Athlon Sports. In his title fight with Dricus du Plessis, Khamzat Chimaev didn’t just win—he dismantled the champion in a way that left jaws on the floor. The performance was so commanding, so one-sided,

Ever since his 2020 UFC debut, when he earned a trio of dominant victories in a stretch of just 65 days, Khamzat Chimaev has been the promotion's greatest enigma as a fighter who is capable of magic in one performance only to look surprisingly human in his next amid a somewhat consistent stretch of inactivity.