UFC 319 Timeline: Dricus du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Before Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev battle in a UFC middleweight championship bout at UFC 319, check out the roads each fighter took to Saturday's main event matchup. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠@mikeheck_jr⁠⁠⁠ Follow E. Casey Leydon: ⁠⁠⁠@ekc⁠⁠ ⁠⁠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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0:00.0	The PFL World Tournament Finals continue Friday, August 15th, and three titles are on the line.
0:08.8	Human highlight reel Alfi Davis takes on 2024 PFL world champion Gaji Rabatanov.
0:15.6	Plus, Jenna Bishop looks to capture her first global title against former world champion Liz Carmuge.
0:21.9	Don't miss the action Friday, August 15th, at 9 p.m. Eastern on ESPN and ESPN Plus.
0:30.3	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:42.4	MMA fighting presents timeline.
0:45.9	Drikas-2-C versus Hamzat Shemayev.
0:50.6	July 15th, 2020.
0:56.1	U.S.C. fight night, Kater v. Iyei, Abu Dhabi. In a rare occurrence, highly touted prospect, the 6-0 Hamzat Shemayev makes his UFC debut
1:03.0	10 days before his scheduled welterweight debut.
1:06.8	Welsh middleweight John Phillips was originally scheduled to face Disco Tadorovich. But one week
1:12.6	before the fight, Tadorevich was forced to withdraw. Due to very limited options because of
1:18.9	international travel restrictions at the time, the UFC allows Shamiyev to fill in for Tadorevich.
1:25.6	Shemayev dominates and finishes Phillips by Darshchoke late into round two.
1:31.0	Performances the night, Lorone Murphy.
1:33.0	He looked phenomenal tonight.
1:34.6	What a huge win for him over Amos.
1:37.9	And then Kamzat Kameev.
1:40.4	Holy cow.
1:41.3	What a performance from him.
1:42.3	I train with the guys.
1:43.9	The top guys are
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