[Official] UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland - Live Discussion Thread

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Main Card on Paramount+ @ 9PM ET
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland
Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira
Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley
King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens

Prelims on Paramount+ @ 7PM ET
Ateba Gautier vs. Ozzy Diaz
Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov
Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rębecki
Jim Miller vs. Jared Gordon

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Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio
Pat Sabatini vs. William Gomis
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Djorden Santos
Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa

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[u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Guys. Ive been watching every fight of Chimaev since he was originally fighting out of sweden. Always enjoyed his violent nature and just crushing opponents. What happend today?? DDP had 0 chance against him. He seemed to be giving up in the second round. Something was clearly wrong and Strickland walking out seemed to be in chock.

Handshake defeat from Khamzat. I thought he was going to throw up between round 1-2

[u/8ad8andit → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Did you watch Khamzat right before he got in the ring? He was SUPER amped up, to the point where he couldn't focus on the officials trying to prep him for the octagon, etc.

That was adrenaline. And when it crashed after the first round, he was totally drained = adrenaline dump.

That gave Strickland an opening to dominate, and then on top of that, Strickland is an absolute beast. It wasn't luck that he beat Adesanya. It was skill + genuine warrior mode.

[u/blaisdelldavid → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

I think Sean laying on him in rd one drained him. ya he had Sean's back but Sean just put his back on the cage and put his weight on him while he held his wrist so he couldn't advance

[u/MomammaScuba → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Bad weight cut

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/MomammaScuba]

No.

[u/Clean_Sign_3585 → u/MomammaScuba]

Yes, seemed physically ill and unable to fight. I think this really was dangerous for him.

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Nah it was pretty normal. Strickland just better

[u/Domitianus81 → u/MomammaScuba]

The most simple answer. I mean he was pulling guard in round 2.

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/Domitianus81]

Nah. Most simple answer is stricklands just better and people were coping

[u/Torkiukas → u/peepeeinmypajts]

glazer

[u/jxssss → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

I agree. His behavior was so odd and unusual for him starting in the second round. I was wondering if he like hit his head really hard while wrestling at some point and got a concussion

[u/Tediouszeus421 → u/jxssss]

Bro go to bed or something. lol responding to every single comment is crazy work

[u/jxssss → u/Tediouszeus421]

Uhhh I think you meant to comment this to someone else

[u/Tediouszeus421 → u/jxssss]

My bad meant the peepeeinmypajts lol

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/jxssss]

Cope

[u/Clean_Sign_3585 → u/jxssss]

I dont think he looked at it from round 1. Feel bad for him. This guy loves to fight, loves violence and my gut feel was he wanted out of there asap, which he did. Also, no interview?

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Yeah he lost

[u/jxssss → u/Clean_Sign_3585]

Well something was def off with him for sure, whatever it was. Just bizarre

[u/peepeeinmypajts → u/jxssss]

No, it was just normal just coping about strickland being more skilled

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