In a conversation with Din Thomas for ESPN MMA, Usman discussed how challenging Khamzat Chimaev is ... Makhachev will probably need to fight a couple more lightweight contenders, such as Arman ...

Khamzat Chimaev. Du Plessis believes he’ll outwrestle Chimaev. While fight fans acknowledge that Chimaev is likely next to the throne, Usman believes another top contender is a tough stylistic ...

Styles makes fights and Kamaru Usman thinks Dricus du Plessis may have his hands full with someone other than Khamzat Chimaev. On a four-fight streak, Nassourdine Imavov is also among options for ...

It’s Sean Strickland fight week, and as usual, the pre-fight antics are in full swing. This time, ‘Tarzan’ isn’t trading barbs with his scheduled opponent. Despite this, Chimaev has ...

Do what the myth that Khabib built and created and Islam [Makhachev] and guys like Khamzat [Chimaev] were able to carry on." That Usman wasn't stereotypically reserved in his post-fight speech was ...

While Dricus du Plessis has defied the odds throughout his nine-fight UFC run ... "But if you look at a guy like Kamaru Usman, what he did with Khamzat on 10 days' notice. You look at Gilbert ...

UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis told ESPN that he would have preferred a fight against Khamzat Chimaev over his UFC 312 rematch with Sean Strickland in Sydney on February 9. Du Plessis ...

Du Plessis wants to fight Pereira at some point down the line but knows his first order of unfinished business is Khamzat Chimaev, middleweight's top contender. Khamzat Chimaev fights Kevin ...

So I’m not rushing that my next fight is Alex Pereira. No, no, no. I want Khamzat next. I think he deserves a hiding.” ...

champion fight. Muhammad found the comments ... and then came up short in a short-notice replacement against Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight bout. When Usman was champ, he defended the title ...

Dricus du Plessis appears to be on a collision course with top contender Khamzat ... fight with Chimaev as 'Borz' slows down. The key for 'Stillknocks', then, is to ensure that unlike Burns and ...