Khamzat Chimaev didn’t have the invincible aura Kamaru Usman expected. Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) stepped in on less than 10 days’ notice to face Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in a middleweight bout this past October at UFC 294. After a rough first round, Usman rallied, but fell short in a majority decision loss . When asked if he saw something special in undefeated Chimaev, former welterweight champion Usman says some self-belief would have helped him prevail. “You get in those type of fights and those positions to where you build something up in your mind and in your head,” Usman said on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo.
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Kamaru Usman says Khamzat Chimaev ‘nothing special,’ Chimaev claps back – MMA Junkie