Khamzat Chimaev finally lived up to his early promise on Saturday night, utterly dominating Dricus du Plessis to claim the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 319.

Athlon Sports. In his title fight with Dricus du Plessis, Khamzat Chimaev didn’t just win—he dismantled the champion in a way that left jaws on the floor. The performance was so commanding, so one-sided,

Ever since his 2020 UFC debut, when he earned a trio of dominant victories in a stretch of just 65 days, Khamzat Chimaev has been the promotion's greatest enigma as a fighter who is capable of magic in one performance only to look surprisingly human in his next amid a somewhat consistent stretch of inactivity.