Middleweight champion Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) defends his title against Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the UFC 319 headliner on Aug. 16 from United Center in Chicago ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).

It has been nine months since Robert Whittaker suffered one of the more unsettling injuries to occur in the UFC.

If that happens, due to the recency bias that engulfs everyone within combat sports media, I think I’ll definitely be behind Whittaker’s last march toward the title.