Khamzat Chimaev utterly dominated Dricus Du Plessis on Saturday night to claim the UFC middleweight title. The Russian-Emirati grappler dumped the defending champion on his back after just seven

Following his championship win, Khamzat improved his professional MMA record to 15-0 and has rarely been troubled during his nine-fight UFC run. Since joining the world's leading MMA organisation in 2020, Chimaev has shown himself to be one of the most skilled grapplers on the planet.

Dana White teases Khamzat Chimaev’s next challenger, revealing upcoming middleweight fights will carry massive stakes.

Reinier de Ridder is wasting no time in making his intentions clear, the Dutch grappler has set his sights on the UFC middleweight title.

He may have fought for 25 minutes at UFC 319 - but the new middleweight champion is already itching to get back in the Octagon 😱

Khamzat Chimaev was completely dominant in his victory over Dricus du Plessis to become middleweight champion at UFC 319 but he also faced criticism for not taking more risks and instead mostly just relying on his wrestling for takedowns and control time to win the fight.

Khamzat Chimaev continued to brush off Paulo Costa. Costa (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is eager to fight with Chimaev after accusing him of sending his wife "nasty" messages on Instagram. Chimaev denied ever doing that,