Robert Whittaker sees Khamzat Chimaev ’s grappling being too much for UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira . Whittaker experienced Chimaev’s grappling prowess first hand when he was quickly submitted by the undefeated star in their middleweight matchup this past October at UFC 308. After Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) teased that his next fight could be a curveball , Whittaker assessed how a hypothetical matchup between Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and “Poatan” would go at 205 pounds. “I saw a rumor that Chimaev might go up and fight Pereira,” Whittaker said on his MMArcade Podcast . “Imagine that
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