Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev have agreed on a date for his or her extremely anticipated conflict. In actual fact, they’ve agreed to 2 dates.
Final month, panic set in as rumors began flying across the web that ‘DDP’ had suffered a critical damage, placing his subsequent title protection in opposition to the undefeated Chechen monster in jeopardy.
However after letting us sweat it out for just a few days, du Plessis emerged on-line to debunk all of the experiences and reveal that his battle with Chimaev is coming ahead of we predict.
“So we have now a date,” the reigning middleweight champion stated throughout an look on The Sias du Plessis Present. “However we have now potential of two dates. I already agreed to each. Lots of people are saying, ‘Is it this yr?’ Sure, 100%. It’s not far-off. It’s not that far-off. The announcement shall be made quickly. Me and the UFC, we’ve identified. All these rumors that got here out with accidents, I don’t know the place it got here from, it was ridiculous.
“I used to be like, OK, and I simply left it for like per week, after which I used to be like, ‘OK, everyone had their enjoyable, now you’re all going to look silly.’ We’ve already agreed on a date. That’s been some time in the past.
“So I’m simply ready for the contract, however that’s the battle that’s taking place. It’s going to be taking place within the subsequent couple of months, most 4 months. It’s going to occur one in all nowadays. Nothing is signed, however I’ve already agreed to any date. Any date that they gave me, I stated, ‘Cool. Prepared. Let’s do it.’”
Dricus Du Plessis able to show that he’s the best of all time in opposition to ‘Borz’
DDP’ is coming off a decisive unanimous determination victory over Sean Strickland in February at UFC 312. Earlier than that, he submitted former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya in The Land Down Beneath.
Chimaev has not but been formally introduced because the champ’s subsequent challenger, however after his gorgeous first-round end of Robert Whittaker in Abu Dhabi, no different battle makes extra sense than ‘Stillknocks’ vs. ‘Borz.
“His wrestling is world-class,” du Plessis stated of Chimaev. “It’s phenomenal. However so is Israel Adesanya’s placing, proper? So is Sean Strickland’s boxing. World-class. Adesanya’s placing, world-class. His kickboxing report speaks for itself. This isn’t placing, this isn’t wrestling, this isn’t grappling, that is MMA.
“And sure, I do assume his wrestling is phenomenal, however when the evening comes, it’s not about instructing him a lesson, it’s about proving as soon as once more that I would be the best of all-time and doing no matter I’ve to to show that” (h/t MMA Preventing).
