Dricus du Plessis‘ coach, Morne Visser, has commented on whether the South African fighter will receive a rematch after losing his title to Khamzat Chimaev.
Du Plessis was dominated by the Russian fighter at UFC 319 in Chicago on Saturday night. Chimaev landed an impressive 529 strikes during the match, winning the UFC Middleweight title by unanimous decision.
Although du Plessis has lost the title, he is not guaranteed an immediate rematch. However, it is common for champions who lose closely contested matches to be granted another opportunity at the title.
Can Dricus Du Plessis get a rematch?
Du Plessis’ coach Morne Visser, has reacted to the fighter’s first defeat as UFC Middleweight champion.
“It’s hard to take a big loss like this on the jaw, but lessons learned,” Visser said.
“I think we could have done a lot better, but I also think the ref should have done better. You know what it’s like when you lose or something doesn’t go your way, you always wanna blame somebody else. But I do think the ref should have made that fight a lot more live or a little bit more live.”
No rematch for Dricus Du Plessis
Visser has admitted that ‘DDP’ will not be fighting the Russian champion anytime soon.
“There’s no way I’ll take a rematch with us being a little bit behind in our Russian style of wrestling,” Visser told Submission Radio.
“That is what it is. Nothing else. He just knows how to control you on the floor … keeping the fight on the floor and making sure that the ref doesn’t stand it up. That’s all he did. Nothing else. We had more submission attempts and almost success. And, obviously, the stand up, we dominated him.”
With Dricus Du Plessis not getting a rematch soon, it remains to be seen who Khamzat will fight next.
Will Dricus ever beat Khamzat?
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