{"id":650215,"date":"2026-05-05T02:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650215\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T02:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:08:08","slug":"ufc-stars-say-chimaev-isnt-the-scariest-fighter-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650215\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC stars say Chimaev isn\u2019t the scariest fighter today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Since arriving in the UFC, Chimaev has built a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/7\/19\/21330617\/khamzat-chimaev-to-smesh-on-10-days-notice-at-ufc-fight-island-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reputation as one of the most dominant<\/a> \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/429355\/khalil-rountree-opens-up-on-eye-opening-training-sessions-with-khamzat-chimaev-it-was-painful-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">feared<\/a> \u2014 fighters on the roster. But according to a panel of fighters on the new Paramount+ show Deep Waters, he\u2019s not the scariest man in the promotion right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hosted by Din Thomas and featuring Jorge Masvidal, Dustin Poirier, and Chris Weidman, the discussion turned to whether Chimaev is the scariest fighter in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cNah, I\u2019d say the scariest guy right now is Ilia Topuria or Carlos Prates,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to sniff me, dude, for 15 minutes and not even throw a shot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cGetting held down [is scary]?\u201d Poirier added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Thomas pushed back, clarifying he meant the kind of fear a fighter feels just by looking across the cage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI look at a guy like Carlos or Ilia and I go, that\u2019s scary because I know if I slip up tonight, I\u2019m going to be looking up lights, thinking what the f\u2014k just happened,\u201d Masvidal continued. \u201cThat\u2019s scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Poirier then delivered the line of the segment:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou bring a pillow when you fight those guys. You bring a Plan B pill when you fight Khamzat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With UFC 328 just days away, \u201cBorz\u201d has the perfect opportunity to remind everyone exactly why he earned that fearsome reputation in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the latest UFC 328 fight card and rumors click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/428701\/ufc-328-card-start-time-date-and-location-khamzat-vs-strickland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since arriving in the UFC, Chimaev has built a reputation as one of the most dominant \u2014 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,46234,14855],"class_list":["post-650215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-videos","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}