Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez was not happy with the championship of Khamzat Chimaev on UFC 319.
While ‘Borz’ delivered one of the most dominant performances in the history of the title fight, many were not impressed by the Wustle-heavy attack by Chimaev and his observed lack of interest in completing Dricus du Plessis during their five-round affair in Chicago.
Hernandez, a rapidly rising middleweight candidate, repeated a similar sentiment during a recent interview with MMA Fighting.
“I grew up. I love striking. I think I love fighting. Khamzat usually sends it. Most of his fights he sends. He does it. But as I said, he did a smart thing. He closed him, strengthened the belt, and now it is his call, you know what I mean?
“He did everything well. As he would probably have to do for your first fight for the title – he played it safely, it played smart. So respect for him about that. It was very good and beautiful in a certain way. But as a fan it is as if I don’t know. I want someone to be injured.”
‘Fluffy’ Hernandez meets ‘RDR’ in a middleweight collision with high efforts
‘Fluffy’ comes from his own show-stealing showcase against Roman Dolidze and will want to solidify himself as the next man for Chimaev when he wipes out with former Tweedivisie One world champion Reinier de Ridder. The two will head UFC Vancouver when the promotion goes back to ‘Rainincity’ on October 18.
In the fight, Hernandez goes on an eight-fighter win racing and is sixth ranked competitions in the division-two spots under De Ridder.
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