Dice City Sports · Jan 22
Dricus Du Plessis Vows Evolution After Title Loss to Khamzat Chimaev
© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn ImagesFormer UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis isn’t running from what happened at UFC 319 he’s studying it. Du Plessis saw his 11-fight winning streak come to a halt in August when Khamzat Chimaev delivered a suffocating five-round performance to claim the middleweight title in Chicago. The loss was decisive, frustrating, and in Du Plessis’ mind instructional.
“He made sure he stayed out of danger and he fought that fight and he almost neutralized me in making it a fight,” Du Plessis said during an appearance on Fight Forecast. “Because if we made it a fight it would have been a different story. But he knew that, so he was smart in that.”