Following Khamzat Chimaev's first-round submission win over Robert Whittaker this previous Saturday at UFC 308, he has actually offered Dana White a lot to think of concerning the next middleweight title battle.
Khamzat Chimaev has actually been commonly considered as an ensured future champ given that his launching in the promo in 2020, however lack of exercise has actually enormously postponed him from doing so.
In spite of that, at UFC 308 he got the greatest win of his profession so far, sending previous champ Robert Whittaker in the really preliminary of their co-main occasion, squashing his jaw while doing so.
Image by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCDricus Du Plessis ‘more fired up' by a battle versus Khamzat Chimaev than Sean Strickland
Prior to the big middleweight co-main occasion, UFC CEO Dana White confessed that previous champ Sean Strickland would likely be beside challenge Dricus Du Plessis for the title, in spite of having just got one win considering that their last battle.
Having stated that, on UFC 308 battle week, the UFC employer appeared to a little go back on his word and mentioned that he would wait and see the outcome of Chimaev vs Whittaker before deciding.
Right away after ‘Borz's' win over ‘The Reaper', White chased Chimaev as he was leaving the Octagon to praise him for the substantial win, leaving fans questioning whether more was stated.
Ever since, Du Plessis has actually weighed in on the title talks, confessing that he is ‘more lured' by a possible battle versus the unbeaten Chimaev than he is by a rematch versus Strickland.
“As a fan of the sport and the middleweight champ of the world, that's a battle that gets me more ecstatic, taking somebody's 0, I've beaten Strickland before and I understand I'll beat him once again,” the champ informed Radioraps.
“Getting that Khamzat battle, that gets me ecstatic, I believe the entire world, the fans wish to see it and the fans eventually pay to see the battles so the battle the world believes is the next finest battle is what I desire so yeah, the Khamzat battle is 100% what I desire and the UFC is gon na do what they're gon na do,” he continued.
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Sean Strickland is still determined he is next in line for a title shot
After losing his title to the South African in January, Strickland went on to get a split-decision win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302 and was determined that he will remain up until he is offered another title shot.
Regardless of Strickland's adamance, most of the fanbase thinks that he hasn't done enough to re-earn a title shot, thinking about Chimaev's current rise.
“Understand something … I am next in line … It's been stated,
