In his first title defense Du Plessis picked up an August 2024 submission win over former UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis most recently faced Strickland in a rematch at UFC 312 ...

Winning the UFC middleweight championship from Sean Strickland, Du Plessis has now defended his title twice. Having gotten the better of Israel Adesanya and Strickland, Du Plessis is now looking ...

Du Plessis won the middleweight belt with a decision victory over Sean Strickland in January 2024, before retaining the gold by submitting Israel Adesanya in August and outpointing Strickland ...

Du Plessis, who won his middleweight title by putting over Sean Strickland sometime back, has been on a song. Putting up some impressive performances against Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland ...

Dricus Du Plessis rules out a future PPV title scrap vs. Alex Pereira after UFC 313 loss to new champion Magomed Ankalaev. Alex Pereira cornered Sean Strickland opposite Du Plessis at UFC 312. He also ...

Dricus Du Plessis heaps praise on Israel Adesanya in recent UFC 312 footage, where the pair of middleweights appear to squash their rivalry. In an Instagram story shared by Adesanya on February 10 ...

Since then, he tapped out former champ Israel Adesanya, but a rematch with Strickland was always going to be on the cards. Du Plessis (22-2) beat Strickland (29-6) to win the UFC middleweight title.

I’ve beaten Adesanya, who’s beaten him. I know I can beat him at 205 [pounds], 100 percent. But Khamzat is next. Khamzat is next.” Du Plessis also said he has more lucrative goals by the ...

AFP via Getty Images It was the second title defense for the 31-year-old Du Plessis (23-2) after defeating Israel Adesanya with a fourth-round submission on Aug. 17 in Perth, Australia.

It was the second title defense for the 31-year-old Du Plessis (23-2) after defeating Israel Adesanya with a fourth-round submission on Aug. 17 in Perth, Australia. The first round saw Strickland ...

Du Plessis is coming off a successful title defense at UFC 305 this past August when he won by submission at 3:38 of the fourth round over Israel Adesanya. Strickland had defeated Adesanya by ...

Du Plessis had never seen the championship rounds (or competed in a five-round fight); he’s now done so twice and won the fourth round (including a finish over Adesanya) in each of his past two ...