If Dricus Du Plessis can add Khamzat Chimaev ’s name to his resume, he’s expecting big things. Middleweight champion Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) was angling to run things back with Sean Strickland for his next title defense, but after Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) ran through Robert Whittaker for a first-round submission this past Saturday at UFC 308, he’s now interested in undefeated “Borz.” With his past three wins coming over Whittaker, Strickland and Israel Adesanya, Du Plessis thinks handing Chimaev his first career loss should set him up for a shot at the light heavyweight title – preferably in his home country of South Africa. “If I beat Khamzat Chimaev – I beat Robert Whittaker, then I beat Sean Strickland, then I beat Israel Adesanya, then I beat Khamzat Chimaev, that warrants a double title fight,” Du Plessis told ESPN . “And I think that might just be it. I have a vision, and I can’t picture something more perfect than that. “But to be completely honest, I do not care who it is.
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UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis: Beating Khamzat Chimaev ‘warrants a double title fight’ – MMA Junkie