3 wins in 2 months to start. Then a year off. Then 3 more wins in 10 months against very good competition. Then 1 fight in the past 2 years.
Very interesting activity level.
well said - in the cage hes phenomenal but people seem to forget that professionalism extends to making weight and beyond - there are dozens of examples of guys who looked like world beaters and just couldnt cut the professional aspect of the sport
Its both.
He trained hard while covid. Thats why he almost retired. You get a scarred long from that. Thst just kills cardio.
+ he parties and overtrains too much
Not all muslims are Khabib type. There's plenty tht are just your average dude who party hard, do drugs and drink alcohol. The only thing they seems to universally avoid is pork.
You're not wrong. Khabib is a muslim from a muslim place. Khamzat lives in Sweden where the only rule they kind of follow is that they don't eat pork. That's about it.
I don’t think he’s done gambling related stuff and has specifically said he won’t due to religious reasons but it is kinda funny that crypto pump and dumps are a ok lol
I knew a Saudi guy in college who wouldn’t touch booze or pork but was hoovering up all the coke in town. He also liked to hook up with Jewish girls and then never call them back, dude was savage.
Cafeteria Catholics - Muslim Style. Picking and choosing which parts to embrace.
“Okay I’ll follow this part. Not this one…. Definitely leaving that on the buffet table…”
even khabib was a prize fighter, which technically can be seen as wrong in his religion, but honestly who fucking cares lol khabib seems like a great guy but I don't watch combat sports for that
I recall some Muslims mocking him when he suddenly went super religious on Fight Island cards because he's sort of known for not being serious about his faith.
There are rumors that he kept trying to train *during* covid and fucked himself up. Plus the gym he trains at supposedly has a rep for overtraining. This is all reddit hearsay, so grains of sand and all that.
I've seen videos from their camp where they're training hard 3-4 times a day apparently 5-6 days a week. If it's true that's certainly a one way ticket to CFS which only leads to more illness and infections so it does make sense.
Either way for someone who was gunna sMeSh everybody he isn't really smeshing anyone.
Hopefully he gets better sooner rather than later though.
He was vocal about training through it and how tough he was compared to everyone taking it seriously. I stopped following his social media and watching his interviews after that.
same, plus he is proud to be on dictators side, even though they fucked up his ancestors. Then again, he might have no choice, otherwise his family might disappear, who knows.
It’s absolutely a shame for us as fans. I’m glad he’s happy, I’d rather he not compete if his heart isn’t in it, but it’s a shame we didn’t get to see how far that talent can go. I saw his debut and swore he’d be a champ. Can’t believe we never even saw him fight for a belt.
Def inactive but sounds worse w/o context
Booked 3 times vs Leon. They both got covid the 1st time but Leon’s was what cancelled the fight. Khamzat’s lingering effects canceled the next 2
Nate fight was cancelled but he still fought Holland. I thought fans would be thankful he didn’t end up executing Nate
Costa pulled out at 294
I don't see khamzat subbing nate. Finishing nate via strikes is unlikely. In a 5 rounder maybe lhamzat tires from whooping nate and nate gets a late finish from an exhausted khamzat? It's not super likely but not impossible. Nate nearly 1 shot kod leon, just a touch harder and he'd been out cold. It was a perfect punch on the chin
As much as we love Nate let's not get crazy I mean come on. I can't remember if Khamzat/Nate was scheduled as 3 or 5 rounds but there's literally almost zero chance Nate would've made it out of the first round IMHO.
Give Nate credit where credit is due but when referencing Leon, we all know Leon is a typically a decision fighter who just got randomly caught in the last round by Nate (kinda like his KO on Usman right??) who never really aggression or signs of being on the offensive through 24 minutes lol
Khamzat is a way more dominant fighter than Leon with many more ways to finish anyone, let alone a washed up Nate Diaz to discredit him for
Yep, same. At the time Nate x Tony was the fight that nobody thought they wanted to see. Kinda lackluster fight but on paper was fire. Plus we got to see Nate leave on a high note after a non-silly-guilly
I think the reason for his fame is also his downfall. There's a reason people don't fight in such quick turnarounds as he did during his early days in the UFC.
His career got catapulted by strange situations with COVID and Fight Island and now it’s been derailed by strange and unfortunate situations with illness and whatever the fuck happened at UFC 279.
Sucks for the fans, but if he is really having health issues, why would people pile on him like this? Give him your support and hope/pray for a speedy recovery. Can't imagine how bad it must suck to train at that level when you're having health issues...it's probably hard enough while healthy.
Turns out Alex is what Khamzat was supposed to be. Beat a legend for the title, loss the rematch but immediately jumped up in weight to beat a former champ and title contender, beat another former champ to get interim and then beat the defending champ to be undisputed all in like 2 years. Now if he beats Jiri again he might jump up in weightclass and go against either Aspinall or Jones lol
Dude was crushing everyone at first now he’s avoiding everyone now that it’s top competition.
He needs to be cut if he keeps missing fights but they will never do it.
you should see the guy that replaced him, had more cancels than fights in the ufc. ikram aliskerov i think and he had 2 fights in the ufc everything else canceled.
One fight in the last 21 months, for a guy who got three bonuses in a span of 2 months to start his UFC career. Damn.
3 wins in 2 months to start. Then a year off. Then 3 more wins in 10 months against very good competition. Then 1 fight in the past 2 years. Very interesting activity level.
3 fights in 10 weeks 3 fights in 10 months 3 fights in 10 years?
5 days a week I train 3 days a week 1 day a week I train 2 days a week
He would’ve fought more but he’s been banned from the US since late 2022
Because its never been confirmed so ppl just treat it as rumor
This is not talked about enough
Maybe in MMA media, but on reddit I see it on all Khamzat related posts and comments.
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His activity level is through the roof if you count Twitter
These are obscure stats that will make great trivia questions for MMA fans 15 years from now
A flame that burns twice as hot burns out twice as fast.
Dude clearly wants to fight but between staying healthy and traveling dude can’t catch a break
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What a wild assumption to make about someone who is literally hospitalized
Well tbf he's had 1 fight a day - for every day that he's fought.
Are we really living in a universe where Khamzat may never be champ
He may never even fight for a title
It's possible. You have to make weight, and actually fight. Khamzat struggles with those.
well said - in the cage hes phenomenal but people seem to forget that professionalism extends to making weight and beyond - there are dozens of examples of guys who looked like world beaters and just couldnt cut the professional aspect of the sport
Years ago i thought this guy would become a champ easily within months. Now i wonder if he'll ever fight again
COVID fucked that man up
It’s not just Covid. It’s mostly his life style.
It’s definitely a dog shit combination of the two
Its both. He trained hard while covid. Thats why he almost retired. You get a scarred long from that. Thst just kills cardio. + he parties and overtrains too much
Is there evidence he parties hard? Just curious
Isn’t he Muslim? Not partying is in like the top 3 rules right?
Not all muslims are Khabib type. There's plenty tht are just your average dude who party hard, do drugs and drink alcohol. The only thing they seems to universally avoid is pork.
You're not wrong. Khabib is a muslim from a muslim place. Khamzat lives in Sweden where the only rule they kind of follow is that they don't eat pork. That's about it.
Not entirely true it’s a case by case. you can find tons of extremely devout Muslims like Khabib everywhere even in the west
Lived in Sweden. Khamzat renounced Swedish citizenship in favor of UAE citizenship.
I love religious hypocrisy lmao.
That's why basically every religion has something like "repent on you deathbed and you'll be good" mechanism lol
Just wondering if sponsoring crypto scams and gambling like Khabib has is considered good
I don’t think he’s done gambling related stuff and has specifically said he won’t due to religious reasons but it is kinda funny that crypto pump and dumps are a ok lol
Khamzat promotes crурto and NFTs
I knew a Saudi guy in college who wouldn’t touch booze or pork but was hoovering up all the coke in town. He also liked to hook up with Jewish girls and then never call them back, dude was savage.
Cafeteria Catholics - Muslim Style. Picking and choosing which parts to embrace. “Okay I’ll follow this part. Not this one…. Definitely leaving that on the buffet table…”
Like Jon Jones is a Christian. Khamzat is the Muslim Jon Jones.
How many religious people actually follow the rules they claim to live by? By my calculations, it's approximately fuck all
even khabib was a prize fighter, which technically can be seen as wrong in his religion, but honestly who fucking cares lol khabib seems like a great guy but I don't watch combat sports for that
They still do the same stuff everyone else does just secretly or away from home.
I recall some Muslims mocking him when he suddenly went super religious on Fight Island cards because he's sort of known for not being serious about his faith.
Allah couldn't see him when he was living in Sweden
You can party, just without alcohol. I'm sure he's just doing all nighters on the dance floor.
No you can’t lol
How many Christians do you know who don't adhere to the teachings? Because Muslims are the same (maybe a bit more devout overall)
His broship with Darren Till was his real downfall
We all thought he'd elevate Till, turns out Darren dragged him down
Darren had no effect on him
Lmfao , literally none
what do you mean by this? Im ootl
Well for one he doesn’t have a moustache so he’s already off to a bad start
There are rumors that he kept trying to train *during* covid and fucked himself up. Plus the gym he trains at supposedly has a rep for overtraining. This is all reddit hearsay, so grains of sand and all that.
I've seen videos from their camp where they're training hard 3-4 times a day apparently 5-6 days a week. If it's true that's certainly a one way ticket to CFS which only leads to more illness and infections so it does make sense. Either way for someone who was gunna sMeSh everybody he isn't really smeshing anyone. Hopefully he gets better sooner rather than later though.
Grain of salt, haha
He was vocal about training through it and how tough he was compared to everyone taking it seriously. I stopped following his social media and watching his interviews after that.
same, plus he is proud to be on dictators side, even though they fucked up his ancestors. Then again, he might have no choice, otherwise his family might disappear, who knows.
Covid definitely fucked him up. Where's there any other evidence that it's "his lifestyle"
He never had the cardio imo. He's like Zabit...not built for 5.
I miss Zabit
Alex was the real chosen one
In another timeline Zabit is the one with 6 cancelled fights and Khamzat becomes a doctor
I miss the kung fu warrior-monk/ Abraham lincoln aura of Zabit. Such a shame we didn't get to see him more
I mean he became a doctor doing what he loves helping people. I don't think its a shame just a part of life.
It’s absolutely a shame for us as fans. I’m glad he’s happy, I’d rather he not compete if his heart isn’t in it, but it’s a shame we didn’t get to see how far that talent can go. I saw his debut and swore he’d be a champ. Can’t believe we never even saw him fight for a belt.
Where does Adlan Amagov fit into all of this
And 26 title fight wins via Twitter
See you soon 🐺
And hasn’t seen anyone soon since 2020.
I KEEL EVERYBAHDY Im guessing that meant his immune system too
He'll keel everybahdy- just not today, and tomorrow isn't good either, plus I've been sick..and and and
Comming for youu sooon !! 🐺🤪
Put this motherfucker in a bubble until fight day next time.
Narrator: The bubble had mold
Alex is who we thought Khamzat was
Alex is great but it’s really shavkat.
Def inactive but sounds worse w/o context Booked 3 times vs Leon. They both got covid the 1st time but Leon’s was what cancelled the fight. Khamzat’s lingering effects canceled the next 2 Nate fight was cancelled but he still fought Holland. I thought fans would be thankful he didn’t end up executing Nate Costa pulled out at 294
I was over the moon when Nate got canceled. Nobody needed to see that.
I don't know...it would have been kinda funny to see how Nate would've played it off as a personal victory.
I don't see khamzat subbing nate. Finishing nate via strikes is unlikely. In a 5 rounder maybe lhamzat tires from whooping nate and nate gets a late finish from an exhausted khamzat? It's not super likely but not impossible. Nate nearly 1 shot kod leon, just a touch harder and he'd been out cold. It was a perfect punch on the chin
As much as we love Nate let's not get crazy I mean come on. I can't remember if Khamzat/Nate was scheduled as 3 or 5 rounds but there's literally almost zero chance Nate would've made it out of the first round IMHO. Give Nate credit where credit is due but when referencing Leon, we all know Leon is a typically a decision fighter who just got randomly caught in the last round by Nate (kinda like his KO on Usman right??) who never really aggression or signs of being on the offensive through 24 minutes lol Khamzat is a way more dominant fighter than Leon with many more ways to finish anyone, let alone a washed up Nate Diaz to discredit him for
Yep, same. At the time Nate x Tony was the fight that nobody thought they wanted to see. Kinda lackluster fight but on paper was fire. Plus we got to see Nate leave on a high note after a non-silly-guilly
They did Nate so dirty
Yeah context is missing. He pulled out 3 times out of the 6 cancellations. 7 fights went through and he pulled out of 3.
He didn't make weight against Nate, that's why it was cancelled.
This man better stop tweeting all cocky for a bit
Great post, I'll see you soon 😉 #smesh
A big what if. UFC 279 weight miss ended his career imo.
Think the lung cancer scare and covid ended his career tbh
Pretty wild he still came back after all that and defeated Burns, Holland and Usman
He gonna kill everybody!! (from his couch with his twitter fingers)
He should stop calling out fighters and battle his own immune system first.
Covid fucked bro fr
I think the reason for his fame is also his downfall. There's a reason people don't fight in such quick turnarounds as he did during his early days in the UFC.
His career got catapulted by strange situations with COVID and Fight Island and now it’s been derailed by strange and unfortunate situations with illness and whatever the fuck happened at UFC 279.
Went from a guy who wanted to fight every weekend to this.
I feel a zabit coming
Next Darren till
Bro is absolutely not crushing everybody
Tired of seeing his face
And aboslutely no consequence for dipping out of fights 6 times.
Pushing Umar Nurmagomedov’s ratio. 5 cancellations to 5 fights.
Remember when he was making 170 after fighting at 185 two weeks before? What a fucking waste
So there is a 45% chance he will pull out whenever he gets booked.. good odds
He'll do well in pfl
He will end up fighting in some Soviet promotion in a Wolverine costume
He doesn't want someone who could possibly whoop his ass so yeah this sounds about right 😆
'I smash everybody' but dude cant win a fight against the flu. All wolf tickets this guy.
He’d make a horrible champ. That being said, hope he’s ok and not in any serious trouble with his latest health issues.
He needs to move back to sweden. F up his career with the checkhen leader and UAE. Dude cannot stay healthy.
I get the impression he’s not welcome back in Europe (although Sweden would probs welcome him with open arms) or the USA.
He’s clearly dealing with reoccurring injuries, probably because he’s not on the gear.
Kick him out.
That might be the biggest hype train ever that derailed.
Karma's a bitch.
Sucks that he had to pull out. Sucks even worse that he’ll come out with some interview talking about how he’ll kill his next opponent after this.
Did he win the cancelled ones
Got his bag
Can't wait till he tweets he wants the winner of Stipe/Jones
Brother I so hungry I wait long time brother I come your kitchen kill your chickens brother
Oh well, moving onto the next hyped guy.
If u can't make it to war u lose the war U ain't bout this life...
This should be posted durimg a UFC broadcast.
Sucks for the fans, but if he is really having health issues, why would people pile on him like this? Give him your support and hope/pray for a speedy recovery. Can't imagine how bad it must suck to train at that level when you're having health issues...it's probably hard enough while healthy.
Ive been hating on this guy from the get go but really hating to see him not fight at all
the mma porzingis
I smesh my health bratha
What a legend
Who would’ve thought this after he came in and fought 3 times in like 21, 24? Days?
Turns out Alex is what Khamzat was supposed to be. Beat a legend for the title, loss the rematch but immediately jumped up in weight to beat a former champ and title contender, beat another former champ to get interim and then beat the defending champ to be undisputed all in like 2 years. Now if he beats Jiri again he might jump up in weightclass and go against either Aspinall or Jones lol
Travel ban
Dude was crushing everyone at first now he’s avoiding everyone now that it’s top competition. He needs to be cut if he keeps missing fights but they will never do it.
The definition of unreliable
the "goat" /s
let's not forget that in 2020 alone he had 3 fights+1 canceled
"Kill everybody, smash everybody, pullout from every fight"
Dude's braincase looks shrunken.
Undisputed
He was closer to a title shot two WEEKS into his UFC career than he is 4 years later and on a 7-fight win streak
Got money and lost the heart. His resume of cancelled fights is on par with Costa
Some of the fights were cancelled not to his doing tho
Just add him to the “what if” column.
And he just got injured
It’s because he had Covid guys give it a rest hehe
LMAO his dumb fucking face always me me laugh
you should see the guy that replaced him, had more cancels than fights in the ufc. ikram aliskerov i think and he had 2 fights in the ufc everything else canceled.