Forward of their UFC 319 showdown for the UFC Middleweight Title, Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus du Plessis have gone backwards and forwards on social media, buying and selling insults.
Chimaev took intention at du Plessis’ crew, insinuating that his opponent and his coaches are donuts. The champion has since responded in brutal style.
Khamzat Chimaev Takes Intention At Dricus Du Plessis’ Staff With Social Media Put up
Dricus du Plessis vs Khamzat Chimaev was formally introduced final week because the UFC 319 predominant occasion.
The pair have been rumored to be combating one another for fairly a while, with final week’s affirmation now making the combat official for August 19 in Chicago.
Evidently MMA followers have wished this combat for fairly a while, and now their want has been granted for a compelling UFC Middleweight Title showdown later this summer time.
With the combat now lower than three months away, the pre-fight build-up has been gathering momentum. This contains the fighters themselves, who’ve started buying and selling blows already on social media.
The newest installment of their backwards and forwards on-line got here on Wednesday twenty first Could, with Khamzat Chimaev first insulting Dricus du Plessis and his crew with a photograph captioned with a number of emojis.
The picture is of the champion holding his 185-pound belt together with his 4 coaches round him. Chimaev has captioned the picture with 5 donut emojis and a laughing face emoji, insinuating that the South African and his crew are donuts.
Time will inform whether or not Chimaev’s insults are backed up contained in the cage when the pair meet in the course of the octagon within the UFC 319 predominant occasion on August 19.
@dricusduplessis 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🤣 pic.twitter.com/nm1zYSi1lZ
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) Could 20, 2025
Du Plessis Responds As Unhealthy Blood Boils Forward Of UFC 319 Showdown
With Khamzat Chimaev’s newest assault on Dricus du Plessis on social media, ‘Stillknocks’ hasn’t precisely let it fly.
The South African champion has hit again at ‘Borz’, commenting underneath Chimaev’s social media put up.
The UFC middleweight king wrote: “O s**t, would get you by there’s no i****d emoji.”
It’s clear to see that there isn’t any love misplaced between each Chimaev and du Plessis.
The pair will lastly have the ability to settle their variations as soon as and for all on August 19 on the United Heart in Chicago, Illinois once they conflict in a really epic UFC Middleweight Title combat.
For sure there’ll in all probability be much more backwards and forwards on social media between the pair between now and combat evening.
It’s honest to say each males aren’t enormous followers of the opposite and can be chomping on the bit to get their palms on one another contained in the octagon in just some months time.