UFC 319 Post-Fight Show | Reaction To Khamzat Chimaev Dominating Dricus du Plessis To Win Title

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🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Khamzat Chimaev is the brand new UFC middleweight champion as he dominated Dricus du Plessis for 25 lopsided minutes in the main event of UFC 319. Now that Chimaev has shown he can deliver big results in a five-round fight, is there anybody at middleweight who can beat him? Following Saturday's pay-per-view event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to the card, Chimaev's impressive showing, the fan reaction, and who could be next for "Borz" and du Plessis. Additionally, they recap Lerone Murphy's Knockout of the Year contender against Aaron Pico, Murphy getting champ Alexander Volkanovski's attention, other standout moments, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠@m_heckjr⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠@JedKMeshew⁠ Subscribe:⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠ Read More: ⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.3	Following UFC 319, the Victory Horns found for the brand new middleweight champion of the world.
1:31.4	His name is Hamzaa Tchamai F, lopsided, dominant performance, one-way traffic.
1:39.5	Super competitive.
1:40.2	50-44s across the board.
1:42.2	Rayser-th thin margin of victory.
1:45.0	And Tom Zachmaia is the new middleweight champion.
1:48.0	By the skin of his teeth.
1:49.0	We had some big moments, some big knockouts.
1:52.0	It was a pretty wild event that ended in a pretty weird way.
1:58.0	But we'll talk all about it here following the watch party and everything that
2:01.8	has transpired people are saying robbery they're saying it it's out there yes robbery has been a
2:07.1	very popular word today uh because people were really silly neither that was very close yes uh but i'm
2:13.5	mike heck once again that is jed mesh you can see it on the screen. And uh, Jed, Nelson Mandela,
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