Glover Teixeira criticizes Khamzat Chimaev's training style

Glover Teixeira has 1 ailment astir the caller UFC middleweight champion. Khamzat Chimaev reached his highest successful August this year, erstwhile helium dethroned Dricus du Plessis connected the world's biggest MMA signifier without immoderate large problems and took the rubric successful the class up to 84 kilograms. In the main lawsuit of UFC 319, Chimaev wholly dominated du Plessis for each 5 rounds and deservedly had the title loop astir his waist.

Such an result was predicted by galore adjacent earlier - those who trained with the undefeated Chechen combatant often talked astir his supremacy and brutal ratio successful training. However, the alleged mode Chimaev trains has disquieted 1 UFC large man. 

Teixeira, a erstwhile UFC airy heavyweight champion, is present Alex Pereira's trainer and has played a cardinal relation successful his awesome career. The Brazilian combatant successfully transitioned from the relation of rival to the relation of manager aft ending his MMA vocation successful 2023.

While speech is getting louder astir a imaginable combat betwixt Chimaev and "Poatan", Teixeira expressed his sentiment astir the existent middleweight champion connected the UFC Glory Days podcast. 

The retired combatant mostly had words of praise for "Borza", but helium besides mentioned thing that worries him. "He's great, truly great. I similar however helium talks and that helium backs everything helium says up successful the fight. He's an astonishing fighter," Teixeira said.

"If I person to azygous retired 1 happening that I don't similar astir Chimaev, it's that sometimes I spot him successful sparring beating guys who are not astatine his level excessively hard."

"But he's a fantastic fighter, and he's besides large connected the mic."

Young figther's desire

Teixeira emphasized that helium understands the young combatant and his tendency for perfection, but that sometimes it is important to wage attraction to opponents and not overload them successful training. His words amusement however overmuch helium respects Chimaev and his talent, but besides however important acquisition is successful the due improvement of a fighter. 

Although everyone wants a spectacular match, Teixeira wants to marque definite that Hamzat volition beryllium acceptable and harmless erstwhile helium steps into the Octagon.