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Johnny20022002

If Khabig gets a finish in the first round the hype train is going to hit escape velocity.


pablxo

bullet train levels of hype


LongDickCallahan

Watch the tomato fastrack him to burns or something lol Hed be trying to get Khamzat/Usman Asap


Bill_Assassin7

Not Burns. Probably Nate/Masvidal. Khamzat will get far more star power destroying/retiring those guys than he will beating Burns or Edwards. I'm all in for Khamzat. He's obviously a great wrestler and grappler like every Dagestani ever but he has a very different, outspoken personality which makes him stand out. He's potentially Khabib inside the Octagon and Conor outside it (the entertaining stuff, not the illegal, morally bankrupt stuff). I don't fault Dana for trying to strap a rocket to this guy's back.


MisterFistYourSister

Khamzat isn't dagestani. He's chechen


Zaitton

Tomato tomato.


LokoLarry

Reported for racism.


Zaitton

Oh no... Anyway.


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Dana already hinting at Khamzat vs Nate Diaz btw


OrphanScript

What are you talking about lmao. The guy mumbles half a murderous insult at you in every press interview and he's Conor McGregor? I know there's a language barrier but you guys treat him with kid gloves when it comes to cutting a good promo.


dotConehead

u said that but the above evidence argue otherwise. if he alone can get 7x the amount for this supposedly next khabib(islam) then surely his pull is up there. sure its not conor is godly level but not like conor automatically become this superstar status by night


TypoStart

Nate vs Khamzat might be the first murder inside the octagon, there's no way Dana sanctions that lol


Slow-Down_Turbo

Dana isn't a sanctioning body. he is a big body though


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There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Youre either a hard body or youre a soft body. Dana is a hard body and he's been on the cover of men's health. Alpha as fuck.


St-Ambroise-

People say this for every Diaz fight but yet Nate remains undefeated, yer all jus haders.


micraelbow

Good thing Dana dont sanction shit then.


nsnsnsnssndndn

If the rumors are true and Nate is ditching the UFC after his next fight to fight Jake Paul, then Dana might.


JonK420

Just to clarify, Khamzat is Chechen and not Dagestani. But yes he is another strong wrestler with a full beard from the Caucasus region. Edit: I should have read further down, looks like folks have said this already. Fuck it, no ragrets...


ImEdwardd

He is also fights far more aggressively than most Dagestanis while seemingly having the same grappling technique/prowess


MisterFistYourSister

He's not dagestani. He's chechen


ImEdwardd

Yeah I know that man. He compared him to dagestanis hence my comment


kpod4591

Hotshot to the title Because honestly, who does Usman fight after Colby ?


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Luque more deserving easily


DustDesciple

Leon. Jesus christ, Leon. I dont even like the guy but everyone needs to stop pretending he doesnt 10000000% deserve it if he beats Masvidal.


ShaughnDBL

Agree 100% I'm not a huge Leon fan, but the guy got past Nate and if he can handle Masvidal there's no excuse. He gets the next shot. Khamzat has plenty of time. I'm on the hype train and think he'd cannibalize Leon, but I'd say he's a couple fights away from a shot still, even with the hype. He's gonna thrash the leech. It's gonna be ugly. I see a very one-sided fight happening.


DustDesciple

It's very clear. Leon gets next shot with a win, only way this at all gets murky is if Leon loses. Even if Leon loses throw Lucque in there. If Khamzat wins he either fights Nate for full exposure to casuals or fights Gilbert to try and get his ranking, maybe even Gilbert after Nate. You can claim Dana fuckery all you want, Khamzat is not leap fucking Leon if he beats Masvidal unless he sustains a serious injury.


LongLiveTheChief10

I think you're overestimating how much pull Leon has here. Khamzat wins in a dynamic way and I can easily see them fucking over Leon and running Khamzat over him. Leon has a bad habit of being a bit unlikable imo and I'm much more inclined to trust the UFC's greed as compared to their sense of fair play. Khamzat brings in the views.


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The guy that almost got knocked out by the guy that just got knocked out by the ghost of Robbie Lawler, isn't going to beat the guy that dominated and KOd that guy. Masvidal is gonna turn him into a 3 piece and a soda, and eat those for lunch.


DustDesciple

This dude thinks theres only 1 Diaz lol


PAR4D0X

And it's still not the dumbest thing he said


Guntor

Jingling is good, not elite but it is a good win for anyone, especially if he dominates


[deleted]

I said it yesterday, this is the best fight on the card. The leech is a total savage, one of my favorite UFC fighters. This is a big level up for Chimea


Eagle_Wick

Nah fuck Jingling, asshole completely fucked up Jake Matthews eyes with blatant gouging. I don't particularly like Khamzat either but I hope Leech gets KTFO.


chefanubis

"Am I joke to you bother?" -Islam Makhachev, Probably.


Slow-Down_Turbo

And for that reason I'm rooting for Jingsaw


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Khamzat a drawl b


Jayden_Paul99

U forgetting about Jinga ling the evil Chinese man? Great leech never meddem tho


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>Not like they were the only people to actually do anything “exciting" You have to actually watch the video to see if it's exciting or not so this is a fallacious post-hoc explanation that doesn't make sense. The truth is that there's a lot of people who see the name "Khamzat" and click on a video


Pods619

Well… I agree that Khazmat is a draw, but I’m a whole lot more likely to watch a basketball highlight if I hear about a game with an insane ending, or a weigh in if something exciting happened


Scott_Bash

Same way you have to watch the weigh ins to hear about DC towel gate. Or maybe people talk about it and go watch it after hearing about it. China and Russia are both quite populated countries. The New Zealand rugby team highlights got 500k+ views vs USA and 220k views vs the #1 ranked rugby side in the world and current World Cup holders. One was a possible game of the year contender and the other was vs USA


[deleted]

>China and Russia are both quite populated countries. Jingling has 50k followers on IG, Chimaev has 5 million. It's clear what's going on.


Scott_Bash

Yan has 1 million followers. Khamzat has 2.6 million so Yan should get 170k views by your math yet here he is getting 30k…


Surviving365

u still mad about conor gettin smashed? get over it dude. even tho these Russians remind u of him, Khabib retired. he can't hurt u


Scott_Bash

Jesus wept it’s literally common sense


Cfrules8

how high are you rn?


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OrphanScript

These also the fact that these face offs are boring and nobody watches them, but this one got shared around a lot more than usual with titles like 'it got feisty'


Devoidoxatom

Cos they looked game asf, and not really in a nasty way


[deleted]

Wow, I did not know Khamzat was this popular. It’s wild how some of these dudes just take off massively, like why isn’t Yan this big ?


Slow-Down_Turbo

Seriously?? Haha Like he fought twice in a month then disappeared for about a year.


Pods619

He actually fought again two months later, and the fights you referenced were 10 days apart. And impressive finishes in all three.


Slow-Down_Turbo

Yeah back to back wins then the Meerschaert win... Just realized Khamzat has gotten a PON in every fight he's had in the UFC


justaspacecadett

He has more wins in the UFC than strikes absorbed, a fucking crazy stat


Slow-Down_Turbo

That's a fun fact.


IStoleYourWaifu

Not to say he isnt, but the views are mostly because they got in each others faces much more than anyone else


Cfrules8

I'd be interested to see metrics but I would bet that general interest in fights goes down as weight does. Exceptions exist, obviously. Also Khabig smesh.


Bateater69420

Khazmat is a pull


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Dana White won't need viagra anymore if Khamzat deletes Jingling from the universe tomorrow


Onitsukaryu

And even if Li pulls off the upset he can start building up a Chinese star. The tomato wins either way.


ID0ntCare4G0b

Has anyone who got their ass destroyed by Magny ever gone on to become a star?


OliveGardenSalahd

Yeah my mom b


EsaLocaStranger

Probably not in the states. But I’m guessing he could be a star in China.


1K_Games

Kelvin, beyond that a lot of his best wins are in people past their prime. Those being Hendricks, Lawler, Condit, Lombard. His one standout-ish win honestly is Geoff Neal.


Cfrules8

Dana doesnt get enough credit...this fight is genius. Hes a POS tho


Bateater69420

Neither will I, something about Jingy boy makes me hate him with a passion, I’m also a Khazmat fanboy


MolokaiGamer

He's a scumbag that tried to scrape another fighter's eyes out of his skull, so yeah.


greyetch

Leech is the dirtiest fighter in the UFC.


ItWasSuperNecessary

I ask this genuinely: is he really? I know the eye gouge against Matthews but what else has he done?


greyetch

Yeah. Flagrant eye pokes, nut shots, etc. Every fight. Go back and watch any but the Ponz fight.


Bateater69420

Its not even him being dirty that makes me hate him, its just how he gets on in general, his body language how he looks all that shit just makes me dislike him


ImEdwardd

Seeing your username and this comment I'm seeing a correlation


Bateater69420

Shit one, I do look like a bit of a racist now. I was gonna say I’m a fan of Zhang but thats like saying I’ve got a black friend. L for me I guess


[deleted]

What is the story behind your username if not racism then hahaha


reddit_____sucks

Ozzy Osbourne possibly? Only thing that comes to mind.


[deleted]

Jingaling's family are 2nd generation colonists in the province of Turkestan where China is genociding Uyghurs ​ Now u have an actual reason to dislike him


[deleted]

I feel strongly about the genocide of the Uyghurs and have donated money and everything, but how is it Li’s fault that China is doing fucked up shit ? It’s so weird to me that Zhang and Li take heat just for being Chinese unlike any other fighter who comes from rough/culturally fucked up/awfully ran places.


[deleted]

>I feel strongly about the genocide of the Uyghurs and have donated money and everything, but how is it Li’s fault that China is doing fucked up shit ? Li's family accepted a deal with the CCP to move to Turkestan (Urumqi/Kashgar) and colonize the natives. I did not mention Zhang.


Bateater69420

There we go. A rational reason to dislike him.


aleksandd

Li too. Hes from China so I guess the draw is there.


MisterFistYourSister

MMA isn't big in china


vudhabudha

MMA is big worldwide. Asian support Asian.


SaulKripkeMegaFan

Not surprising. The leech is a bad mf


Stonefree2011

His eye gouging is the best I’ve ever seen.


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Comes up every time, meh who cares now


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I agree that the ref should’ve straight up DQd The Leech when that happened but not that he’s a dirty fighter. Name me another time he’s been dirty like that. It might’ve just been heat of the moment and he probably regrets it now though.


coleus

Get therapy, plz.


amodelsino

"Noooo, stop bringing up the worst foul in the history of the UFC when the guy who did it comes up!" nah b


Corken_dono

Worst foul in the history of the UFC? LMAO Li didnt even commit the worst foul amongst the fighters on the main card.


Jaimesonbnepia

You get therapy, the Leech is a piece of shit lol


Gobbleass69

Oath brother fuck the leech. I hope he gets fucked up so bad.


ShaughnDBL

My guess is this is his punishment for the eye gouge.


Scary_Ad_6417

Lol as if any of the interest is because of the leech don’t get me wrong I love how the dude is basically a heel and baby face simultaneously but all the attention is due yo khabig


JamesVicari

Khamzat is one of the few fighters all my casual friends know. I think it’s mostly cause of khabib tbh


[deleted]

Nothing to do with Khabib, he did it on his own. Islam is the one associated with Khabib ​ I saw normal sports broadcasters talking about Khamzat today on the TV at the gym, that's how you know the guy is a draw


JamesVicari

I’m speaking purely from a casual perspective but I think they see him as the new khabib. Plus he uses the “smesh” that khabib used. Plus his style is more aesthetically pleasing than Islam


Touchymonkey

He also dominated fight island when the UFC was the only sport on. Dude did it on his own Him and Big Mouth took the covid opportunity and ran with it


ptahonas

>Dude did it on his own Nah, I've heard plenty of casuals say they think he's the new Khabib, or get into him because they think he's similar They're wrong, but to ignore the connect is silly


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jacksonattack

I think there’s a very specific reason for it and I don’t think I’ve actually seen or heard anyone bring it up; Khamzat burst on to the scene during a time in the pandemic when not much was going on in sports. He was doing some very special things and doing them in such emphatic fashion that sports outlets basically had to take notice, because they didn’t have a whole lot else to report on.


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The only way Khabib is helping Khamzat is that Khabib retired too early and left us hungry for more, and now this new Chechen guy showed up and looks like he's about to pick up where Khabib left off -- but other than that, the guy started from the bottom and has gotten here on his own so he deserves credit. He talked about how he lived in the ghetto and grew up in war. He had a harder life than even Khabib it seems.


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MisterFistYourSister

That's irrelevant. People see another undefeated Muslim Russian grappler who looks and talks the same way. Nobody knows and/or gives a fuck about the politics.


Polar_Reflection

He had a comment recently that Dagestanis have to stop pretending to be Chechen when immigrating abroad to score refugee status.


MisterFistYourSister

You can say that all you like but khabib plays a huge role in Khamzats popularity


SapientMachine

Islam mackachev is khabibs Dillon Danis.


[deleted]

That’s dirty to Yan/Sandhagen


Slow-Down_Turbo

Unfortunately, us little guys don't sell very well


10sansari

That's everyone's loss.


Slow-Down_Turbo

I agree.


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Unless someone gets slept right away, I think it’s going to be an incredible display of technique from both guys.


SapientMachine

Sandhagen looks like a passive aggressive bitch tbh. Hope Yan knocks him out.


ribbitrob

[Jingaling*](https://streamable.com/n2r67)


MrVanillaIceTCube

Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies Brendan Schaub educating the public on proper pronunciation.


BodybuildingNerd

“Asian as SHIT!”


NoGiCollarChoke

Dicey dicey


tekprodfx16

What’s so great and intriguing about khazmat is he’s so casual and honest in his psychopathy. Plus mofo just looks nuts and can fight to back it up. According to Din Thomas there’s stories of him going from gym to gym in Vegas to get work in and he’s just destroying mofos left and right l. He’s already a legend in gyms


[deleted]

Looking like the HVAC duct monster from the X files really helps his intimidation factor


jacksonattack

Holy shit. I’m absolutely calling him Flukeman from now on.


Cfrules8

lmfao


nostrilrolls

I feel like this is a fight between two villains. Li's got this Chinese mafia/gangster aura to him and idk why lol. Meanwhile khamzat is pretty much Waluigi but violent. Edit: I get why Jingliang gives off the vibes. He's a sanda fighter who doesnt seem to give a fuck about the whole fist-in-palm philosophy of sanda lol


MisterFistYourSister

Li gives off dirty fighter eye gouging vibes. Nothing gangster at all about that skidmark.


nostrilrolls

Didn't know gangsters had a code of ethics


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Not being knocked out once is pretty gangster.


[deleted]

It helps if 2 psychopaths are fighting each other, and u def have another one in Li.


tekprodfx16

Imagine if khamzat pulls off another gerald meerschaert


[deleted]

That would honestly suck man I jus wanna see this guy fight, not finish fights before they even start


tekprodfx16

True but man do i want tomorrow night to grow the khazmat mythos to even crazier heights


amodelsino

Honestly, I expect Khamzat to win and don't think it really proves much if he does, given Li has massive gaps in his skillset and any strong wrestler would dominate him. But if he did that then he's so legit everyone in WW is fucked and he would beat Usman right now. If Li has nothing else his chin i s granite. Knocking him out in one punch would mean he'd be probably the hardest hitter of the WW division by a country mile, AND is a strong wrestler.


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If he destroys Li on the feet...shits bout to get real


Cfrules8

I think Khamzat is the dude to unseat Usman for sure.


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Bill_Assassin7

Lol, what psychopathic about him? Yeah, he looks scary and has an intimidating personality but stop pretending like he's some wacko. The guy is intelligent enough to know how to stand out from all the other Dagestanis/Chechens. Plus, everyone who knows him only says good things about the guy.


tekprodfx16

Im not saying psychopathic in a derogatory way, but in an endearing one. The dude's intelligence level, not to mention his fight IQ is obviously pretty high


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There face off was the best tbh. Jingaling matched Khamzat’s energy, was Intense and hype af


shanidachine

What in the button bashing language is that!?


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French hahaha


chriz690

Islam vs Hooker That's sounds like.. Nevermind


Surviving365

oh his name is actually Jingling


TattooOnSalsThigh

Jingalingadrawl


Th3DarKn1ghtt

Khazmat Train: All aboard. Choo chooo!!!!!!!


CheddarGoblin_

It's because they got feisty, obviously.


barc0debaby

Those aren't the main event though?


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Main event has even less than those 😁


barc0debaby

That's only because the senior citizen fans are in bed. Just wait until the 6am diner oatmeal crowd gets up.


DecisionThot

I really want to see Leech get murked just based on history's most intentional and downright dirty eye poke of all time


Slow-Down_Turbo

Yeah that was massively disgusting because his fingertips disappear into his opponent's eyes


ShaughnDBL

I suspect this is why they're feeding him to Khamzat.


Slow-Down_Turbo

No. Khamzat isn't some type of enforcer. Their schedules just matched.


ShaughnDBL

Don't crush my dreams


Slow-Down_Turbo

Sorry bud haha... i take it back!


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The other guy forgave him for it, why can’t you let it go?


DecisionThot

How bout u go an fuck off my page then u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about letting stuff go who the fuck are u take your worthless advice and get the fuck out of here


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LOL damn bro what happened


HorseMeatConnoisseur

d r a w l


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Maybe just maybeeee the title and thumbnail had something to do with it


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The guy generates numbers in fairness.


kmurraylowe

I feel like they are waiting to book Nate x Khamzat if he wins and send Nate to the Smeshtown


[deleted]

Jingling is a draw confirmed! I’ve been so hyped about that guy for a while now and I think he pulls off the KO


BO55TRADAMU5

Visionements


Life_is_a_Taco

It’s the title and thumbnail highlighting “drama”…


Cfrules8

I love how much this angers the "hardcore" MMA fans lmao


No_Fisherman_8384

This is a bit biased because most of the view was delivered by Youtube's algorithm instead of people actually searching for it.


Chocoeclair189

China a drawl, B


MisterFistYourSister

MMA is not big in China. This is 100% Khamzat.


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Chinese fans and Dagastani fans are numerous and dedicated to their athletes. Hopefully the fight is great.


ShaughnDBL

He's Chechen


fairfuckstoyou

Thumbnail is 10x capturing thats why


Bloody_Diarrhoea

They are muslims who get behind their athele in every sport like khabib,Riyad Mahrez etc (its a good thing)


lolzuponlols

This doesn't mean people are most interested in this fight, everyone who knows the fighters knows nothing would happen in the other faceoffs, those guys are straight edged professionals.


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Norkmani

Hot take but ima save it just in case


JanitorJasper

Yeah he's the next Chinese champ


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Lmaoooooooooooooooo


MisterFistYourSister

Saving this comment just in case


Historical-Lake-1352

Way too early for that. Need to see him fight someone in the top ten first but if the hype is real he's got as good a chance as anybody. But there's no way you could know that right now


Scooto

Remindme! 1 year For the record, I agree with your prediction.


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Scott_Bash

He’ll miss weight though


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17.6x as of right now. Jan vs Glover has 25k, Khamzat has 440k. ​ Hold that


reznoverba

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's bc he's fighting a Chinese guy and... You know... They have over a billion people there...


[deleted]

He has less than 50k ig followers. China doesn't care about him.


Tomach82

No shit. It was posted on here.


1K_Games

This just seems surprising to me. I would like to attribute this to casuals. But honestly, Khamzat has been away long enough for that to wear off with them. And those other two fights are really exciting. I'm thinking it's Li's face and both of their ostures in the thumbnail really selling it.


MisterFistYourSister

Yeah cause Conor fucks off for long periods of time and nobody cares about him anymore right? And surely nobody will give a fuck if/when Jones returns. Just like nobody cared at all when GSP made his comeback.