Gustafsson: “I have never seen anyone train like Chimaev. He just doesn’t get tired.”

Former UFC light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson spoke about joint training with Khamzat Chimaev.

“I have traveled the world a lot, been to different camps, and have not seen anyone else train like him. He just overtrains everyone. He never gets tired in the gym and never succumbs to pain. He just fights through it. He has developed a very good hybrid of wrestling and jiu-jitsu, when he is on top of you, it seems very heavy. Even with the weight difference, it’s still heavy for me when on top,” the Swede told ESPN.

Last October 30, Chimaev strangled Li Jinliang at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi. The Swedish fighter of Chechen descent has four straight UFC victories, for each of which he received a post-match bonus.