Arman Tsarukyan: Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t watch tape on opponents

Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t care about his opponents’ game plans. Chimaev’s close friend, Arman Tsarukyan , recently explained why the middleweight champion is different than most fighters. Tsarukyan claims that Chimaev never studies tape on his opponents.

According to Tsarukyan, Chimaev is only focused on his own game plan in the fight. Chimaev is so confident in his skills that he doesn’t care about what his opponent is going to bring to the table. “Borz” is scheduled to defend his title against Sean Strickland (30-7) at UFC 328 on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Tsaruyan (23-3) is currently helping Chimaev (15-0) in camp for his upcoming fight. Tsarukyan guarantees that he has watched more tape on Strickland than Chimaev has. Tsarukyan also admits that he naturally has a different approach than Chimaev, watching a lot of tape on his opponent and making a game plan accordingly.

Film Study Overrated? However, Chimaev is rubbing off on Tsarukyan. “Ahalkalakets” claims that he now watches just one fight of his opponent and lets his coaches do the rest.