UFC 273’s biggest take away: Khamzat Chimaev is not ready for Kamaru Usman

Khamzat Chimaev was starting to see himself as a little too cocky with his many statements, he needed a gut puch that could get him back to reality from Gilbert Burns. On paper, UFC 273 had two title fights but everybody was really expecting this one between Khamzat and Burns.

There was a lot of disrespect thrown at Burns before the fight as there was a lot of hype around Khamzat Chimaev. But the reality is that the Chechen fighter needed to measure himself against a true elite opponent in the division. Burns gave him the battle of his life and he nearly got beaten. There were a lot of firsts for Chimaev in this fight, he had never been rocked majorly before and he needed to get into deep waters for the first time in his career.

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