Khamzat Chimaev completely shut down Dricus Du Plessis.
‘Borz’ delivered probably the most dominant performances in promotional historical past at UFC 319, pinning ‘DDP’ to the mat for practically 5 full rounds en path to changing into the brand new undisputed middleweight world champion.
Whereas the struggle lacked the fireworks that everybody had hoped for, there’s no denying that Chimaev’s displaying established him because the UFC’s official boogeyman. Wanting again at Chimaev’s title-winning efficiency on the Uncrowned Submit-Battle Present, Irish journalist Petesy Carroll marveled on the undefeated Chechen monster’s mastery on the mat.
What this man is doing is he’s not really permitting you to grapple him,” Carroll instructed Ariel Helwani. “He’s taking you down. As soon as high place is established towards a wrestler that dominant, it doesn’t actually matter how good your guard is, you already know…? Fluffy [Anthony Hernandez] is an distinctive grappler as nicely… however what this man appears to be doing is simply taking guys’ legs out of the equation instantly.
He takes down, he strikes to facet management, and as we noticed in the present day with the crucifix, simply instantly going again to that.
Who’s subsequent for Khamzat Chimaev?
Chimaev landed an unbelievable 529 complete strikes out of 567 — a formidable 93% clip — whereas Du Plessis solely managed to attach with 45 complete strikes. ‘DDP’ was additionally taken down 12 occasions, surrendering 21:40 of management time to Chimaev.
What’s subsequent for ‘Borz’ stays to be seen, however after his full destruction of the South African sensation, Chimaev is more likely to be a large favourite in his first UFC title protection, whether or not it comes towards submission specialist Reinier de Ridder, Preventing Nerds’ favourite Caio Borralho, or present top-ranked contender Nassourdine Imavov.
