Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t consider children ought to be studying MMA.
‘Borz’ will look to seize his first world title this Saturday night time in Chicago when he challenges reigning and defending middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319.
Whereas he’s gearing as much as win gold contained in the Octagon, Chimaev is trying to mannequin the following technology of fight sports activities stars after not too long ago opening up a health club for teenagers in his native Chechnya.
Curiously, Chimaev didn’t vogue the brand new coaching middle with an MMA cage. When requested why throughout Wednesday’s UFC 319 media day, ‘Borz’ posited that kids ought to give attention to one sport at a time reasonably than one which encompasses a number of disciplines.
Plus, children punching one another within the face simply appears like a foul concept.
“I don’t assume so this MMA may be good for the youngsters as a result of we punching within the face, we broke one another, ,” Chimaev stated. “So grappling, kickboxing, boxing, all of the sports activities in a single sport. You recognize that is superb sport however not for the youngsters. So I believe it ought to be like at the very least 15 years to coach some totally different sports activities. You recognize, boxing or judo or wrestling, grappling, there lots of totally different sports activities for the younger boys.”
Chimaev goes into UFC 319 with an ideal 14-0 report, eight of these wins coming below the UFC banner. His opponent, Dricus du Plessis, can be unbeaten contained in the Octagon, profitable 9 straight fights — seven of which he opened because the underdog.
Saturday’s scrap in ‘Chi-City’ will likely be no totally different as Chimaev is presently favored to go away with the middleweight title by a margin of 2-to-1.
