Dricus Du Plessis says he has used a mental coach for the past eight years and that it’ll pay off when he fights Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319. Chimaev is expected to take Du Plessis down early, and the reigning middleweight champion shrugged it off.

Khamzat Chimaev is finally a champion after he dominated Dricus du Plessis across five consecutive rounds to claim middleweight gold in the UFC 319 main event. The story of the fight was supposed to be Chimaev’s fast start versus du Plessis’ ability to weather the storm and then come back in the later rounds.