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Du Plessis (23-2) defended the 185-pound championship for the second time at UFC 312 in February, defeating former champion Sean Strickland in dominating fashion. He captured the title by ...
Dricus du Plessis (23-2) joined the UFC in October 2020 as a 26-year-old with a 14-2 record. Before he joined the UFC, Du Plessis had won titles with KSW and EFC. He made his debut against ...
Chimaev will challenge UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319 on Aug. 16 in Chicago. On Tuesday, UFC CEO Dana White announced the main event title fight via Instagram Live.
On Tuesday, UFC CEO Dana White announced via Instagram Live that du Plessis will defend his middleweight title against Chimaev in the main event of UFC 319, which goes down Aug. 16 at United ...
UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis has seemingly leaked the UFC 319 co-main event for August. While speaking in a YouTube video for Ahmed Amwell’s channel, Du Plessis casually ...
"In my mind, it should be me. I asked [UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell] to let me fight at UFC 300. We'll see what they say." Chimaev has defeated the likes of Usman, Gilbert Burns and ...
The tension in the UFC middleweight division continues to rise as Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus Du Plessis trade jabs on social media ahead of UFC 319. As the trash talk builds hype, former ...
Du Plessis had a deviated septum that limited his oxygen intake to 8% through his nostrils, a handicap which almost cost him the fight prior with Darren Till at UFC 282 in Dec. 2022.
Dricus du Plessis suggested that Khamzat Chimaev may not make it to their scheduled fight at UFC 319 following the recent announcement of a backup fighter.
Usman (21-4 MMA, 16-3 UFC), who returned to the win column with an impressive win over Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN 69, hopes he can secure a title fight with Du Plessis after he tries to ...