Khamzat Chimaev could have simply jumped the road for a title shot after he made fast work of former champion Robert Whittaker within the UFC 308 co-main occasion.
It solely took a single takedown adopted by a suffocating grappling show for Chimaev to lastly put Whittaker in place for his submission. Chimaev wrapped his arms across the jaw and tightened his grip with Whittaker virtually instantly tapping out as he grimaced in ache.
The tip got here at 3:34 within the opening spherical. Afterwards, Whittaker revealed he probably suffered a dislocated jaw because of Chimaev’s submission.
“I’m going for the belt,” Chimaev mentioned after his newest win. “Thanks Robert, I like you my brother. You’re a legend. Nobody desires to battle with me. All of the champions working from me. Give me the belt!”
Straight away because the battle bought began, Chimaev shot a lightning fast takedown as he drove Whittaker to the cage and put the previous champion on the bottom. Chimaev instantly began working to take the again with Whittaker doing his greatest to play protection with out giving up a foul place within the grappling alternate.
Whittaker scrambled to flee momentarily however Chimaev was proper again on high of him because the undefeated Chechen saved trying to find a submission. To his credit score, Chimaev additionally confirmed good persistence as he continued to safe his place earlier than unleashing his offensive onslaught.
As soon as he lastly had Whittaker in his full management, Chimaev instantly locked on the submission as he completely crushed the jaw together with his immense energy. Within the second, Chimaev mentioned he really felt Whittaker’s jaw give solution to his face crank.
“I really feel his chin was virtually damaged,” Chimaev mentioned.
It was an enormous assertion efficiency from Chimaev as he dispatched a former champion in lopsided style whereas changing into the primary individual to submit Whittaker within the UFC. Whereas all indicators level in the direction of Sean Strickland getting the following title shot towards middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis, it’s going to be awfully needed to deny Chimaev a chance to go for gold after this newest win.
