Saturday’s UFC Vegas 11 event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in “The Fight Capital of the World,” it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at the Apex.
You stay in this business long enough and skepticism becomes part of your DNA. But after a 17 second knockout of a legit seasoned veteran in Gerald Meerschaert, how can you not see Khamzat Chimaev as the next big thing in this sport? Yes, winning three fights in 66 days is a modern era UFC record and an impressive feat, but what impressed the most about his win last Saturday was that everyone and their brother was expecting him to shoot on Meerschaert like he had in his previous two victories.