{"id":88916,"date":"2025-08-22T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88916\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:36:06","slug":"georges-st-pierres-coach-makes-controversial-khamzat-chimaev-claim-involving-anderson-silva-after-ufc-319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88916\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s coach makes controversial Khamzat Chimaev claim involving Anderson Silva after UFC 319"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georges St-Pierre\u2019s longtime trainer is not holding back with his praise of Khamzat Chimaev after UFC 319.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/khamzat-chimaev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev<\/a> completed his ascent to the top in the UFC as an undefeated fighter this past Saturday, when he headlined the promotion\u2019s latest pay-per-view event at United Center in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>After some thrilling finishes on the main card, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/17\/dricus-du-plessis-vs-khamzat-chimaev-ufc-319-result-complete-domination-sees-new-middleweight-champion-crowned\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev dominated Dricus du Plessis<\/a> for five rounds in a surprisingly one-sided contest between two fighters who had both yet to taste defeat inside the UFC Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/17\/astonishing-stat-proves-just-how-dominant-khamzat-chimaev-was-against-dricus-du-plessis-at-ufc-319\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev\u2019s record-breaking display<\/a> has been mixed, with some lauding his complete control in the fight and others criticizing the Chechen star for not pushing to finish Du Plessis.<\/p>\n<p>But there is no doubt which side of the debate this man is on\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Georges St-Pierre\u2019s coach crowns Khamzat Chimaev \u2018the greatest middleweight ever\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The result on August 16 marked just the third fight at 185 pounds for \u2018Borz\u2019 since moving up from welterweight, where <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2022\/09\/30\/ufc-news-chris-avila-slams-khamzat-chimaev-ufc-279-fiasco-piece-of-shit-for-missing-weight-mma-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev\u2019s UFC 279 weight miss<\/a> marked the end of his title pursuit in that division for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>After scraping past Kamaru Usman, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2024\/10\/26\/khamzat-chimaev-vs-robert-whittaker-result-ufc-308\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev brutally submitted Robert Whittaker<\/a> to secure a title shot that he ultimately made the most of at UFC 319.<\/p>\n<p>But despite limited experience in the weight class and his championship reign just getting started, coach Firas Zahabi is already bestowing a huge title upon Chimaev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhamzat is the greatest middleweight ever,\u201d Zahabi said in a video uploaded to the Tristar Gym YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could put him against anyone in the middleweight division, and I\u2019d pick Khamzat any day. Adesanya, DDP,\u00a0Anderson Silva\u00a0in his prime \u2014 forget about it. None of them can hold a candle to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the Khabib (Nurmagomedov) of the middleweight division,\u201d Zahabi added.<\/p>\n<p>Khamzat Chimaev remains outside the pound-for-pound top three<\/p>\n<p>While Zahabi claims Chimaev to be the best of all time at 185 pounds, his latest performance was not enough to put him above three other names in the promotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/19\/khamzat-chimaev-makes-staggering-rise-up-the-pound-for-pound-rankings-in-the-latest-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chimaev entered the UFC pound-for-pound rankings<\/a> at No. 4 a few days on from his triumph in Chicago. That\u2019s put him above the likes of flyweight king Alexandre Pantoja, heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, and featherweight titleholder Alexander Volkanovski.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Borz\u2019 has, however, remained below two fellow champs in No. 1 Ilia Topuria and No. 3 Merab Dvalishvili, as well as one man not currently holding gold in Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre\u2019s longtime trainer is not holding back with his praise of Khamzat Chimaev after UFC 319. 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