet in a potential match against the undefeated phenomenon. Although Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) has torn most of the competitions so far, Thomas highlights his two victories on Gilbert Burns and Kamaru Usman as a concern.

“I think Khamzat is a sprinter,” said Thomas on “The show Ariel Helwani.” “If you were to make five -minute fights, Khamzat beats anyone in the world, any weight class. But you cannot fight the fights at the championship level for five laps to the rhythm where it is at its best. If he fights like that to his best, I think Dricus is so durable and he is so intelligent that he can resist this. Now they swim in deep waters and Khamzat cannot swim so deeply. “”

Thomas sees Plessis Wreating Chimaev the storm of the storm of Chimaev and dragging him in the championship rounds – where Chimaev has never been tested.

“I think that in the third round, Khamzat is like,” Very well, I don’t really know. This guy is not going. Let’s say it rhythms a little better. Dricus will simply pour it over him. So I think rhythm is an important factor. We are always talking about this cardio thing, but Cardio is really to be able to manage the pace you have according to all the skills you have. This is really what it comes back.

“As, if you have a very limited set of skills and you are forced to be in situations in which you are not comfortable, you will have a bad cardio. But when you have a very well balanced set of skills and you can rhythm, you will have a good cardio. That’s really what it comes down.

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