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The Clinch

UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev

16 AUG 2025 / Chicago, Illinois, USA

Main event / Middleweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus Du Plessis

Khamzat Chimaev, photograph by MMAnytt Khamzat Chimaev “Borz”

8-0-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 6′2″188 cm

Won

Dricus Du Plessis, photograph by User:Philippe3017 Dricus Du Plessis “Stillknocks”

9-0-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
1/2
R1
0/0
4/5
R2
0/2
19/22
R3
1/2
4/6
R4
2/5
9/12
R5
10/20

Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Marc Goddard

The cards

Judge Khamzat Chimaev Dricus Du Plessis
Sal D'amato 50 44
Ron McCarthy 50 44
Derek Cleary 50 44

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Khamzat Chimaev Enters 2-0-0 against HYBRID
Dricus Du Plessis Enters 1-0-0 against GRAPPLING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Khamzat Chimaev    Dricus Du Plessis

Bout totals

37
Sig. strikes
13
529
Total strikes
45
28
To the head
10
3
To the body
2
6
To the legs
1
12
At distance
10
0
In the clinch
0
25
On the ground
3
12
Takedowns
1
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
1
21:40
Control time
0:53

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Khamzat Chimaev 1/2 131/137 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/1 1/1 0 4:47
Dricus Du Plessis 0/0 3/3 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Khamzat Chimaev 4/5 79/81 0/0 1/2 3/3 0/1 0/0 4/4 2/2 0 4:47
Dricus Du Plessis 0/2 6/10 0/2 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Khamzat Chimaev 19/22 156/164 19/22 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 19/22 3/3 0 4:46
Dricus Du Plessis 1/2 9/10 1/1 0/1 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R4 Khamzat Chimaev 4/6 76/85 2/4 1/1 1/1 4/6 0/0 0/0 3/5 0 4:26
Dricus Du Plessis 2/5 8/13 1/4 1/1 0/0 2/5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R5 Khamzat Chimaev 9/12 87/100 6/9 1/1 2/2 8/11 0/0 1/1 3/6 0 2:54
Dricus Du Plessis 10/20 19/32 8/17 1/2 1/1 7/16 0/0 3/4 1/1 0 0:53

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Sal D'amato 44 - 50. Ron McCarthy 44 - 50. Derek Cleary 44 - 50. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Sal D'amato 44 - 50. Ron McCarthy 44 - 50. Derek Cleary 44 - 50. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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