{"id":55691,"date":"2025-05-21T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=55691"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:51:19","slug":"ufc-319-heats-up-du-plessis-and-chimaevs-social-media-war-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ufc-319-heats-up-du-plessis-and-chimaevs-social-media-war-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 319 Heats Up- Du Plessis and Chimaev\u2019s Social Media War Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UFC is never fully quiet, and the build up to UFC<\/a> 319, which will happen on August 16, 2025, at the United Center, in Chicago, is proving that yet again. The current middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis will defend his title against Khamzat Chimaev, which is a fight that many UFC fighters want to see. A recent exchange on social media has turned up the heat even more, which started with some emojis and ended up with sharp and explicit insults, that has the UFC <\/a>community absolutely excited for what is to come next. <\/p>

These back and forth insults are not anything new between the two fighters. Chimaev time and time again, likes to poke at his competition as we have seen him do in the past. Whereas, the champ is one of the best trash talkers we’ve ever seen, and at the same time Du Plessis is also somebody that can absolutely destroy his opponent inside the octagon. Prior to the recent exchange, there was a rumor going around that Du Plessis was injured and may not fight against Borz for the upcoming title fight. This led to Chimaev calling out Du Plessis saying, “This guy biggest bullsh*t.”<\/em><\/strong> Du Plessis quickly fired back to Chimaev’s post on X, and his tweet said, “Let’s take a look at the last +-2.5years and tell me who’s bullshit,”<\/em><\/strong> implying that Chimaev cancelled three of his fights earlier in his career.<\/p>

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This guy biggest bullshit 🤦🏻‍♂️<\/p>— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) April 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>