UFC 319 Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Khamzat Chimaev – Full Overview and Winner Prediction Of Main card
UFC 319 is going to be a very big event which will happen on August 16. For this UFC event, a total of 12 matches are scheduled out of which 5 are main event matches and 7 matches are scheduled for prelims.
This UFC event is important also because in UFC 319, Khamzat Chimaev vs. Dricus du Plessis is scheduled, which many people were waiting for.
Main Event – Overview and Winner Prediction
Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Khamzat Chimaev
This is the main event fight of UFC 319. If we talk about this fight, it is a middleweight fight in which Khamzat Chimaev is being considered the favorite, and it is said that Khamzat Chimaev will defeat Dricus du Plessis and become the new Middleweight Champion.
Khamzat Chimaev is a very good grappler and his ground game is very good. In his previous fight which happened on October 14, 2024, against Robert Whittaker, he defeated Robert Whittaker in the first round through submission. Before this, no one had been able to do that to Robert Whittaker.
Khamzat Chimaev's record is currently 14-0, and most of his wins are through submission.
If we talk about Dricus du Plessis, then he is a good striker as well as a good grappler. His ground game is a bit weak, but overall he fights very well.
Talking about Dricus du Plessis's last fight, he defeated Sean Strickland with pure domination in UFC 312 in February 2025.
Talking about Dricus du Plessis’s record, his record is 21-1, out of which 10 wins are by submission, 9 wins by KO/TKO, and 2 wins by unanimous decision.
Talking about this fight, it will be a very interesting and action-packed fight between Dricus du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev. In this match, along with wrestling, striking will also be seen.
If we talk about the winner prediction, then Khamzat Chimaev will be seen with the upper hand in this fight and more domination will be seen over Dricus du Plessis. And Dricus du Plessis might get outshined a bit, so Khamzat Chimaev can win this match and become the Middleweight Champion for the first time.
Winner prediction: Khamzat Chimaev
Lerone Murphy vs. Aaron Pico
Talking about this fight, it is going to be a 5-round fight.
If we talk about the record, Murphy is 16-0-1, while Pico’s record is 13-4.
Talking about the winner prediction of this fight, there are high chances for Murphy. He will dominate this fight and win it easily.
Winner prediction: Lerone Murphy
This is going to be the co-main event of UFC 319.
Earlier, it was being assumed that in UFC 319, the co-main event would be Paddy Pimblett vs. Justin Gaethje, because Dricus du Plessis said in an interview that the co-main event of UFC 319 will be Paddy vs. Gaethje.
After this news, everyone assumed that this fight would happen in UFC 319, but later Paddy himself tweeted saying that “if anyone thinks I am going to fight in August, then that would be their biggest mistake,” after which it was confirmed that Paddy vs. Justin Gaethje will not happen in UFC 319.
Are fans happy with the co-main event of UFC 319?
Fans are slightly disappointed because they were expecting to see a good fight in the co-main like Paddy vs. Justin or Arman Tsarukyan vs. Paddy, etc.
They wanted to see some good kind of fight in the co-main event, but now fans will have to settle with the main event only.
2. Geoff Neal (USA) vs. Carlos Prates (Brazil)
This is a welterweight bout in which there are high chances for Carlos Prates to win.
Winner prediction: Carlos Prates
3. Jared Cannonier vs. Michael “Venom” Page
This fight is a middleweight bout fight.
Michael Page recently defeated Sharabutdin Magomedov, and in this fight, he is being considered the favorite.
Winner prediction: Michael “Venom” Page
4. Tim Elliott (USA) vs. Kai Asakura (Japan)
This is a flyweight bout fight. In this match, with high domination, Kai Asakura can win.
Winner prediction: Kai Asakura
What’s next for Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje?
Now it's confirmed that Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje are not fighting in UFC 319, so when will they fight?
According to sources, Paddy will fight in UFC 321, either against Justin Gaethje or Arman Tsarukyan, because recently Ilia Topuria tweeted saying that he won’t give a title fight to Arman, from which it seems that the next fight of Ilia Topuria could be against Justin Gaethje or Paddy Pimblett.
Ilia Topuria’s Next Move Depends on Islam Makhachev
This Ilia Topuria’s fight also depends on Islam Makhachev's title fight because Ilia said in an interview that if Islam Makhachev wins the fight, then I will appeal to UFC to allow me to move up to the next division so I can fight Islam Makhachev.
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