Dricus du Plessis is his greatest probability to defeat Khamzat Chimaev by dragging an undefeated Chechnya monster within the later rounds.
At the very least that is what former UFC middleweight champion Lukrock Maintain thinks.
“Kamza is excellent at wrestling, superb on the bottom and superb at strain,” Rockhold informed Schmo in a latest interview. “The lifespan of the struggle was not his greatest strategy. He will not go away in DDP, so except Kamthat reaches him early, it will likely be slower.
Rockhold hung out coaching on each Du Plessis and Chimaev. Late final 12 months, Rockhold labored in a brief grappling match with “Boltz” whereas teaching the fact present for the Hardcore Combating Championship, which resembles the Final Fighter.
Issues did not work for Rockhold.
There’s greater than gold between Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev of UFC 319
After efficiently defending the 185-pound crown in opposition to each Israeli Adesanya and Sean Strickland, “DDP” faces his hardest checks when he meets Chimeh on the UFC 319 headliner in Chicago on Saturday, August sixteenth. Each fighters enter a collision that boasts an undefeated file contained in the octagon. Chimaev has to this point gone 8-0 underneath the UFC banner.
In the meantime, Du Plessis went to an unlikely 9-0, together with 4 spotlight reel knockouts and a pair of submissions.
Because it stands, Chimaev is a favourite of -200 to depart Windy Metropolis along with his first world title. That is a well-recognized place for Du Plessis, who took half in six UFC battles as a loser.
