Dricus du Plessis‘ sport plan at UFC 319 is straightforward.
Following a powerful 9-0 begin contained in the Octagon, together with back-to-back middleweight title defenses in opposition to Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland, ‘Stillknocks’ will put his gold on the road in opposition to undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev this Saturday evening in Chicago.
A lot has been mentioned about du Plessis’ probabilities of handing ‘Borz’ his first profession loss in combined martial arts, and what sport plan the South African sensation ought to implement to offer himself the absolute best probability of doing so.
However for du Plessis, there’s just one sport plan.
“It’s by no means private,’ du Plessis mentioned on the UFC 319 media day. “It’s simply enterprise. And I’ve mentioned this many instances. You might be the most important [explicit] on the earth or the nicest man on the earth. I’m nonetheless going on the market to try to kill you, and it’s what I’m right here to do.”
Du Plessis is able to go 5 ‘Full Pace’ rounds with Chimaev
To date, that’s labored out fairly effectively for ‘DDP’ since making his UFC debut 5 years in the past. He’s routinely outworked and outlasted the opposition, whether or not it’s three rounds or 5, and ‘Stillknocks’ thinks his subsequent title protection in ‘Chi-City’ might be no completely different.
“I’m going on the market to battle the best way (I battle) and see what occurs. He didn’t change his sport plan with Robert Whittaker as a result of it was a five-rounder,” du Plessis added. “That sort of already provides me the sense that he’s not gonna take into consideration the 5 rounds when he ought to be.
“5 rounds is a very long time, and I’m not scared to get into that darkish place. We’ve seen that. If we go full pace, you realize, I can battle drained all day. I’ve executed that many instances. So, let’s go for it. Let’s go from the primary bell to the final. Let’s go full pace and see who quits.”
