Khamzat Chimaev suggests middleweight title fight with Dricus Du Plessis is on with now-deleted cryptic Donald Trump post

Khamzat Chimaev could finally be ready for his first UFC title fight after exciting fans online with some cryptic messages.

After his extremely impressive win over Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 last October, Khamzat Chimaev was hoping the victory would be enough to leapfrog Sean Strickland for a middleweight title.

With that, current 185-pound king Dricus Du Plessis made it clear that he would '100%' rather defend his title against 'Borz' rather than rematch Strickland.

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Khamzat Chimaev suggests his middleweight title fight could go ahead with cryptic messages

Despite this, UFC CEO Dana White remained coy after UFC 308 on who will host the next middleweight title fight, having previously stated it would be Strickland.

However, now that 'Stillknocks' has made his preference clear, the UFC has seemingly paused their plans as they originally wanted Du Plessis to headline UFC 312 in Sydney, but Strickland stated that he will decline to fight in Australia.

Chimaev recently revealed that he already has contractual obligations with the promotion to attend UFC 312 Fight Week as a guest fighter, where he will participate in fan meet and greets and various other activities.

The biggest criticism that 'Borz' has faced in recent years is that he is not nearly active enough as a fighter, one of the reasons being that he has not been able to obtain a visa to enter the United States in the past few years to fight. years.

However, following the re-election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Chimaev's career could get a huge boost and he cryptically teased online on Monday morning that his title fight could happen thanks to Trump.

The 30-year-old first posted an image of a hungry-looking Wolf without a caption. He then followed a photo of President Trump and tagged Dricus Du Plessis in the post with eye emojis, which he has now deleted.

Sean Strickland continues to tease that he is next, not Khamzat Chimaev

Since losing the title to Du Plessis in January, Strickland has managed just one win since, with it being an extremely lackluster performance against Paulo Costa at UFC 302.

That's why the vast majority of the UFC fanbase believes that Strickland should wait for Chimaev to fight for the title before getting another middleweight title fight.

However, the outspoken middleweight continues to tease that he is very close to securing an official date for his rematch against the South African.

“We're almost locked in,” Strickland responded to a fan who asked if he had signed a contract to fight Du Plessis yet.

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