Khamzat Chimaev had a while to talk with Dricus Du Plessis‘ nook throughout their UFC 319 headliner.
‘Borz’ beat the former middleweight champ from pillar to post in Chicago, incomes a decisive unanimous resolution to turn out to be the UFC’s new 185-pound king.
Chimaev managed the motion for 21:40 of the 25-minute affair, handily taking down the South African sensation and pummeling him with greater than 500 strikes. In the course of the onslaught, ‘Borz’ took a little bit of a breather to interact with Du Plessis’ nook.
Although we have been unable to listen to what was stated in the course of the stay broadcast, Chimaev later revealed what he instructed Du Plessis’ coach, Morne Visser.
“I simply was engaged on him,” Chimaev stated throughout his post-fight interview. “So, I had some cool time on there. So, simply spoke with him, spoke along with his coach, center of the battle, was comfortable. I say, ‘Good job. Work tougher, guys.’”
Du Plessis’ coach vows to ‘destroy’ Khamzat Chimaev in rematch
Visser is already planning to take Chimaev’s recommendation, vowing to assist his fighter bounce again and “destroy” the undefeated Chechen champion in an eventual rematch.
“There’s clearly plenty of issues taking place within the middleweight division, however early subsequent yr,” Visser instructed Submission Radio of Du Plessis’ return to the Octagon. “And again for the belt, that’s what we wish. Nothing else. I’m not gonna let Dricus battle a ranked fighter. Ranked fighters are for different guys, not for us. We wish the belt again.
“As a substitute of spending time to arrange for an additional battle camp, to arrange for [Reinier de Ridder], I might reasonably spend that point to repair the issue that we’ve bought after which go right into a camp. So I gained’t simply take a battle as a result of fights can be found. I wanna repair this drawback as a result of we’re gonna face Khamzat, and I wanna destroy him this time.”
After getting manhandled for 5 full rounds, it’s exhausting to think about that the UFC might be chomping on the bit to e book a right away rematch, however as they are saying in MMA, something is feasible.
