During UFC 319 media day, Dricus Du Plessis spoke about his upcoming title defense against Khamzat Chimaev. “Stillknocks” questioned Chimaev’s mental toughness, pondering how the undefeated Russian might react if he suffers his first career defeat and loses his undefeated record.

Du Plessis dethroned Sean Strickland to become middleweight champion at UFC 297. He then submitted Adesanya for his first title defense at UFC 305 before defeating Strickland a second time in his most recent outing at UFC 312.