Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith thinks Dricus Du Plessis has the energy and the stamina obligatory at hand Khamzat Chimaev his first profession loss.
Du Plessis scored his second profitable title protection at UFC 312, outworking Sean Strickland for 5 rounds en path to a dominant unanimous determination victory.
However even earlier than the scorecards had been learn, fighters and followers alike had been already debating who would come out on prime between ‘DDP’ and the undefeated Chechen monster.
Smith favors du Plessis in ‘super competitive’ combat with khamzat chimaev
Hopefully, we gained’t have to attend for much longer to search out out, however after Du Plessis’ strong displaying in Sydney, ‘Lionheart’ finds himself favoring the South African star to return out on prime of their inevitable conflict.
“He looks to be crazy strong, just by the reactions of the people that he’s fighting—like how they react when he grabs a hold of them,” Smith stated of Du Plessis throughout an look on Submission Radio. “, the man’s the champion. He’s a champion, and he’s the rightful one. He appears to have a stranglehold on that title. He’s received a fuel tank—that was one other criticism he had very early in his profession, that he appeared to fuel afterward in a few of these fights.
“But he just went five hard rounds at a high pace with Sean Strickland, and that’s not an easy task. I’ve tried to do it myself in the gym—it’s hard to do. He’s got all the tools and all the weapons, and I think that’s a super competitive fight. But I do find myself probably favoring Du Plessis a little bit. And that’s a crazy statement if you would have looked back a year ago.”
Du Plessis and Chimaev are a mixed 17-0 underneath the UFC banner. Alongside the way in which, ‘Borz’ has bested some massive names, together with Gilbert Burns and ex-titleholders Kamaru Usman and Robert Whittaker whereas ‘DDP’ has crushed each Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland throughout his middleweight title reign.
