Khamzat Chimaev Sends Strong Message to Doubters After Dominant UFC 319 Display originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

During a recent episode of the Pound 4 Pound podcast, former UFC welterweight champion and one of Chimaev's former opponents, Kamaru Usman, named one middleweight contender who is fresh off a victory as the man to potentially push 'Borz' to the limit and be the biggest threat to his UFC middleweight title.

Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) will look to notch his third title defense when he takes on Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 319 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at United Center in Chicago.