Dricus du Plessis‘ sport plan at UFC 319 is straightforward.
Following a powerful 9-0 begin contained in the Octagon, together with back-to-back middleweight title defenses towards Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland, ‘Stillknocks’ will put his gold on the road towards undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev this Saturday evening in Chicago.
A lot has been mentioned about du Plessis’ possibilities of handing ‘Borz’ his first profession loss in combined martial arts, and what sport plan the South African sensation ought to implement to present himself the absolute best probability of doing so.
However for du Plessis, there’s just one sport plan.
“It’s by no means private,’ du Plessis mentioned on the UFC 319 media day. “It’s simply enterprise. And I’ve mentioned this many occasions. You will be the most important [explicit] on the planet or the nicest man on the planet. I’m nonetheless going on the market to try to kill you, and it’s what I’m right here to do.”
Du Plessis is able to go 5 ‘Full Velocity’ rounds with Chimaev
So far, that’s labored out fairly properly for ‘DDP’ since making his UFC debut 5 years in the past. He’s routinely outworked and outlasted the opposition, whether or not it’s three rounds or 5, and ‘Stillknocks’ thinks his subsequent title protection in ‘Chi-City’ shall be no totally different.
“I’m going on the market to battle the way in which (I battle) and see what occurs. He didn’t change his sport plan with Robert Whittaker as a result of it was a five-rounder,” du Plessis added. “That type of already provides me the sense that he’s not gonna take into consideration the 5 rounds when he must be.
“5 rounds is a very long time, and I’m not scared to get into that darkish place. We’ve seen that. If we go full pace, you realize, I can battle drained all day. I’ve carried out that many occasions. So, let’s go for it. Let’s go from the primary bell to the final. Let’s go full pace and see who quits.”
