Off the again of his newest exit from a high-profile return to the Octagon final month, Khamzat Chimaev must be prevented in terms of promotion by the UFC – in response to present middleweight champion, Dricus du Plessis.
Compelled from one more slated return to motion – this time within the type of his would-be predominant occasion debut for the promotion, Chimaev exited a UFC Saudi Arabia headliner with ex-champion, Robert Whittaker, by an obvious “violent sickness”.
And plotting one other return – this time at UFC 308 in October, Chimaev, who has been sidelined because the similar month an annum prior, warned contenders and followers alike that he would present who the true “king” was when he finally makes a comeback.
Khamzat Chimaev not within the title image claims Dricus du Plessis
Nevertheless, in his pursuit of a rebooked conflict with fan-favorite, Whittaker, Chimaev has been labelled as a waste of time presently by du Plessis – who admitted he would additionally battle the Chechen, if he ever strung collectively a run of consistency.
“I’m feeling sorry for the man (Khamzat Chimaev), I do know what it appears like, I’ve been on that facet of the are of not with the ability to battle and it sucks,” Dricus du Plessis informed Submission Radio.”
“Proper now, it simply doesn’t even make sense to speak about it [a future fight],” Dricus du Plessis defined. “You already know, he hasn’t fought one single ranked middelweight – not one, and to place him in that dialog proper now, looks as if we’re losing time. He’s not within the run and up till [the time] he proves that he deserves to be in that run, there’s no use in speaking about it.”
Himself returning at UFC 305 subsequent month in a visit to Perth, undisputed middleweight champion, du Plessis will defend his middleweight crown in opposition to former two-time titleholder, Israel Adesanya in a heated battle ‘Downunder’.
Do you agree with Dricus du Plessis’ evaluation of the unbeaten, Khamzat Chimaev?
