Dricus du Plessis’ family is a big part of his rapid ascent up the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings. UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis‘s success in the Octagon wasn’t expected by ...

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has covered sports for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists in ...

That fight card, UFC 312, is headlined by a middleweight title fight rematch between current champ Dricus du Plessis and the man he took the title from in January 2024, Sean Strickland.

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis was the picture of dominance in his rematch with Sean Strickland, bloodying his trash-talking challenger to a clear-cut unanimous decision win.