Khamzat Chimaev is already in camp.
But the No. 3-ranked title contender isn’t just training to defeat reigning 185-pound champion, Dricus Du Plessis, when they collide for the middleweight strap at one of the promotion’s upcoming PPV events later this year, he’s “prepping for murder.”
That’s according to his conversation with Adam Zubayraev.
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when that kind of talk landed a UFC fighter in hot water (just ask this former heavyweight champion). These days, the oft-ignored (and arbitrarily enforced) “Code of Conduct” appears to be a relic of yesteryear.
Bloody Elbow. “So I said I would. If the stars align for that I’d love to get over for that. I think Khamzat the first two rounds is unstoppable. Obviously his cardio and conditioning has been questioned but I think he’s fit as f—k.”
“If he’s so prepared for a fight like that, I don’t see how DDP beats him,” Till continued. “But DDP keeps beating everyone, so I’m not going to look past him but I just can’t see him beating Khamzat. He’s just too strong for him and he’ll submit him, that’s what I’m predicting.”
UFC is expected to announce their upcoming title fight in the coming days.
