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Brett Ocomoto
Khamajat chimav UFC has felt like its lucky place over the middle middle division by defeating the defending champion three times Duli UFC 319 on Saturday in Chicago. It was a long time, coming out of Russia’s Czech for a undefeated fighter, which in the last three years burst on the scene with three UFC win in 2020 before crawling towards the title shot with three quarrels. Keeping in mind his recent speed, will Cheemav will protect and defend his championship belt in the middleweight, or will the 31 -year -old 31 -year -old champion run at recent footsteps and will be vacant in another weight class looking for another title?
And what about his opponent, do Plessis, which was fully handled by Cheemav, but still a player in partition. Who will get South African to kick their optimistic return campaign for title dispute? Another top claimant can just need to do du placeis, or perhaps the chances of increasing the wildcard rival.
Leron Murphy Showed that he has made some flash in his game by constructing the highlight-reel knockout of the UFC newcomer. Aeron pico In co-main, and a championship opportunity results can cross your desk by the end of the year.
All these landscape and more potentially are on the horizon for stars competing on the UFC 319 main card. See them below.
Khamjat Chimav, Middleweight Champion
Who should be next: Winner of Jack dela madlena Vs. Islam Makhachev
This will probably be controversial, but it will happen. The UFC currently has a pattern such as Jumping for different -weighing classes such as Ilia Topuria and Makhachev. This would not be ideal to follow the trend immediately for a middleweight title defense, but I don’t think I need to tell someone that this man is a special case. It took Cheemav five years to get the title shot-due to the reasons that often had nothing to do with the fight-but he is now here and completed one of the most prominent five-round fights in UFC history.
Cheemo said that he wants to move around the weight classes, and if he is going to go up to 170 pounds at any time – where Makheve and Dela Madlena is rumored to face Welterweight title, the next time is now. When he gets bigger to cut excess weight, it will not be easy, and if he had to move then it would be even more difficult to cut Above First weight.
Cheemav has a capacity that does not come around every decade, so leave it to meet more stars in Welterweight Division in 2026.
Wildcard: Winner of Namardine imavov Vs. Cairo Boraho On 9 September
This is more likely to me. If the cheem wants to be active, and he has said that he does, the UFC can book it soon to pursue the Middleweight Division. Next month, the winner of Imvov vs Boraho in Paris will become the correct number 1 contender in middleweight. If the cheem is not going to go up or down to chase several belts, it is the first title defense to make it.
Dricus du Plessis, Middleweight
Who should be next: Imvov vs Boraho’s necklace
Win, necklace or draw, du Plessis, Imvov and Boraho are all in their early 30s, essentially not going anywhere in the head of their career. These top -10 middleweight are all likely to fight each other at some point, so there is no need to beat these matches. If the winner of Imvov-Boraho goes to a title battle, the loser should fight Du Plessis. This is what the ranking says, and sometimes, it is so easy.
Wildcard: Rainier Day Reder
RDR is interesting and is actually a wild card. From a ranking point of view, the UFC rankings (number 7 in the ESPN rankings) are eligible contenders ahead of D Radder at number 5, but they have the highest speed of any middleweight listed in the “who should be next”. She is in the middle of a magnificent start of 4–0 for her UFC career, including the possibility of the then cleanliness one May knockout Boat And win a divided decision on former champion in July Robert WhitekarHe will certainly come to the matchmaking meeting for du Plessis, but finally I guess the UFC to go through numbers when they map the future of the division.
Leron Murphy, Fedarweight
Who should be next: Alexander Volkanovski
It will definitely be Volkanovsky. Aaron Pico was a shot in the Fedarweight Champion, if he defeated Murphy, I can’t think of a reason why there would not be the same about Murphy – especially seeing how strong his spinning elbow knockout was. Murphy will remain a Dalit against Volkanovski, but it will be a live. They do not have a clear trump card to play, but that’s fine. He has proved that he is well round and there is no hole in his game. Before Saturday, he was lacking the biggest knock on him, but he responded to that call on a large scale against Pico.
The game is very unexpected, both inside the octagon and how it assigns opportunities. Murphy should not have been in this pico matchup either. After six years of relative ambiguity in UFC, he was forgotten in 145 pounds. Then he fulfills an excessive idea about former Belter MMA Star on a three -week notice and, bang, he is in conversation to get a title shot before the end of the year. It is difficult for a man not to feel excited.
Wild Card: Yire rhodriguez
The only rival UFC can give Volkanovski at this point instead of Murphy. Mavsar EvelovHad it been so, Rodriguez would have been the only matchup for Murphy. But I do not have this.
Michael page And Carlos PretsWelterweight
Who should be next: Each other
My goodness! This is a full dream matchup for fans. I can’t think of a non-championship welterweight matchup, I will choose from this, and it includes former champion’s PRETES Callouts Leon edwardsPRates have proved to be a knockout machine. Even in his UFC loss only Ian macdo garyHe put Gary on late ropes in the fight.
Page’s previous two quarrels, including their unanimous decision win Jared canniner On Saturday, they were in middleweight, but he is clearly a welterweight. Cannonier was ranked within the top 10, but the page is not expected to score an extended run in the middleweight. The page wants to fight Edwards in 2026 in England. PRates want to fight Edwards. Let’s do the Pratas and Page Duke in October, and the winner gets their desire. Page’s unconventional and elusive style vs. PRATES ‘Knocut Vizardry will be fun to watch.
Basangur SusurakevMiddleweight
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Who should be next: Brian Battle
If the UFC does not cut the battle, this battle matters a lot. The fight was about to fight on UFC 319 but Missed weight from four poundsIt was a particularly egoistic mistake, as he also remembered the weight for his last battle in Welterweight and should not have an issue. For Susurakev I like that UFC would like to continue construction at the speed of the wild week of Susasurev. How does it do that? Find a story. In this case, the war has become a bit of “villain” due to lack of their professionalism. Let the wishes be a “good man” here, and let the fan base follow him. As a bonus, Battle is a fun stylistic matchup for Susurakev.
Wild Card: Nursulton ruzibov
The justification for this is that Ruzibov should have fought the fight on Saturday. This would be a good step for the UFC to give Ruzibov a rival like Susurakev, who has so much publicity. Those quarrels have value, and I am sure some arguments will not be rewarded by such a fight after the fight disappears. But for the creation of Susurkavev, I think fighting number 1 option.
