“Obviously, I would have loved to be part of UFC 300. They offered me some great money to fight on that card,” du Plessis said. “Take money out of the equation; just the magnitude of that ...

Dricus du Plessis may be a divisive figure among combat sports fans, but nobody can say the UFC middleweight champion isn't up for a challenge. Following, Khamzat Chimaev's jaw-shattering win over ...

Headlining the card is a rematch for the UFC middleweight title when reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis takes on the man he took the title from, Sean Strickland. Since becoming champion ...

PERTH, Australia -- The final news conference for UFC 305 featured another heated exchange between middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis and challenger Israel Adesanya that saw the Nigerian-born ...

MMA fighters say all the time that they are willing to die in the cage in order to feel the spirit of victory, but UFC middleweight champ Dricus du Plessis says he’s willing to take things much ...

The middleweight title scenario is standing at a pretty interesting juncture. Dricus Du Plessis, being the champion, is getting ready for his next opponent. Now, although nothing has been ...

Dricus Du Plessis didn’t like the way his first meeting with Sean Strickland ended in a split decision a little more than a year ago, so he made sure there was no doubt on Sunday at UFC 312 in ...

Dricus du Plessis quietened his critics by submitting Israel Adesanya and defending his UFC middleweight title against one of MMA’s best fighters in Perth, Australia. The South African had ...

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 ...

The main event will feature a rematch between two of the top fighters in the UFC as Dricus Du Plessis defends his Middleweight title against Sean Strickland. This is a rematch from UFC 297 ...

PERTH, Australia — South African Dricus du Plessis took a flurry of body hits across four rounds before defeating Israel Adesanya by submission to retain his middleweight championship at UFC 305 ...