{"id":76987,"date":"2025-08-18T08:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76987\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:31:11","slug":"khamzat-chimaevs-coach-provides-brutal-verdict-on-dricus-du-plessis-wrestling-preparations-for-ufc-319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76987\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s coach provides brutal verdict on Dricus Du Plessis’ wrestling preparations for UFC 319"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s team did not hold back after their fighter dethroned Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title.<\/p>\n

His UFC 319<\/a> performance was nothing short of dominant, as Chimaev<\/a> never let go of the champion, keeping him grounded with crucifixes and expert takedowns.<\/p>\n

The Chechen did not believe Dricus was that strong<\/a> following their bout, and it was clear from the over 20 minutes of control time that this was the case.<\/p>\n

\"DricusPhoto by Geoff Stellfox\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

His Du Plessis<\/a> win is more likely a blueprint for his next defences, using his ability to expertly grapple to disarm opponents\u2019 strengths.<\/p>\n

Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s coach brutally takes aim at Dricus Du Plessis\u2019 wrestling preparations for UFC 319<\/p>\n

While he has been adamant in the build-up, he would like to fight again at UFC Abu Dhabi in October, but he may have to take a break after a restless performance on the mat, even with the 319 backup fighter calling out Khamzat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ranked middleweight contenders know they have to beat his wrestling if they want to achieve his victory, but it is not easy to prepare for, as shown by the struggles \u2018Stillknocks\u2019 had in the fight.<\/p>\n

Even the \u2018Borz\u2019 coach, Alan Nascimento, was surprised at the approach by the former champion when asked by Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n

When Nascimento spoke to the MMA legend, he said: \u201cI\u2019m going to be honest with you. People can think about preparing for wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Khamzat has a different type of approach and pressure. You only discover it when it\u2019s too late. It\u2019s already there, and you can do nothing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

His pressure has been seen before when he fought Robert Whittaker last year, but in that contest, he was able to apply the face crank finish, which injured his jaw.<\/p>\n

The coach also responded to the \u2018one-dimensional\u2019 comments<\/a> from the team of Du Plessis and provided a very brutal verdict on his wrestling trainer.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cHis coach was saying that Du Plessis wants to fight on the ground. He (will) beat Khamzat on the ground. (Now) house quiet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that now whoever was preparing on the ground, you\u2019re going to get fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC legend Daniel Cormier disappointed by Dricus Du Plessis after UFC 319 loss to Khamzat Chimaev<\/p>\n

Cormier himself was not as enamoured by the former champion\u2019s performance in the fight, especially when compared to his wins over Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

The former light heavyweight champion was \u2018surprised\u2019 by how easily the 31-year-old was taken to the mat, but felt he was still in a \u2018championship mindset\u2019 when it went to the later rounds.<\/p>\n

He further explained: \u201cIt was very impressive by Chimaev. If I\u2019m being honest, though, it was a little disappointing on the side of Du Plessis because he knew the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if they prepared the right way for what challenge was in front of them. When you\u2019re fighting Chimaev, you\u2019ve got to be able to get up if taken down, and you\u2019ve got to make the takedowns hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t able to do either of those things tonight, and now he\u2019s the former champ.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he was able to get his work off in the fifth round, it was too late by then to do anything else, and ultimately, it seemed the coaches needed a different approach altogether to achieve more success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s team did not hold back after their fighter dethroned Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,20207,786,4120,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-76987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dricus-du-plessis","tag-fighting","tag-khamzat-chimaev","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}