Khamzat Chimeev climbed to the top of the UFC Division of Middle Weights when Dricus du Plessis detrored Dricus du Plessis with a complete dominant performance in UFC 319. Chimeev won the struggle by unanimous decisions, with all judges scoring in favor of the bite-off stars.
The dominance of Chimeev was seen with statistics during the fight when he completely dominated Du Plessis. The 31-year-old landed a total of 529 strikes compared to 45 du Plessis and made 12 out of 17 stops he tried. Chimeev also had a significant percentage of strike 78 percent.
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Borz set the tone of the fight at the beginning of the opening thumbnings and gave the dissemination to bring the fight on the mat. He held the South Africa in the position of crucifix before it rained on Du Plesis. However, the South African survived.
The second round began as first, when Chimeev took a fight on the mat and got to a strong place to strike his knees and brought attempts at the rich because Du Plesis remained in the fight to find a rhythm. The third and fourth rounds saw that the South African was worn by Chimeev.
Du Plesis had a flash of hope in the fifth round when he got into a strong position, but it was too late when the two men went on. The judges scored the fight 50-44 in favor of Chimeev and crowned it as a new king of middle weight.
“Never a non -profit plan”
Chimeev said he never had a game plan during the fight and claimed to work like in a gym. The new UFC champion also paid tribute to Du Plesis and said he was a real lion.
“I’ve never played playing. I just came, I work like in a gym. The guy is strong, I couldn’t finish, respecting the guy, it’s the only champion that said my name. This guy has a real heart, a real lion, a real African lion,” Chimeev said, as Reuters quoted.
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Published on:
August 17, 2025
