A middleweight title fight will headline the UFC 319 fight card on August 16. Champion Dricus Du Plessis puts his title on the line against the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev at the United Center in ...

UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis has Sean Strickland to fend off at UFC 312, but there's a wolf on the hunt. Khamzat Chimaev is next in line for a title shot and many are convinced he ...

Du Plessis then went on to defend his title successfully by submitting Israel Adesanya in his next fight at UFC 305. Meanwhile, Strickland bounced back to earn another title shot after defeating ...

It doesn’t seem as if Dricus du Plessis is especially confident that Khamzat Chimaev will make it to fight night at UFC 319. Undefeated since joining the UFC in 2020, du Plessis won the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- The rematch is here. Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland square off today – Saturday, Feb. 8 – in UFC 312. The main event will take place 10 p.m. on ESPN+. The ...

One of the most popular fan narratives for Dricus Du Plessis finding so much success in the UFC is that he does everything wrong but succeeds anyway. Despite this, Du Plessis is constantly ...

MMA sensation Matthew du Plessis (19), a former Hoërskool Oosterlig learner, was recently included in the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (Gamma) South Africa senior team that will ...

South African MMA star Dricus du Plessis will defend his middleweight title for a third time when he faces Russia’s Khamzat Chimaev in Chicago in August. UFC CEO Dana White confirmed on Tuesday that ...

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 ...