Khamzat Chimaev minimizes Kamaru Usman's winning streak: 'who beat him?'

K. Chimaev is undefeated in professional MMA (Photo: Instagram/Chimaev)

This Saturday (9), at the UFC 273, Gilbert Durinho e Khamzat Shimaev They face each other in a duel that will probably be worth a chance to compete for the welterweight belt (up to 77 kg) next. On the one hand, the Brazilian already had the opportunity to fight for the title and ended up succumbing to Kamaru Usman, the Russian-born Swedish citizen believes he would have easy success in a possible fight against the champion.

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In an interview with Daniel Cormier, Khamzat Shimaev stated that Kamaru Usman he is “old and slow” and accused the champion of looking for ways to escape him.

“Brother, Usman is almost retired. Your knees don't work, your back hurts, your arms hurt, surgeries everywhere. His guy is very old and slow. He is very slow and they want him to make money by talking. They want to find a way to make money and escape from me”, provoked Chimaev.

Another point raised by Chimaev was in relation to the undefeated series of Kamaru Usman. The welterweight champion hasn't known what it's like to lose since May 2013 and has won all 15 of his fights in the UFC Octagon, leaving him one triumph away from equaling the historic record of Anderson Silva. Despite this, the “Wolf” believes that the Nigerian did not face anyone relevant in that time.

“Who did he win from, brother? He beat the same two guys four times. He hit Colby twice and the other guy (Jorge masvidal) twice. Who did he beat, brother? Tyron woodley He left the UFC after him, ten guys beat him, a YouTuber beat that guy. Do you know who he won from? I don't know, I don't understand. He never won or faced someone like me,” concluded Chimaev.

Khamzat Shimaev e Gilbert Durinho face each other on the main card of UFC 273, this Saturday (9), in Jacksonville, Florida (United States). The event also features two title fights: Alexander Volkanovsky defending the featherweight title (up to 65,7 kg) against Korean zombie e aljamain sterling e Petr yan dueling for the unification of the bantamweight belts (up to 61,2 kg).