After easily dispatching of his opponent Li Jingliang in his last UFC fight, Khamzat Chimaev made a quick return to action and is filling up his schedule with various combat activities.
After taking time away to recover from a rough bout with COVID19 following his busy debut year in 2020 that saw him fight and win dominantly three times in just over two months, Chimaev faced Swedish grappler and UFC fighter, Jack Hermansson in a freestyle wrestling match at Bulldog Fight Night 9. Chimaev easily defeated Hermansson in a impressive performance.

Chimaev has a perfect 10-0 record in MMA. Six of those wins came via knockout and three came by way of submission.

He is now facing UFC title challenger and BJJ world champion and ADCC bronze medalist Gilbert Burns in his next UFC fight.

Chimaev revealed in a recent interview that his instructor Alan ‘Finfou’ Nascimento would promote him to purple belt if he was able to submit Burns during the fight. Nascimento has already defeated Burns 3 or 4 times in BJJ competition according to Chimaev.

This seems a tall task for Chimaev but in MMA, with strikes, everything is possible.

Former UFC fighter, and recently promoted bjj black belt Brendan Schaub decided to give his two cents on the intriguing Chimaev- Burns match up.

Schaub, in his latest podcast said that he doesn’t think Burns will be able to submit Chimaev:

“So Gilbert Burns is one of the best welterweights we have to offer… but if you look at it… what he did against ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, right? He had ‘Wonderboy’ for 15 minutes, completely controlled him on the ground. Couldn’t submit ‘Wonderboy’ who’s maybe a purple belt? You think he’s going to take Khamzat Chimaev down and control him and submit Khamzat? A bigger, better grappler? Not a chance! Not a chance!”

Schaub is infamous in the grappling world for his appalling performance against Roberto Cyborg in a grappling match at Metamoris back in 2013 where Schaub ran away during most of the match.

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