Staking his declare for an opportunity to defend his crown towards Khamzat Chimaev subsequent, UFC ace, Dricus du Plessis claims the preliminary goings of their potential middleweight title struggle could be nothing wanting “chaos” — claiming he plans to “kill” the Chechen finisher in the event that they share the Octagon subsequent.
du Plessis, the present undisputed middleweight champion, has been sidelined since August, most just lately defending his divisional crown for the primary time in the principle occasion of UFC 305.
Competing ‘Downunder’, du Plessis introduced a definitive finish to his stark rivalry with former two-time champion, Israel Adesanya, submitting the Metropolis Kickboxing staple with a fourth spherical face crank submission success.
And linked closely with a title rematch with former gold holder, Sean Strickland as quickly because the opening quarter of subsequent yr, Dricus du Plessis has as a substitute welcomed the possibility to tackle Chimaev, who’s recent from a grotesque submission win of his personal towards former titleholder, Robert Whittaker final month in Abu Dhabi.
Dricus du Plessis performs up probabilities of beating Khamzat Chimaev
Enjoying up the chaos each would deliver to the opening exchanges of a possible matchup, du Plessis has boldly claimed he could be getting into the Octagon with the intention of “killing” the Chechnya-born challenger.
“(It could be) absolute chaos should you have a look at our fights,” Dricus du Plessis instructed Submission Radio of a possible pairing with Khamzat Chimaev. “It’s gonna be absolute chaos, I simply assume, I don’t see him coming in with a special gameplan and me neither, I’m going on the market to assault, I’m going there to kill him.”
“I’m not going on the market to defend Khamzat’s takedowns, I’m not going on the market to defend, I’m going to assault, so I feel it’s gonna look somewhat bit completely different, should you have a look at the Gilbert Burns struggle and the success he had towards Khamzat… You don’t win fights by defending, you win fights by attacking,”
