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Karyn Bryant, Din Thomas and Michael Bisping preview the middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev that headlines UFC 319 on Aug. 16.
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Rocriz Duplesi versus Hamzad Shamaya. Of
course, this is going down at UFC 319
August 16th in Chicago, D.
Yeah, I'm glad this fight is happening
because we need we've had so many
middleway fights, but we need to find
out who the best is. And when you talk
about a one round fight, there's
probably not a person on the planet who
could beat Shamaya, but fights are not
done in one round. And we're talking
about DDP, who has made probably
everybody I know put our foot in our
mouths. the sky just keeps on winning
even when we don't think he can. This is
a great matchup and I'm glad that it's
happening.
Well, this is now finally the time,
right? Hamzach Chime has always talked a
good game. He's always performed very
well. He's finished a lot of people like
Robert Whitaker so quickly in the first
round. But the criticism has always been
if he doesn't finish them in the third,
he gets tired. And what's going to
happen in a five round fight? Well,
we've seen him on social media, if you
follow the same accounts, just killing
himself in training, doing a tremendous
amount of cardio work. So, I think he's
going to come in with a better gas tank.
However, Drius Duplexi, I mean, you
cannot doubt this guy. And he said he
wants to fight Hamza on the ground. He
said everyone else tries to avoid going
to the ground with him. He said, "I want
to fight the best version of him. I want
to test my skills against his on the
ground. He's not intimidated." There's
videos of Drias Duplexi online taking on
an entire Gracie Bara black belt team
and submitting them all one by one. He's
big, he's strong, he can wrestle, he's
got great judo, he's got knockout power,
he's had a nose job, so he's got a great
gas tank now as well. You know, this is
the And they hate each other. They
absolutely hate each other. And Boris,
the wolf, the bad guy, coming in has
talked such a good game and he's such a
good villain. He finally gets the shot
at the belt. You know, can he do it? Can
he pull it off? Can he live up to all
the hype?
Well, we're going to find out.
I I think you have to fight him on the
ground. I think you can't avoid it
because he's just going to take your
back and ride you out. I When you saw
Gilbert Burns fight, it was the
groundwork that kept Jammay a a little
nervous. I think you have to be able to
fight him on the ground.
He's going to get you down. Look to look
at what he did to Usuzman, right?
Usuzman with that fight. You might Oh
yeah, man's had his best days behind
him. Then look what he did to Rake
Buckley. He's still got it. And that's
how good Hamzach Chimmy Evvis is at
wrestling. So if you try and just do
everything you can to avoid him and get
away and run, you're just running away
the entire time.
And he's gonna catch you.
He's gonna get you. Nah, screw that.
Meet him head on. You know, fight him at
his own game.
All right. Well, let's take a look. You
cut a mean promo. Let's take a look at
the uh main card for UFC 319. We do have
an excellent fight there with Jeff Neil
and Carlos Project on that. We start off
with Tim Elliot and Kaio Sakura. We got
Canoneir versus MVP. We go to Jeff Neil
and Carlos Pro. Then listen guys, we
have a new co-main event. Lone Murphy
versus Aaron Pico. We were going to see
Pico versus Aoy. Unfortunately, Aoya
cannot make it. But now we are going to
see Lrone Murphy in this fight against
him. And guys, it's a great matchup to
welcome Aaron Pico.
Listen, the UFC has acquired some
highprofile guys as of recently. Pico is
the best one. And I've been so excited
about watching him fight. I've been
watching this guy since he was a
teenager and we've all had high hopes
for him. We all knew he would get here.
We was hoping he'd fight Mozar. That's
not happening. So, who's he fighting?
Lone Murphy. A guy who's trying to get
his respect. A guy who's undefeated,
who's been beating everybody who no one
even thinks about. And this is a great
opportunity for Loron Murphy to get his
respect and it's a great introduction
for Aaron Pico.
Yeah, the hype around Aaron Pico has
been around for a while. I mean, this
man can truly do it all. He's got
beautiful boxing, excellent wrestling.
He's just a a class A athlete. So, it's
not surprising that he's young, too. And
he's very young. And it's not surprising
he's getting this kind of spotlight
against Lon Murphy. Is he 15-0, 16-0?
Something like that. Undefeated. Last
time out took out Josh Emtt in a five
round decision. The miracle deserves
this kind of spotlight and platform. If
he can go through Aaron Pico, we're
going to be talking a title fight at
some point soon.
Absolutely. Again, that is uh UFC 319 on
August 16th.
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