With fans and pundits expecting a period of dominance from the new middleweight champion, who – if anyone – can stop the Chimaev? And why might it be important that someone does?

MMA Pros Make the Same Khamzat Chimaev Prediction for UFC 319 originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Before DDP and Chimaev entered the cage, fans were delighted by back-to-back first-round spinning back elbow knockouts by undefeated featherweight Lerone Murphy and Carlos Prates against Aaron Pico and Geoff Neal, respectively. It is the first time in UFC history there have been two spinning back elbow victories on the same card.