Dricus du Plessis shared his response after shedding the UFC Middleweight Championship to Khamzat Chimaev.
“Stillknocks” shared Chimaev and Octagon in 5 rounds on the UFC 319 headliner. Many needed to see if Duplesis may survive the early storm and take over within the subsequent spherical. As an alternative, “Borz” introduced a 25-minute grappling clinic to turn out to be the primary UFC title holder in his skilled MMA profession.
Following the lack of the unanimous resolution, Du Plessis spoke to Joe Rogan for a postwar interview. “DDP” praised Chimaev for working his recreation plan on a T-shirt (by way of Mmajunkie).
“The man has unimaginable management excessive,” Duplesis instructed Joe Rogan through the Octagon submit struggle at UFC 319. “He is like a blanket. It wasn’t a matter of power. It wasn’t bodily. He knew what your subsequent transfer could be. That victory, however an enormous as much as Cam That.”
Regardless of the dearth of solutions to Chimaev’s wrestling, we’re assured that Duplesis will turn out to be a two-time UFC middleweight champion.
“He deserves this 100%,” Duplesis stated. “He beat me truthful and sq. tonight. He is a greater man tonight and I am again. I am coming to get my belt again. However for now it is him and he deserves it.
This was Duplesis’ first defeat since October 2018. He was on a straight 11-match win. As for Chimaev, he remained unbeaten with an ideal 15-0 document and now provides UFC gold to his mantle.
