UFC middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis says he's willing to go "full speed" for all 25 minutes against Khamzat Chimaev.

To reach the 185-pound gold, the Chechen star had to get through a pair of former UFC champions in Kamaru Usman and Robert Whittaker. Before that, Chimaev had been first targeting the welterweight title but a huge misstep on the scale brought that to an end prematurely in 2022.