Tim Kennedy is a Strikeforce and UFC veteran, as well as a Green Beret and Special Forces Ranger… And he isn’t happy that some UFC fighters train with Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kadyrov is the leader of the Chechen Republic, whose reign has been intertwined with numerous allegations for human rights violations, assassinations, and torture. The Human Rights Watch has called his actions “crimes against humanity”.
Kennedy shared his precise thoughts on fighters training with the Chechen leader, also including a video of Khamzat Chimaev working out with Kadyrov:
Let me get this right… It’s totally fine that the UFC controls what a fighter wears on his shorts, whether or not they train with James Kraus, or what they do on their social media, but it’s totally fine for them to train with a terrorist. https://t.co/ZPXPlrHdij
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) January 30, 2023
It goes without saying that Tim Kennedy is an outspoken person. For example, he also criticized the “watering down” of BJJ:
You go back to when Royce Gracie was beating guys who weighed 200lbs more than him; grabbing their hair, pulling them down into his guard and rendering them unconscious.
Or Rorion on the streets of Brazil, taking on two or three thugs at one time. These guys were notorious and built the allure of Jiu-Jitsu.Fast forward 20 years and guys do the nerdiest things in sport Jiu-Jitsu. I mean, b*tch, come out here and try to give that a roll – see if that works.
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