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The Epic Tragedy

  Yes, Khamzat Chimaev won the UFC Middleweight Championship at UFC 319, and yes, he's an extremely worthy champion. My heart fought me like a caged lion on this take. From before the opening bell, the battle felt like a titan facing a demon. Dricus looked like Paul Bunyan, preternaturally calm, ready to embark upon his greatest challenge. Khamzat's grin made him look like Lucifer himself. Watching Dricus Du Plessis struggle through the first round trapped for the better part of five minutes in a devastating crucifix, getting his head punched in over and over again, I felt bad for him, and also felt the superior fighter would wear him out come the second round. Watching more of the same in the second round, I felt Dricus had been admirably tough, hold out under such intense physical and mental exertion that not more than one ten-thousandth of a percent of men have the heart to do. How could he possibly last under the superior , bone-grinding grappling of the monster on top of h...