I literally cannot stop watching this fight, for me it is the fight of the year and probably past 5 years. Got Khamzat who has been annihilating is whole division with 1/2 round knockouts and he finds his match in this fight and it shows. Gilbert Burns truly got my respect after this fight, came into this fight as an underdog and made it look like a 50/50 fight. Hoping so much for a rematch.
This was one of the fights I anticipated the most, and it delivered beyond my already high expectations. These guys were pushing the action back and forth almost equally while keeping up that fast pace the entire time. On top of that, they both came in perfectly prepared and skillful as ever.
Cara é assusturador como é capaz de sentir o espirito dos dois caras… guerreiros de alma de fato! Incrivel, fui ver as histórias deles e realmente entendi
This is actually such a crazy fight. They were just going full blast after the first few minutes of feeling each other out and deciding it’s gonna be a stand up fight. Also Chimaev has a chin on him 😮 literally everyone would’ve went out after that bang from Burns.
Si burns aprovechaba ese último impulso en el 3er round para amagar otro golpe y hacer un derribo seco con control y golpes en el piso los últimos 40 o 30 segundos hubiese ganado ese round y la pelea. Creo que ajustando varias cosas en el plan de pelea pudo ganar, como controlar más la distancia, no dejarse pegar las low e intentar otro tipo de derribo más sorpresivo.
The walkout, with Khamzat sitting on the cage swinging his legs like he’s waiting to jump into a pickup game as Till stands by, is a photo that I believe will go down in history as a legendary pic, especially if Chimaev fulfills his potential to a great degree.
