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Dricus Du Plessis promises to become a more complete athlete when he gets back in the cage after Khamzat Chimaev dominated him to become the middleweight champion at UFC 319 in August. Du Plessis was riding an 11-fight winning streak when Chimaev controlled and dominated him throughout five rounds to claim the belt in Chicago, and he admits frustration in looking back and seeing what the Chechen middleweight was able to do inside the octagon. “He made sure he stayed out of danger and he fought that fight and he almost neutralized me in making it a fight,” Du Plessis told Fight Forecast, “because if we made it a fight it would have been a different story. But he knew that, so he was smart in that. I mean, frustrating, absolutely, but, like I said, the speed bumps, that’s what makes me better. Now I know the little piece of this puzzle where I need to work on. And believe me, in my next performance, you will see me do that, exactly just that. Be a master at that.” Chimaev improved to 15-0 as a professional that night, only the third time he’s gone the distance in mixed martial arts, and Du Plessis took a little shot at his fighting style. “Like I said on the night, big ups to him,” Du Plessis said. “He came out there and he did what he needed to do. Not the kind of fight that I would have wanted with all the hype. It wasn’t a very fun fight to watch for anyone. I got bored in the fight and I was in there, to be honest [laughs]. I mean, he did what he had to do to win that belt. If that’s the way that you are going to go, well, good for you. It’s different strokes.” The UFC has yet to announce what’s next for Du Plessis. Chimaev, on the other hand, has teased interest in moving up to 205 pounds to challenge that division’s titleholder Alex Pereira, but that’s not likely to be his next move in the UFC.

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The referee and judges overseeing the UFC 324 main event between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett have been selected ahead of their showdown on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The selections were made by the Nevada Athletic Commission during a monthly meeting on Tuesday. Marc Goddard is set to serve as the referee and the third man in the octagon when Gaethje and Pimblett clash in the five-round main event. Goddard is set to receive $3,000 payment for refereeing the bout. The judges scoring the fight — if the main event goes to decision — are Mike Bell, Derek Cleary and Sal D’Amato. They’ll each earn $2,600 for the event. Gaethje and Pimblett are meeting in the main event with an interim lightweight title going up for grabs with reigning champion Ilia Topuria sidelined dealing with personal issues. Topuria has stated he hopes to return sometime between April and June but with his timeline to fight again still not set in stone, the UFC moved forward with crowning an interim champion. Gaethje enters the fight with a 3-1 record over his past four fights including a pair of victories over Rafael Fiziev and scoring a vicious knockout against Dustin Poirier. His lone loss came at UFC 300 when Gaethje was knocked out by Max Holloway. As for Pimblett, he remains undefeated in the UFC with a perfect 7-0 resume including a statement making performance when he defeated Michael Chandler by third-round TKO when they met at UFC 314. Pimblett was gunning for a showdown with Topuria after they’ve engaged in a heated rivalry over the past few years, but he’ll first have to get through Gaethje to potentially set up that fight at a later date. The commission will determine the rest of the referees and judges for UFC 324 on fight night.  

Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett are set to meet in the first main event as part of the UFC’s new seven-year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount, with the winner being crowned as the new interim lightweight champion. The fight was booked after reigning 155-pound champion Ilia Topuria announced plans to sit out for the first part of 2026 as he deals with personal issues. But while Gaethje and Pimblett are battling for interim gold, the true No. 1 contender in the division, Arman Tsarukyan, is left sitting on the sidelines with no clear path to a title shot of his own. Tsarukyan has largely been passed over after he suffered a fight week injury, which scrapped his planned title fight against then champion Islam Makhachev back in January 2025. He returned in November and scored a dominant submission win over Dan Hooker, but Tsarukyan seemingly wasn’t even in consideration when the UFC decided to move forward with an interim title fight in January. “It’s tragic,” retired UFC welterweight Matt Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “I feel bad for the guy. Apparently he came from a good upbringing and has money so he’s not so worried about that shit, but he shouldn’t be getting screwed like this. I feel kind of bad for him. This sucks. You put in all that work, put in all that time, do all the right things and I don’t even know why they’re so mad that he pulled out of that fight. He got injured. It happens all the time. Guys get injured. I know he got injured at a stupid time, it’s probably something silly, and I’d love to hear the actual story of what happened there. “I don’t know why you punish a guy so much for getting injured. He’s probably training because he wants to win.” Brown believes Tsarukyan getting passed over despite having a better ranking in the division than both of the fighters about to compete for an interim title proves the UFC isn’t trying to operate as a sport where the best always fight the best. If that was truly the case, Tsarukyan would be in the UFC 324 main event and either Gaethje or Pimblett would have to continue working their way to a title shot of their own. “I hate to keep rehashing, there’s just so many of these issues, that it comes down to the UFC’s monopoly control,” Brown said. “I hate to keep rehashing it and acting like I hate the UFC. I love it for the entertainment value, but when you’re a guy like Arman Tsarukyan, you’re the one getting f*cked because of this system. “If it’s not as clear as day with this situation as it could ever be that UFC is entertainment and not sport, I don’t know what to tell you. It is entertainment. This fight is an entertainment fight. This is not a sport fight. No one was begging to see Pimblett and Gaethje. When you look at the numbers, why do we have rankings?” It’s because Tsarukyan is lurking out there like some kind of boogeyman that Brown admits he’s not as interested in the Gaethje vs. Pimblett fight because the stakes aren’t as high. Ideally, Brown would prefer the UFC finally do right by Tsarukyan and give him the title fight against Topuria when he’s ready to compete again and then Gaethje or Pimblett could then slot into a championship opportunity of their own. “It’s a garbage fight,” Brown said about Gaethje vs. Pimblett. “This is a co-main event fight on probably a big card or something. This is a co-main event, No. 1 contender fight after Arman and Ilia fight. That’s what it should be.” To add even more fuel to the fire, Brown believes without a shadow of a doubt that Tsarukyan would not only be favored to beat Gaethje or Pimblett but that he might be the only person currently occupying a spot in the lightweight division who’s capable of knocking off Topuria. But instead of competing for an interim title or just getting an undisputed title shot, Tsarukyan is left waiting and there’s a world where he’s still waiting until 2027 rolls around. “He’s beating Paddy or Gaethje,” Brown said about Tsarukyan. “I’d put my life…