Khamzat Chimaev won the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 319 by decisively defeating Dricus Du Plessis. Chimaev landed a record 529 total strikes, surpassing the previous mark of 447, and recorded 12 takedowns on 17 attempts. Only 37 of Chimaev's strikes were classified as significant, while Du Plessis landed 45 total strikes, 13 of them significant. Chimaev controlled Du Plessis on the canvas for 21 minutes, 40 seconds, amounting to 87% of the 25-minute fight. The performance included a Round 1 total-strike advantage of 131-3.
Khamzat Chimaev burst onto the UFC scene in the summer of 2020, finishing his first three opponents in barely two months with thrashing performances. He continued to pile up impressive numbers, and even after injuries, illnesses and other factors slowed his roll, he remained undefeated and eventually made it to a title fight at last Saturday's UFC 319. Once again, Chimaev was dominant, seizing the UFC middleweight championship from Dricus Du Plessis. Once again, Chimaev put up big numbers.
12 takedowns: Chimaev executed the second-most takedowns in a UFC middleweight fight ( Makhmud Muradov had 13 against Bryan Barberena in 2023). Chimaev's total, which came on 17 attempts, is tied for the third-most in a UFC title fight and the most since Demetrious Johnson landed 14 in a flyweight title bout in 2015. In Du Plessis' nine previous UFC fights, his opponents had landed a total of three takedowns.
37 to 13 in significant strikes: Although Chimaev landed 529 total strikes, only 37 were designated significant, which is defined as a blow with enough power to cause damage or movement in an opponent. Chimaev absorbed only 45 total strikes from Du Plessis, 13 of which were deemed significant. 1 significant strike: In Round 1, Chimaev had a 131-3 advantage in total strikes but was credited with only one significant strike. Du Plessis did not land a significant strike until the third round.
Collection
[
|
...
]