"P4P best sh*t talker - MMA X reacts to Dricus du Plessis  roasting Khamzat Chimaev over old injury

MMA fans recently voiced their thoughts after witnessing Dricus du Plessis firing a shot at Khamzat Chimaev in one of his recent Instagram posts. Many appreciated the South African's witty response, while one provided him with a prestigious title for his skills.

Du Plessis has his next fight lined up for UFC 312. He will be locking horns with his former rival Sean Strickland to defend his UFC middleweight gold on Feb. 9. However, Chimaev's first-round submission victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 had Du Plessis electing him as his next preferred rival over Strickland.

Du Plessis may have accepted the UFC's offer for a rematch with Strickland as his next encounter, but a recent X update from @ChampRDS shows Du Plessis deriding Chimaev after a fan tried to mock him following his Instagram post with a shark. The fan penned:

"Don’t kiss it on the mouth".

Du Plessis turned the arrow of mockery towards Chimaev, referring to the cut on his upper lip:

"No way, that’s what Khamzat [Chimaev] tried, and look how that turned out"

The comments showcased that several fans were entertained by Du Plessis's witty response. One of them also awarded him with a title, writing:

"DDP [Dricus du Plessis] might be p4p best sh*t talker on the internet these days."

Others concurred:

"Dricus a true champ"

"At some point, we have to put DDP in the top 5 trash-talking goats"

"DDP got him good on that lol"

Check out a few more reactions:

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Dricus Du Plessis fired a shot at Sean Strickland after the latter's performance at UFC 302

Dricus du Plessis has mentioned multiple times why he didn't want to accept Sean Strickland as his next title defense rival, despite finally accepting the UFC's offer for a rematch. He also derided Strickland's approach for their UFC 297 encounter in a previous TMZ Sports interview.

Du Plessis recently appeared in another interview with Fox Sports Australia, mentioning that Strickland had done nothing to change his "boring" fight style even for his UFC 302 encounter against Paulo Costa. 'Stillknocks' said:

"Nothing's changed. He [Strickland] looked boring like every other fight, walking forward jabbing and teeping. It wasn't an exciting fight... It wasn't a bad performance, it was the most normal performance from him ever."

Check out Dricus du Plessis' comments below (05:48):