​Chael Sonnen can’t ignore Dricus Du Plessis’ most recent loss when breaking down UFC Fight Night 281.Du Plessis (23-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) welcomes Kamaru Usman (21-4 MMA, 16-3 UFC) back to the middleweight division in Saturday’s main event (Paramount+) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDu Plessis lost his 185-pound belt to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319, where he was heavily outgrappled for five rounds. With Usman being a strong wrestler, Sonnen thinks it’s a bad matchup for Du Plessis.”I would expect that Kamaru is going to win just because he’s a wrestling champion and just because Dricus didn’t just lose his last fight, he lost his last five rounds,” Sonnen told MMA Junkie. “And he lost it to a wrestler. Dricus is fantastic, but I do think Kamaru Usman is going to win. I think Kamaru Usman can beat everybody in that bracket. He’s already beaten the champion. Dricus can say the same thing, but Kamaru’s already beaten the champion.”Sonnen is confused by the matchmaking for this fight, and thinks title implications are likely on the line – despite Nassourdine Imavov being a clear contender.”You can’t get a fight for Kamaru Usman?” Sonnen said. “You got one fight for him in two years. You can’t get him to agree to fight anybody, all of a sudden, he’s going to leave his weight class, take on one of the nastiest motherf*ckers you can find, and he’s going to do it for five rounds? I don’t believe you. Some kind of a deal was made.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Some kind of a something was made between these guys. Dricus Du Plessis, who’s got the jump not once but twice on Sean Strickland, could be out banging that drum and demanding rematches, never did it once. He quietly signs a contract to go out to Oklahoma and sign a contract to fight Kamaru Usman? These guys were promised something. This fight was about something.”This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Chael Sonnen: Usman beats Du Plessis and everybody in middleweight bracket