Khamzat Chimaev Ranks Fighters Difficulty Levels from 1-10: “Leon Edwards = 2 to 3”

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Khamzat Chimaev’s main tagline is “I am here to smesh everybody”. Such lines come out of an individual when fear levels are at the minimum. Chimaev is one of those tough fighters who is barely scared of his opponents.

He recently took the time to rank the difficulty levels of fighters. Here’s what Khamzat Chimaev thinks about the top UFC contenders from different weight classes. He ranked them from 1-10 (one being lowest/least difficult and 10 being highest/most difficult).

Sean Strickland = 5/10
Israel Adesanya = 5 – 6/10
Robert Whittaker = 3 - 4/10
Leon Edwards = 2 to 3 /10
Shavkat Rakhmonov = 5/10
Jon Jones = 9/10

Interestingly, he ranked his next opponent Robert Whittaker 3-4/10.

Which indicates that he is not very intimidated by Whittaker's recent knockout win against Ikram Aliskerov. It will be interesting to see if Whittaker performs like 3-4/10 fighter or surprises Khamzat Chimaev on 26th October at UFC 308.

Khamzat Chimaev rates fighters from 1-10, 1 being an easy fight and 10 being a difficult fight:

Sean Strickland = 5
Israel Adesanya = 5 to 6
Robert Whittaker = 3 to 4
Leon Edwards = 2 to 3
Shavkat Rakhmonov = 5
Jon Jones = 9

TikTok / Riadhlevrai #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/1hThY32a1X — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) September 22, 2024

Khamzat Chimaev has significantly changed his approach to his training camp ahead of the fight against Robert Whittaker.
(Text translated from Vladislav Matveev channel on Telegram )

— The camp is taking place in Russia, at 1850 meters altitude.

It's clear that Chimaev… pic.twitter.com/mvmCERrIv6 — Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) September 25, 2024

Robert Whittaker's iconic knockout

Still can’t believe Ikram came back after that uppercut from Whittaker pic.twitter.com/BG7Tm8dOUg — Elon Rakhmonov (Fan) (@ElonRakhmonov) June 25, 2024