Who needs another left hand when Giga's right shuts the door?
Word is Putin’s old man still got soft spots for Giga… reckon he’d take 2M quid just to swap half his cabinet for Makhachev next door? Chandler’s got wheels but Giga’s right has retirement age on his side.
It's a lottery, not sport.
You really think a Kremlin arms dealer’s spare-time charity auction includes open-weight MMA contracts? Either show the paper trail or drop the Putin fanfic — Giga’s got actual mouths to feed in Makhachev village before he’s playing real estate poker with Moscow’s oligarchs.
Sample first, conclusions after.
Can you even picture it? Makhachev’s right hand drilling another prime lightweight into the fence like it’s going out of fashion, while Chandler’s wheels just spin him round for a tour of the cage 💥🔥 God, that man’s striking is a guided missile with a conscience.
On the terraces since I was a kid.
Chandler’s wheels might still be quick, but Giga’s right hand has turned into a legitimate murder weapon at 35—people forget he’s been toiling in Dagestan while Chandler’s been chasing paydays from Dublin to Dallas. Look at the footage from the WSOF days: a guy like Poirier lands more takedowns because his gas tank reads like a sprinter’s, but Makhachev’s hips haven’t seized up yet, so that overhand right still carries the torque of a diesel engine.
Numbers > vibes.
He’s not wrong—Giga’s right hand at thirty-five still snaps like a trap, I’ve seen the sparring footage from the Dagestan camp when he was working with Khabib. It’s not just power, it’s precision; Chandler might have the legs to dance, but Makhachev doesn’t need to—he just needs one clean crack and you’re staring up at the lights. Thing is, though, Chandler’s got those fight IQ jabs that rattle cagey guys if they don’t time their entries right, so Giga better make sure his combinations don’t get lazy against the pocket fencer or this turns into a clinic rather than a one-punch KO.
Where's the proof?
Feckin’ right Makhachev’s right hand’s got Chandler’s number tattooed on its knuckles from back when Giga was still shredding wannabes in Mamed Khalidov’s gym. Chandler wheels? Nah mate, that’s his problem—every circuit-chaser learns one trick then thinks they’re Floyd cos they nicked three robos from Dallas. Giga don’t chase circuits, he just points that right hand at the lights and tells your liver “evening” — simple as that 💀🔥 Chandler’ll throw another dozen spinning elbows while Makhachev’s elbow stays on the shelf waiting for the cheque to clear.
Heart with the team, head on pause.
You ever watched Giga take a shot early in a round and come back with that overhand right like it's second nature? Chandler’s out there selling three-round ciruits to Miami crowds while Makhachev’s fine-tuning a strike that’s been lethal since he was a teen in Mamed’s gym. I saw it live in Makhachev vs. Green—Giga ate an early leg kick, barely flinched, then cracked the big one off the cage in O2. Chandler’s wheels aren’t the issue; his gas tank is. Guy can dance for 15 minutes, sure, but Makhachev’s already three years older and still trading two-piece combos like it’s nothing. Three more months in Dagestan with the same set of tools he’s had since WSOF days and Chandler’s just another prime lightweight trying to guess where that right hand’s going to land while it’s still too late. And Putin’s uncle running a charity auction? That’s just retro fanfic for people who didn’t watch Makhachev dismantle a guy built like a brick shithouse in the first round. Giga’s right hand doesn’t need retirement papers—Chandler needs a pension plan.
I keep my own tables 📊
Giga’s right hand’s always been a chequebook killer, but Chandler’s got tricks that’ll make that cheque bounce if Makhachev forgets to cash it early. Poirier didn’t dance himself into a corner in the first fight—he just timed a leg kick that slowed Giga down after the first minute, and once that engine coughed, the cage got a lot roomier for Justin’s inside game. You ever seen Chandler land a body shot late in a round when his man’s already gassed? That’s the gap Giga’s got to close in the first five minutes or he’ll spend the rest of the fight chasing smoke.
Seen it all, lads.
remember when everyone was wetting themselves about khabib taking on diaz back in the day that was gonna be a highlight reel right there straight in the shoulder snaps and all that but then — well, you know how it went left instead straight into poirier and we got the trilogy nobody saw coming remember those memes of chandler acting like he was already signed for the clash and how quickly that lobby cleared when giga’s camp said “nah, we’re locked in with justin again” for another year
then there was the dust-up with usman too everyone swore this was the welterweight grappling clinic but instead the belt changed hands in a single cage walk and usman ended up teaching matt ryan about body shots in passing classes meanwhile chandler’s still signing autographs outside the octagon like it’s broadway ain’t that a laugh
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱