Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev both displayed confidence at the first faceoff for Saturday's UFC 319 title fight.

Du Plessis has defied expectations since joining the UFC, proving himself against the best 185 pounds has to offer. He defeated former champ Robert Whittaker in a title eliminator, defeated Sean Strickland to win the title and successfully defended the title against another former champ in Israel Adesanya.

Dricus du Plessis has only tasted defeat twice during his career but he never forgot the feeling of those losses and how much it made him never want to go through that again. On Saturday at UFC 319, he faces undefeated Chechen mauler Khamzat Chimaev,