Former UFC middleweight kingpin Dricus du Plessis has compared his fight against Khamzat Chimaev to this past weekend’s UFC 322 headliner between Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev.
Du Plessis was dethroned by Chimaev earlier this year at UFC 319. The five-round bout saw complete dominance from Chimaev’s end as he took du Plessis down 12 times, landed a total of 529 strikes, and had a control time of 21 minutes and 40 seconds. On the other hand, at UFC 322, Makhachev similarly dethroned ‘JDM’ with his superior wrestling. The Dagestani had more than 19 minutes of ground time.