George St-Pierre is sharing that he believes Whittaker may be very able to making Chimaev ‘ look dangerous’ at UFC Saudi Arabia.
It has been introduced that former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (25-7 MMA) will tackle the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev (13-0 MMA) in the principle occasion at UFC Saudi Arabia on June 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Chimaev, 29, final fought and defeated former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (20-4 MMA) by majority resolution final October at UFC 294.
Whittaker, 33, confronted and was victorious over Paulo Costa (14-3 MMA) this previous February at UFC 298.
Nicely, George-St Pierre believes if anybody can cease ‘Borz’ – it’s Whittaker – he additionally is aware of it won’t be a simple battle.
St-Pierre, talking to ‘Fox Sports activities Australia’ shared his ideas on Whittaker vs Chimaev:
“Nicely, if there’s a man that may cease Chimaev, it’s Robert Whittaker. As a result of when you take a look at Chimaev, he has a – we will evaluate it in a technique to Yoel Romero. Romero was an excellent wrestler, very explosive and highly effective man, and Whittaker was the kryptonite of Yoel Romero. He was in a position to beat him twice. So, stylistically he’s very able to doing the identical to Chimaev, to make Chimaev look dangerous. Robert Whittaker has a really uncommon fashion. He comes from a karate background like I do.”
Persevering with, Georges St-Pierre, a former three-time UFC welterweight champion himself, stated (h/t MMAJunkie):
“Karate background, we’ve very totally different fashion. We use totally different timings to blitz in, and the best way we management the gap, it appears very uncommon for our opponents as a result of many of the guys in (the) blended martial arts world are from kickboxing and muay Thai backgrounds. So, if you’re from karate, I believe that’s one of many issues that form of offers you an edge, and Robert Whittaker makes use of all his karate abilities very, very effectively. His footwork and management of distance, he’s a grasp at it.”
Concluding, the Canadian shared:
“He’s going to must be on his A-game as a result of Chimaev is not any joke, and he appears unstoppable proper now.”
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