An undisputed middleweight title fight between the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis, and unbeaten challenger, Khamzat Chimaev is officially set to take place on August 16. from the United Center in Chicago. Illinois.
du Plessis, the current undisputed middleweight kingpin, will look to lodge his third successful defense of the middleweight crown later this summer, having previously landed a second career win over former champion, Sean Strickland as recent as February in their UFC 312 title re-run in Sydney, Australia.
As for the unbeaten, Chimaev, the Chechen finisher will return for the first time in 10 months, having most recently extended his undefeated streak with a devastating first round face crank submission win over former undisputed champion and common-foe, Robert Whittaker.