Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus Du Plessis | FULL FIGHT | UFC 328 — Transcript

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1. 0:10Okay, gentlemen, you understand the
2. 0:12rules of fighting. You listen to me all
3. 0:13times. Keep yourself protected. When I
4. 0:15say stop, you stop. If you want to
5. 0:17touch, do it now. God bless.
6. 0:21Let's go.
7. 0:22>> Here we go.
8. 0:23Here [cheering] we go. Wow.
9. 0:24>> that How did that
10. 0:30Oh, man.
11. 0:33Let's go. That happened in the blink of
12. 0:35an eye.
13. 0:36KHAMZAT CHIMAEV, at long last, fighting
14. 0:41for an undisputed UFC title. That belt
15. 0:43belongs to South Africa's
16. 0:46Dricus Du Plessis. [cheering]
17. 0:48And we are underway.
18. 0:52Oh, nice double leg by Hamzat.
19. 0:59Take down already by Hamzat.
20. 1:01Dricus needs to release the head here.
21. 1:04If he doesn't release the head here,
22. 1:05it's Hamzat could put him in
23. 1:07Yeah, he's going to get caught in a Von
24. 1:09Flue.
25. 1:10>> Yep.
26. 1:13Dricus said he understood he was going
27. 1:15to get taken down.
28. 1:16>> But this is quick though. That was way
29. 1:18faster than I could have imagined. He
30. 1:19thought it would be that quick.
31. 1:21>> [cheering]
32. 1:22>> First level change, Hamzat was able to
33. 1:24take him to the mat.
34. 1:28Now here's the question, is he going to
35. 1:29be able to get back up?
36. 1:33Usman got taken down pretty quickly too.
37. 1:35But he was able to get back to his feet.
38. 1:38>> [cheering]
39. 1:38>> But he didn't get taken down and
40. 1:40flattened out on his back.
41. 1:41>> OH, CRUCIFIX.
42. 1:43BAD EARLY SPOT FOR THE CHAMPION.
43. 1:48OH MY GOODNESS.
44. 1:51I mean, crucifix is tough, man, because
45. 1:53there's no known defense. You You TO
46. 1:55JUST KEEP BUCKING AND BRIDGING, and
47. 1:56hopefully the guy loses his arm. But it
48. 1:59looks like it's getting worse right now
49. 2:00for Du Plessis.
50. 2:02I mean, he's really got that [cheering]
51. 2:03tightened up. I mean, these aren't big
52. 2:05shots, and he's kind of protecting his
53. 2:06head by tucking it close to Khamzat's
54. 2:09body and preventing him from hitting
55. 2:11with any real force.
56. 2:14But this is still a terrible position
57. 2:16for the champion. 90 seconds in, Chimaev
58. 2:18putting his brand of violence all over
59. 2:20Du Plessis.
60. 2:22But after a while, right? The ref is
61. 2:23just not to stop it, cuz you want to do
62. 2:25anything. I hit Patrick Cummins with
63. 2:27just a whole bunch of shots. Nothing
64. 2:29hard, and they stopped the fight.
65. 2:30>> you hit him harder than this. Yes.
66. 2:32>> This is a difference. He's he's really
67. 2:33tucking his face in pretty well,
68. 2:35considering.
69. 2:37And this is basically nothing. Yeah,
70. 2:39he's just tapping him.
71. 2:40There's no force to this.
72. 2:43There's no reasonable reason why you
73. 2:45would stop the fight at this point.
74. 2:46>> No, but he's got to get that arm out.
75. 2:48That right arm in particular. He's got
76. 2:50to figure out how to pop that arm out.
77. 2:51Well, he's got he's he's he's bucking
78. 2:53Yeah. by trying to elevate himself in
79. 2:55his legs, but he needs to be bridging
80. 2:57to turn.
81. 2:59But these are like really small shots.
82. 3:01Yeah, this is nothing. But the elbows
83. 3:03potentially could be huge. He's going to
84. 3:05push off with the palm and try to blast
85. 3:07him with elbows. He just can't give him
86. 3:09any space. And here's the problem. He
87. 3:11can go
88. 3:1212 to 6 elbows now from this position.
89. 3:15So Du Plessis better not let him get any
90. 3:16space.
91. 3:20And it is great to have a a veteran
92. 3:22referee here that's not going to just
93. 3:24panic and stop the fight.
94. 3:26Well, this isn't totally a crucifix
95. 3:27right now. Oh, look at that. Arm
96. 3:29triangle attempt.
97. 3:30>> The arm's out though. The arm's out.
98. 3:35Watch the back, please, Dricus.
99. 3:37Du Plessis staying focused in the wake
100. 3:39of danger.
101. 3:41>> [cheering]
102. 3:41>> Not out of harm's way yet. 2 minutes
103. 3:43here to go in round one. I mean, this is
104. 3:45without a doubt the best wrestler he's
105. 3:46ever faced in his life.
106. 3:48>> Yes.
107. 3:48>> This is the difference. Khamzat is just
108. 3:50so smothering.
109. 3:52And for DDP on the bottom here,
110. 3:55all the bucking and bridging takes
111. 3:56energy. And I would question most
112. 3:58people, but not Du Plessis. We have not
113. 4:01seen him truly run out of gas. Now, but
114. 4:03this is great for Khamzat, though,
115. 4:05because he can hold you here
116. 4:0725 minutes if he has to.
117. 4:10Yeah, and clearly he's winning the
118. 4:11round, but he's not really doing any
119. 4:14damage. Not yet, at least.
120. 4:17Du Plessis closing the distance. Go
121. 4:19ahead, champ. Du Plessis is very smart
122. 4:21here. He knows that a lot of the
123. 4:22defenses you use against most, you can't
124. 4:24use against Khamzat because of his
125. 4:26submission ability.
126. 4:28Pretty blatant fence grab there by Du
127. 4:29Plessis. Perhaps it mattered not.
128. 4:33But he's getting smooshed on the ground,
129. 4:34though, isn't he? Khamzat's doing a
130. 4:36great job of keeping his body between Du
131. 4:38Plessis and the fence.
132. 4:51And if your goal is to exhaust Chimaev,
133. 4:54this won't do it. No.
134. 4:56This is where he lives. Yeah, this is
135. 4:57where he lives, grappling. And this is
136. 4:59not exhausting for him at all. It's much
137. 5:01more tiring for Du Plessis, plus his
138. 5:03breathing was restricted by Khamzat's
139. 5:05pressure.
140. 5:09>> [cheering and applause]
141. 5:11>> Over 4 minutes of time spent fighting
142. 5:14off of his back for Du Plessis.
143. 5:17Uncharted territory for him to be sure.
144. 5:22Oh, Du Plessis has got to be careful
145. 5:23here.
146. 5:25OH, SMART BY DRICUS. BEAUTIFUL reversal
147. 5:28by the champ.
148. 5:30He went for the guillotine again.
149. 5:32He keeps going guillotine. He should not
150. 5:35be doing that.
151. 5:37That's not the move, Joe. No. Got to try
152. 5:39to stuff the head and defend takedowns.
153. 5:41The entire crowd is standing for our
154. 5:44championship main event.
155. 5:48He's on the wrong end of a borderline
156. 5:5010-8 would be smiling like Du Plessis.
157. 5:52Yeah.
158. 5:53Well, he really does love a war.
159. 5:56He just said he didn't feel anything
160. 5:59when he was on the ground.
161. 6:02He's got to find a way to defend some of
162. 6:03these takedowns.
163. 6:06And Chimaev continues to suffocate.
164. 6:12He almost had that one defended, but
165. 6:14he's got stuck in his head. So, Chimaev
166. 6:16was able to build back into him and take
167. 6:18him down.
168. 6:23Du Plessis is doing a good job of
169. 6:24staying patient, but he has got to have
170. 6:26some urgency to get up so he's not just
171. 6:28held down for the entirety of the round.
172. 6:33>> [cheering]
173. 6:35>> Du Plessis sharing a moment with his
174. 6:38chief corner Mornay Visser.
175. 6:41Hamzat is so good at just continuing to
176. 6:43drag him to the ground every time he
177. 6:45tries to get up.
178. 6:47He does a great job with his forward
179. 6:48pressure.
180. 6:50He's always forward keeping his
181. 6:52opponent's weight on their hands.
182. 6:55He doesn't let him build back into it.
183. 6:58Watch here when Dricus starts to get up
184. 7:00how he moves him back forward towards
185. 7:02the mat.
186. 7:10Dricus Du Plessis has attempted four
187. 7:12strikes, hasn't landed any of them
188. 7:15significantly at least.
189. 7:2390 seconds have expired in round two. Du
190. 7:26Plessis needs to attack the hands of
191. 7:27Chimaev.
192. 7:28Right now his hands aren't doing
193. 7:30anything. He's got to attack Chimaev's
194. 7:32grip to try to break his lock.
195. 7:35That's step one in trying to get away
196. 7:36from him.
197. 7:37He's also got to be very careful he
198. 7:39doesn't completely give up his back from
199. 7:40this position where it looks like it's
200. 7:42really close.
201. 7:46Chimaev is doing exactly what he needs
202. 7:48to do.
203. 7:49Du Plessis seems pretty
204. 7:51composed in there. But again, [cheering]
205. 7:53he's he's down. Yes.
206. 7:55>> First round and
207. 7:56if it stays like this, he'll be down two
208. 7:58rounds.
209. 7:59And Hamzat is not really expending a lot
210. 8:02of energy here. Yep. I mean, it's
211. 8:03nothing that's exhausting him cuz he's
212. 8:05not being defensive at all.
213. 8:08He's just riding him.
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218. 8:18Oh, he's got a
219. 8:20He's got the joke here.
220. 8:22Dricus recognized it.
221. 8:32Three takedown attempts for Chimaev,
222. 8:34he's secured them all. North of 7
223. 8:36minutes of ground control time.
224. 8:48Du Plessis is staying composed
225. 8:50defensively, trying to fight a hand.
226. 8:52But Du Plessis has got to get two hands
227. 8:54on one to try to get up to his feet.
228. 8:57Right now, Chimaev is doing a really
229. 8:59good job of just controlling, following,
230. 9:02making it hard for Du Plessis to get up
231. 9:03and when he does, he just drives him
232. 9:05back to the mat.
233. 9:09Total striking which is pretty wild, but
234. 9:11as we've seen before, not a single
235. 9:12significant strike absorbed as yet by
236. 9:15Hamzat Chimaev.
237. 9:19I mean, he went multiple fights without
238. 9:21getting hit at all. Right.
239. 9:28Every UFC opponent that he has tried to
240. 9:30take down,
241. 9:31he has succeeded in doing so.
242. 9:37The hand fighting
243. 9:39of Chimaev, the wrist control is very
244. 9:41impressive.
245. 9:42Every time DDP starts trying to get up,
246. 9:45he just attacks his hands.
247. 9:46>> [cheering]
248. 9:48>> Shout out to his mentor, the late
249. 9:50three-time Olympic gold medalist
250. 9:51Buvaisar Saitiev, who passed in March of
251. 9:54this year.
252. 9:56Showed Chimaev a lot of things over the
253. 9:58years. Saitiev was the man.
254. 10:02Under a minute here to go in round two.
255. 10:04It's been all Chimaev
256. 10:06in Chicago.
257. 10:10Du Plessis isn't have any answers here.
258. 10:12Yep.
259. 10:13Look at that, Joe. You see forward,
260. 10:14forward, forward every time. So,
261. 10:18now,
262. 10:19at the end of round one, when he when
263. 10:21Dricus went to the corner, his coach was
264. 10:23smiling with him.
265. 10:25I wonder what the early feet will look
266. 10:26like now that two rounds have played out
267. 10:29in this way.
268. 10:30Right? Because while your champion isn't
269. 10:33taking much damage, he is losing rounds.
270. 10:36There's only three left now. Yeah, it
271. 10:38might be less smiling.
272. 10:41>> [cheering]
273. 10:46>> This is kind of crazy. Yeah, it is. Kind
274. 10:48of crazy how much control he has. He's
275. 10:50got to make the takedowns harder.
276. 10:52That's the That's the thing.
277. 10:54Even if he gets taken down, it can't
278. 10:56happen on the first attempt. He's got to
279. 10:57make Chimaev Standing ovation greets the
280. 10:59athletes to begin round three of a
281. 11:02possible five. Dricus Du Plessis in the
282. 11:04green and Khamzat Chimaev in the black
283. 11:06and blue.
284. 11:07See how quickly Chimaev shoots this
285. 11:09time. There it is.
286. 11:12I mean, Du Plessis is not defending.
287. 11:14He's not having any luck defending
288. 11:15takedowns.
289. 11:24Five takedowns out of as many attempts
290. 11:26for Chimaev.
291. 11:31Make six.
292. 11:36Right into side control again.
293. 11:38Unbelievable.
294. 11:42Du Plessis not the type of fighter to
295. 11:44get frustrated, but he has had nothing
296. 11:47resembling an answer through 11 minutes.
297. 11:49I mean, just the control time.
298. 11:52We've only fought
299. 11:53I mean, 11 minutes. How much control
300. 11:55time is it? Over 10? Yeah. Crazy. It's
301. 11:58crazy.
302. 12:05Din Thomas, what do you have, sir? Well,
303. 12:08the one thing that Gilbert Burns had
304. 12:10against Chimaev was a good guard because
305. 12:13it's clear that when Chimaev is on top
306. 12:15and he's able to just rotate around his
307. 12:17opponent, he's not going to get tired.
308. 12:18But when Gilbert Burns was in his guard,
309. 12:20it made CHIMAEV WORK SO MUCH THAT HE
310. 12:23ACTUALLY STOOD UP OUT OF THE GUARD. If
311. 12:25Du Plessis has a guard, now is the time
312. 12:27to use it.
313. 12:29Great observation, Dino. Three and a
314. 12:31half to go round three.
315. 12:34I don't know that they're going to let
316. 12:35Chimaev stay on top in the way that they
317. 12:37did in the first two rounds. He's going
318. 12:39to have to do some damage
319. 12:41um
320. 12:42in round three, four, and five or
321. 12:43they'll stand him up. Yeah, but he's in
322. 12:45dominant positions. I don't see Oh, he
323. 12:47got him again. Back to the crucifix
324. 12:49again.
325. 12:50This time it's almost wrapped up. Now
326. 12:52it's wrapped up. Now that right arm is
327. 12:54trapped and the left arm is trapped as
328. 12:56well.
329. 13:01He's got no answer for the grappling.
330. 13:04It's kind of stunning because we've seen
331. 13:06Khamzat dominate on the ground before,
332. 13:08but this is probably the most dominant
333. 13:10we've seen him.
334. 13:11And looks like finally Du Plessis has
335. 13:13been opened up. Some blood trickling out
336. 13:15of that left eye.
337. 13:17All the elbows landed there.
338. 13:34>> When Duplessis looks to his left, it's
339. 13:36hard for Hamzat to get anything of
340. 13:38substance. But it's when he tries to
341. 13:40turn in the opposite direction is when
342. 13:41Hamzat hits him with some bigger shots.
343. 13:46Absolutely incredible to watch the
344. 13:48challenger handle the champ in this
345. 13:51manner.
346. 13:52Just crucifix after crucifix. It's
347. 13:54crazy. Yeah, this control is bananas.
348. 13:58Chimaev Go ahead, champ. Dricus has got
349. 14:00to try to use his legs or something to
350. 14:02catch Chimaev's ankle. He's got to do
351. 14:04something, Joe. Yeah, he he just can't
352. 14:07He's trying. He reached over with that
353. 14:09right leg momentarily, but
354. 14:12the difference in grappling is just
355. 14:13astonishing. It's unbelievable to watch
356. 14:15Dricus dominated in this way.
357. 14:18Oh, there it is. Over.
358. 14:19>> There it is.
359. 14:21Crushing elbow right on that earline for
360. 14:23Chimaev.
361. 14:26NOW THE SHOTS [cheering] ARE GETTING
362. 14:26BIGGER.
363. 14:35Chimaev is building a gym in his home
364. 14:37village in Chechnya might very well have
365. 14:39a new gold belt to bring home if things
366. 14:42continue on this path. Well, this is
367. 14:44about as dominant a performance from a
368. 14:46challenger as we have seen in a really
369. 14:47long time.
370. 14:49Duplessis has had no answers
371. 14:52for Chimaev's wrestling and his
372. 14:53grappling.
373. 14:55And it looks like he popped that right
374. 14:57arm out. There's no pressure on it now.
375. 15:01But he's
376. 15:02completely being dominated and so
377. 15:04exhausted.
378. 15:04>> out now. Yeah, his arm's out.
379. 15:07But I mean, he got beat up worse in this
380. 15:09round than he has the entire fight.
381. 15:12Now he's moaning.
382. 15:13>> [cheering]
383. 15:16>> Joe.
384. 15:20Chimaev smashing away trying to a WAY
385. 15:22UNDER THE CHIN.
386. 15:25Dricus is fighting it off, but man, is
387. 15:26he getting dominated.
388. 15:27>> Yes, he is.
389. 15:29And we are three rounds down, and he has
390. 15:31gotten nothing off. I mean, has he
391. 15:33landed a significant strike yet, London?
392. 15:35One.
393. 15:36>> Really?
394. 15:37Yeah, I would say it
395. 15:40Final 20 seconds of round three.
396. 15:43I don't think it was significant.
397. 15:47And what is the rest of the middleweight
398. 15:48division thinking right now?
399. 15:50Watching this. Well, if you're Reinier
400. 15:52de Ridder, you're thinking, "I'm a
401. 15:53really good grappler." Reinier de Ridder
402. 15:55is a great grappler. That's the
403. 15:56difference. But that's the thing though,
404. 15:57but is Reinier de Ridder a great
405. 15:59striker?
406. 16:00Because we see Chimaev strike with the
407. 16:01guys that can grapple.
408. 16:03All Chimaev through three.
409. 16:07Round four of a possible five.
410. 16:11Dricus' coach told him no more crucifix.
411. 16:13I don't know if he comes out of another
412. 16:15crucifix. If he gets crucifixed again,
413. 16:17he may get the fight stopped. Dricus has
414. 16:19got to lower his stance and abandon the
415. 16:21idea of kicks. He sprawls. There you go.
416. 16:24>> sprawls.
417. 16:25There it is. And again. Oh my goodness.
418. 16:28I mean, this is crazy, man. Crazy. It's
419. 16:31literally 20 seconds every round.
420. 16:37I mean, he's just getting mauled.
421. 16:40I mean, has nobody tried to wrestle
422. 16:42Dricus du Plessis before? Because I've
423. 16:44never seen him look No one at this level
424. 16:46can defend takedowns like this. So,
425. 16:47there's no one at this level that he's
426. 16:49ever fought with.
427. 16:50Yeah, Brunson had some success a long
428. 16:52time ago, but not on Chimaev's level in
429. 16:54terms of the MMA wrestling.
430. 16:56He's seven of eight on his takedown
431. 16:58attempts.
432. 17:01With so much control time.
433. 17:05Seems like perhaps some deflation
434. 17:07finally starting to set in a little bit
435. 17:10for the unflappable champ du Plessis.
436. 17:13And
437. 17:13it has to be fatigue. Yeah.
438. 17:16As tough and as durable and as much
439. 17:18endurance as he has, he's just been
440. 17:20dominated
441. 17:22for three straight rounds and now deep
442. 17:24into the fourth.
443. 17:25>> [cheering]
444. 17:26>> And it took him much longer than most
445. 17:28fighters
446. 17:29for frustration to set in because
447. 17:32Right.
448. 17:33Now he's attacking the lock a little
449. 17:34bit.
450. 17:36Oh, oh my goodness.
451. 17:38He just shook him off.
452. 17:41Chimaev is just a step ahead of him with
453. 17:43his takedowns, his wrestling.
454. 17:45Just his knowledge in those positions,
455. 17:48even in the clinch.
456. 17:50He's just a little ahead of him.
457. 17:59>> [cheering]
458. 17:59>> First warning
459. 18:01from Marc Goddard looking for a little
460. 18:03bit more activity out of Chimaev. You
461. 18:05know, I kind of disagree with that
462. 18:06because this is fighting and he's doing
463. 18:09it very effectively.
464. 18:12He's doing exactly what he wants to do.
465. 18:14To say that he should be doing something
466. 18:15different when he's totally dominant
467. 18:17seems to be kind of crazy.
468. 18:20And his cardio looks amazing. He does
469. 18:22not look fatigued at all. Well, he
470. 18:23hasn't really been challenged. It's
471. 18:25basically him on the offense choosing
472. 18:28when to strike, completely in control,
473. 18:31making Dricus carry his weight.
474. 18:38Well, we said off the top of the
475. 18:40broadcast, Dricus Du Plessis as champion
476. 18:43was the biggest betting underdog
477. 18:45defending his title in UFC middleweight
478. 18:46history and uh Now we know why.
479. 18:50Oh, look, Dricus tried to roll, but it
480. 18:52was a half-hearted granby roll. Well,
481. 18:53that roll shows he's tired now. Yes.
482. 18:56He's getting back in the crucifix,
483. 18:57though. Yep.
484. 18:57>> I've never seen somebody get crucifix
485. 18:59that many times. No, it's kind of crazy.
486. 19:07He just can't do anything about it.
487. 19:09Khamzat slides that left shin across the
488. 19:11arm and he just has no answers.
489. 19:15He can't get that arm back. I mean
490. 19:17that's the top pressure that Hamzat has.
491. 19:18That's just amazing. The way the the the
492. 19:22where Hamzat is messing up on that
493. 19:23crucifix is he's putting it right
494. 19:25between his legs. You don't need to do
495. 19:27that. You need to put your knee above
496. 19:28the elbow AND KEEP YOUR SHIN BEHIND IT.
497. 19:31Then their arm just goes up and down
498. 19:34your shin. They can never get out. Look
499. 19:36how excited you get. I like that
500. 19:37crucifix. I like I spoke to Listen to me
501. 19:40how that felt when he had him in that
502. 19:41position.
503. 19:41>> Yeah, it was right beneath my shin.
504. 19:46Late round four.
505. 19:48A dominant performance from the
506. 19:50challenger doesn't even begin to
507. 19:51describe it. I mean this is going to be
508. 19:53one of the craziest score cards we've
509. 19:55seen in a long time if it continues like
510. 19:57this. Like Amanda Nunes versus Felicia
511. 19:59Spencer, a 50 to 40 in there. I mean
512. 20:01this is fantastic. I kind of Yeah, you
513. 20:03can kind of make that call because even
514. 20:05though there's not been a lot of damage,
515. 20:06oh my god, he's going to separate them.
516. 20:09That I
517. 20:10Man, they don't like that. They don't
518. 20:12like that. Now imagine Dricus wins by
519. 20:14knockout now.
520. 20:15>> He's got TO JUST GO. DRICUS NEEDS TO
521. 20:17JUST GO. LOOK.
522. 20:20OH. WOW.
523. 20:22>> can't stop it. He just can't stop the
524. 20:24takedown.
525. 20:25And you see the fatigue in Dricus now
526. 20:27the way he's moving.
527. 20:34So the referee
528. 20:36>> [cheering]
529. 20:36>> dangles a carrot for Du Plessis. He gets
530. 20:38taken down immediately by Chimaev. Ninth
531. 20:41takedown on 11 attempts.
532. 20:43>> He also dangled a carrot for the
533. 20:45bloodthirsty savages in the crowd that
534. 20:46want to stand up again. Yeah.
535. 20:49I mean and just the way DDP's going back
536. 20:51to the mat now, you can tell he's
537. 20:53wearing down. Look at that. Oh, there it
538. 20:55is. You can tell he's wearing down.
539. 20:57He's doing a great job of defending the
540. 20:59choke.
541. 21:00This is maybe the most dominant four
542. 21:04rounds Yeah.
543. 21:05>> that we've ever seen challenger have.
544. 21:08Taking no punishment whatsoever.
545. 21:11Look how fresh Hamzat looks. Yep. I
546. 21:15Go ahead, John. No, he has shattered the
547. 21:16record for ground strikes landed in a
548. 21:17UFC fight by more than 100. We got 5
549. 21:19minutes to go.
550. 21:21I love his corner telling him, "You've
551. 21:22got to get low.
552. 21:24You've got to get low.
553. 21:26Squat your stance a little bit if you're
554. 21:28DDP."
555. 21:30That's a good way to Get low. Give up on
556. 21:32the kicks. Oh.
557. 21:34Another one.
558. 21:37Too easy. Unbelievable.
559. 21:40Just unbelievable.
560. 21:42Hey, 30 seconds.
561. 21:43All that striking and it still just took
562. 21:45him less than 30 seconds to get a
563. 21:47takedown and he's going to put him back
564. 21:49in the crucifix.
565. 21:55>> [cheering]
566. 22:03>> Same position again. This is bananas.
567. 22:09Just caught a wry smile out of the eye
568. 22:11of Arman Tsarukyan to our right in the
569. 22:13corner of Hamzat Chimaev.
570. 22:16Trying to find a finish here late.
571. 22:19Against the guy who looks like he'll be
572. 22:21the former champion soon in Dricus du
573. 22:22Plessis. Oh, look at that. Americana.
574. 22:32See, Dricus is now trying to go two
575. 22:34hands on one.
576. 22:35He should be trying to take a baseball
577. 22:38bat grip over the arm. When Chimaev
578. 22:41reaches over to try to choke,
579. 22:42he should grab that wrist and hold it
580. 22:44with two arms and then try to turn
581. 22:46towards him. Right there.
582. 22:48Now he's got to keep that wrist.
583. 22:51He released it.
584. 22:59These are honestly just wrestling
585. 23:00positions you learn when you were a kid.
586. 23:03Two hands on the wrist. Keep the wrist.
587. 23:05Don't give it back. Chimaev just
588. 23:07continuously takes his arm back and goes
589. 23:09back to work.
590. 23:14Just incredible.
591. 23:16And Dricus just does not have the energy
592. 23:18once he gets to his feet to explode and
593. 23:20separate.
594. 23:23Chimaev said this week 8 years of hard
595. 23:26work and expenditure towards the
596. 23:27ultimate goal now less than 3 minutes
597. 23:29away. Dricus' coach
598. 23:32was a bit frustrated. Uh in between
599. 23:35rounds you could see he didn't really
600. 23:37know
601. 23:38what to tell his student outside of you
602. 23:41just got to finish him.
603. 23:42But you could sense Oh, HERE WE GO.
604. 23:46OH.
605. 23:49FINALLY A MOMENT LATE FOR THE CHAMP.
606. 23:51DDP does not give up on himself, man.
607. 23:54That is crazy.
608. 23:55Cuz most fighters, Jon, at this point
609. 23:57would have turned over and let him
610. 23:58submit him. Oh, get him.
611. 24:00Oh, man.
612. 24:02Chimaev urgently pops his head out. Man,
613. 24:05that was it. That was his opportunity.
614. 24:08The one opportunity of the fight.
615. 24:12He went for it. Yeah, he went for it,
616. 24:14but
617. 24:16>> [cheering]
618. 24:16>> maybe he should have maintained
619. 24:18position.
620. 24:20>> [cheering]
621. 24:21>> Well, if Khamzat Chimaev can maintain
622. 24:23position, he is going to be the
623. 24:26undisputed UFC middleweight champion.
624. 24:31Dricus is going to get one more sprint.
625. 24:34If Khamzat doesn't improve his position,
626. 24:36Dricus is going to pick him up again.
627. 24:39He'll get one more chance, I believe.
628. 24:45Yeah, you can stand him up here. There
629. 24:47it is, see? He's going to get one more
630. 24:49chance.
631. 24:52Sharp protest from Chimaev who felt like
632. 24:54he was busy enough. Back to the feet
633. 24:56with just over a minute to go.
634. 25:01Dricus is looking to kick again.
635. 25:16OH! A LATE CONNECTION BY DRICUS.
636. 25:22OH! WOW!
637. 25:24OH, he's hurt.
638. 25:26He's got to take his legs back.
639. 25:30LIKE, LOOK AT HIS LEFT LEG. IT'S JUST SO
640. 25:32FAR back right now.
641. 25:35Because Hamzat going to take him down.
642. 25:39OH!
643. 25:41>> [cheering]
644. 25:41>> OH!
645. 25:46DRICUS WISELY GOES FOR A late
646. 25:48submission.
647. 25:51Do it!
648. 25:55Dricus has got to be careful. He's
649. 25:56trying to get that left hook in, but he
650. 25:57doesn't have it, and he might fall off
651. 25:59the top.
652. 25:59>> Yeah, he's too HIGH. HIGH UP.
653. 26:01HAMZAT JUST NEEDS to dip his right
654. 26:02shoulder. But, he's okay just sitting
655. 26:04here. He knows there's short time.
656. 26:10FINAL SECONDS.
657. 26:13HAMZAT CHIMAEV
658. 26:15HAS done it.
659. 26:20Wow.
660. 26:23Total domination BELL TO BELL, and we
661. 26:27will soon hear and new undisputed UFC
662. 26:31middleweight champion at long last.
663. 26:34Chechnya's Hamzat Borz Chimaev.
664. 26:45Daniel, throughout your time as one of
665. 26:47the all-time greats in the UFC, your
666. 26:49foes would know what was coming, and
667. 26:51they couldn't stop it.
668. 26:54Some parallels to be drawn there. Nobody
669. 26:56can stop the shot of this man and he was
670. 26:58at his suffocating best tonight.
671. 26:59>> I mean, he looked as good as you would
672. 27:01expect him to look with his biggest
673. 27:02opportunity. Double leg shot. Get to the
674. 27:05corner immediately. Putting DDP down.
675. 27:07Every round, John.
676. 27:10I think Khamzat Chimaev scored a
677. 27:12takedown with 30 seconds into the round.
678. 27:14Every round. And then just controlled
679. 27:17him. Dricus Du Plessis really struggled
680. 27:20from the bottom. I mean, here you go.
681. 27:22Crucifix number of five.
682. 27:25Takedown number 11. Hey. Khamzat Chimaev
683. 27:29had his way with one of the best
684. 27:31champions we've seen in a really long
685. 27:32time.
686. 27:34But just pace, pressure, wrestling.
687. 27:36Every time DDP thought he'd have an
688. 27:37opportunity to strike, Khamzat would
689. 27:40just take him down.
690. 27:42Punch, shot, double leg, angle, take him
691. 27:45down. I mean,
692. 27:46it was beautiful.
693. 27:48Ladies and gentlemen, after five rounds,
694. 27:52we go to the judges' score cards for a
695. 27:54decision. All three judges scored this
696. 27:56contest 50-44
697. 27:59for THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION,
698. 28:03AND
699. 28:05NEW
700. 28:06>> [screaming]
701. 28:08>> UNDISPUTED UFC
702. 28:11>> [cheering]
703. 28:11>> MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD,
704. 28:15>> [screaming]
705. 28:16>> KHAMZAT
706. 28:17MACHAYEV.
707. 28:24>> [cheering]