Former UFC champion Oleg Taktarov, in a conversation with the Match TV correspondent, harshly criticized the duel of the UAE of the native of the Chechen Republic Hamzat Chimaev and the South African Drikus du Plessen for the Middle -weight of the Middle -weight.

Chimaev defeated Du Plessi in the UFC 319 tournament in Chicago as a unanimous decision. Thus, the 31 -year -old fighter won the UFC medium -weight champion title.

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– Previously, in Brazil, before the UFC appeared at all, battles passed. A duel began there, and such a story could last an hour and a half. And someone still won, sooner or later, broke. And now I am interested in if these fighters were given an hour, then who would be broken all the same …

Congratulations to Chimaeva on obtaining the UFC medium weight. It would be interesting if they were added a couple more rounds … But as for Du Plessi, then, as they say, when the brothers are together, the shaitans cry … When you can’t hold your hands nearby, when you are doing the crucifix twice – why are you crazy? Who are you at all? You are the UFC champion! I look at this level and just cry! These are the foundations! I tell children about this. At any second, you must be able to click your hands, because one hand can never defend yourself from two. You can never protect your head if hands, knees or legs do not help. What are you doing?

Before that, I said that Du Plessie is somewhat disassembled. I don’t know how he became a champion. There is nothing there, there is nothing at all! No struggle, no drunkenness. Here, Hamzat is pleased to look at the passages at the legs, but that’s it all ends! Yes, a magnificent cat technician of the passage to the legs. At a high level, it is interesting to look at it – there is genetics for this, coordination. It can be seen that a person has been doing this since childhood. It feels like Du Plessi began to engage in this at 18 years. He came and received a blue belt in Jiu -Jitsu. His technique is at this level. I don’t know how they all win with this level there, but this is a pipets … I just look and understand that this is a disaster.

Chimaev needs to perform compulsory work for three months for three months. From half an hour to an hour at least. Or two workouts per week for two hours, where he will work with his feet. After all, his legs do not work at all!

It’s like one guy once said to me: “Please strangle me!” So here, Du Plessi asks already to strangle him, take him normally for control. He asked him for four rounds about it. He did not react to his requests all this time, did not want to control him with his feet. And what’s the point? You want to be loved in the end. You want to leave some legacy … If you want to win the viewer. Then you have to finish! There are four rounds to you in fact asks you to strangle it: “Stuff me, I am zero! I am a blue belt. All my protection from the technique of Jiu -Jitsu, which is taught in the first year. ” To win ahead of schedule, it is necessary to create conditions. There must be a base, but it was not. There was no control! There was some crap, fussing from above! I understand that you will defeat so much on points, but if two more rounds were given according to their rules, I don’t know how it would end … according to what I saw. And this is work for the future.

Honestly, I don’t know at all what it was … who he won there … You look at Makhachev and Topuria – there is a level. It is interesting to watch. The average category is a failure in general. I don’t know what will happen next. If Hamzat is engaged in his feet that do not work, then he can feast there for 10 years on the throne, ”said Taktarov“ Match TV ”.

Chimaev won 15 victories in 15 battles in MMA, on the account of Du Plessi 23 victories and three defeats.

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