This was a familiar predicament for Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 319. | Getty/UFCApparently Dricus Du Plessis isn’t the first person to struggle to escape Khamzat Chimaev’s vaunted crucifix.
Chimaev trapped the South African multiple times en route to a dominant unanimous decision triumph in the UFC 319 headliner at the United Center in Chicago on Saturday night. The final statistics in the championship victory were jarring: Chimaev secured 12 of 17 takedown attempts, logged 21:40 total control time and outlanded his opponent by a 529-to-45 count in total strikes. Much of that striking offense occurred from the crucifix position, which “Borz” says he has used on many a training partner over the…
