Months removed from his title loss to Khamzat Chimaev, Dricus Du Plessis’ head coach still has the loss on his mind.

This past August, Dricus Du Plessis suffered an extremely dominant loss against Khamzat Chimaev in the UFC 319 main event which was a long time in the making.

Since then, ‘Stillknocks’ has been somewhat quiet regarding his potential return to the Octagon, after it was suggested he switches weight class instead of chasing a rematch against ‘Borz’.

However, his outspoken head coach Morne Visser still has the fight on his mind, and he has blamed the loss on veteran referee, Marc Goddard.

Morne Visser blames Marc Goddard for loss as he makes rematch promise

Not long before their fight on August 16, Visser bizarrely went in on Chimaev, labelling him as ‘one-dimensional’, claiming that Du Plessis would ‘f— him up at his own game’.

Of course, his comments went on to completely backfire on him as Du Plessis was embarrassed for five rounds, showcasing the sheer gap in their grappling abilities.

And now months removed from their title loss, Visser has blamed the loss on the third man who was in the cage, Goddard.

“We were not prepared for a guy who’s not willing to fight, because really, he didn’t want to fight,” Visser told Fight Forecast.

“If we knew he was gonna do that, I would’ve changed Dricus’ base, no punches, no kicks, just wrestle the guy, and Dricus is good enough to do that… When he kept Dricus on the floor, he never wanted to fight… (Goddard) should’ve stood that fight up many times,” he continued.

Following his win over ‘Stillknocks’ it is likely that ‘Borz’ will defend his title against Nassourdine Imavov next.

And even though Du Plessis likely has a way to go before he is given another middleweight title shot, Visser has claimed that they have already begun making changes to be able to beat Chimaev in a rematch.

“We’ve learned a hell of a lot… This time around, he’s gonna get f—– up. He’s got zero chance against Dricus chance in the standup, he’s got zero chance against Dricus in the clinch, his only chance is to keep us on the floor, so that’s the only thing we need to fix.”

Who could Du Plessis fight next to get back into title contention?

The middleweight division is full of new contenders near the top of the division and in just over a months’ time, a big fight will go down between Sean Strickland and Anthony Hernandez.

With it likely that the winner of that fight will fight the winner of Chimaev vs Imavov, that leaves Du Plessis with only a few options.

And the most intriguing option for him currently is Brendan Allen, who is riding a two-fight win streak over Marvin Vettori and Reinier De Ridder.