Reinier de Ridder turns his eyes to this month’s extremely anticipated middleweight title conflict Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev.
After a powerful break up resolution victory over Robert Whitaker in Abu Dhabi, De Lidar surged his 185 pound rating, touchdown in fifth place and doubtlessly successful a shot on the prime prize within the class.
However earlier than he can money on the right event, he might want to sit down and see how issues unfold when the monarch world champion Duplesis places his belt on the road in opposition to the unbeaten Chechen monsters of UFC 319.
“RDR” has already expressed his willingness to combat Duplesis, the place Chimaev ought to retreat, as he’s recognized to take action. Nevertheless, if the combat is now not an issue, Dutchman hopes that “DDP” will overcome the percentages and keep his title.
“I believe he’ll be an enormous identify, particularly if Kam That wins this, particularly if he wins decisively. “So perhaps Doricus would win. And he can combat in 4 or six months. That might be the perfect.”
Who will lose “O” throughout the octagon in UFC 319?
Duplesis’s third middleweight title protection, with the primary two dealing with Israel Adesanya and Shawn Strickland.
DDP’ enters the combat with an ideal 9-0 document throughout the Octagon, however Chimaev is 14-0 in his combined martial arts profession, with these eight wins coming below the UFC banner. “Bolz” entered the scene in 2020, successful three fights in two months, however a nasty case of Covid-19 stopped him from shifting ahead.
Chimaev continues to win huge battles, however he has little look. 2022 was the final time he had fought a number of instances in a calendar 12 months.
