According to Mark Hulme, Dricus Du Plessis can make a huge explanation against Khamzat Chimaev.
The South African MMA stars have been training together for years, with the couple now at the point of the biggest fighting of their career.
'Stillknocks' is planned to set up his middleweight title against 'Borz' on UFC 319, while his teammate will take his next walk to De Kooi on Saturday evening in the quarterfinals of the € 1,000,000 Tipsport Gameshanger competition against Dominik Humburger on Octagon 74.
And while Joe Rogan thinks that Chimaev's struggling 'Magnitudes' is better than du Plessis', Hulme is convinced that his friend still has more than what is needed to keep his belt.
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Dricus du Pessis could beat Khamzat Chimaev via the first round of Guillotine
Hulme has extensively trained with Dricus Du Plessis and knows exactly what his countryman is capable of.
With that in mind, he expects the unorthodox athlete to finish Khamzat Chimaev, and even provides a reality where it is within the first five minutes.
In an exclusive interview with Bloody Elbow, he said: “Dricus gets it under three. It would not surprise me if a guillotine lands in the first. That would be the next level.”
The athletes are very close, with Hulme opening up about their intense training sessions.
The warrior explained: “It is no secret things intense. I wish I could remember what fight it was, it was perhaps the one for Robert Whittaker, and we had to do technical sparring rounds in the PI.
“Everyone stopped and looked and went 'are these guys crazy? They go at that pace and intensity that are close to the fight.”
“It is motivating to know that a world champion chose me to be there with him.”
Mark Hulme ran all the way from Johannesburg to Cape Town
To become the hunter he is today, Hulme has gone through his considerable part of adversity.
A few years ago he started an incredible adventure that changed his life forever.
The 30-year-old reminded: “It was a journey of self-discovery. I was in a time in my life where I lost hope. I said to my sister:” I want to meet God on a mountain. “She laughed and said:” There is a mountain in Cape Town. ”
“It was 2020, during Covid there were no flights, but I thought,” I really want this meeting, so I will walk there “. Then it took me 50 days to get there.”
“I went to a place called Diaz Beach, it's in the Cape of Good Hope, that's what I was looking for.
“Then one of my friends suggested that I would do the 13 Peaks. I had something like 'sure'.
“It was 107 kilometers past 13 peaks in Cape Town. I wanted to meet God there. Every peak, I prayed for something.
“On the 13th peak, when I came the top, after three days of walking, almost stop, tired, everything I could ask or pray was:” I love you God and thank you for the trip. “
“That is what life is all about, sometimes we can get too serious, such as” I fight Dominik Humburger, “but I don't have to be there every day, when I get into the cage, I can change that – on.”