Dricus Du Plessis
“Stillknocks”
Middleweight#2Active
Career record
24–3–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
10–1–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
9KO11SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
0KO0SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1994-01-14 · age 32
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (73 in)
- Reach
- 76 in
- Leg reach
- 43 in
- Stance
- Switch
- Country
- South Africa
- Hometown
- Welkom, South Africa
- Gym / team
- CIT MMA
- Octagon debut
- Oct. 10, 2020
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 5.21
- Striking accuracy
- 48%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 4.24
- Striking defence
- 54%
- Takedown average
- 1.90
- Takedown accuracy
- 48%
- Takedown defence
- 50%
- Submission average
- 0.60
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
11 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | Kamaru Usman | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman |
| 2025-08-16 | Khamzat Chimaevtitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev |
| 2025-02-08 | Sean Stricklandtitle | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| 2024-08-17 | Israel Adesanyatitle | Win | Submission · R4 · 3:38 | Middleweight | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| 2024-01-20 | Sean Stricklandtitle | Win | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis |
| 2023-07-08 | Robert Whittaker | Win | TKO · R2 · 2:23 | Middleweight | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| 2023-03-04 | Derek Brunson | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:59 | Middleweight | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane |
| 2022-12-10 | Darren Till | Win | Submission · R3 · 2:43 | Middleweight | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| 2022-07-02 | Brad Tavares | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| 2021-07-10 | Trevin Giles | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:41 | Middleweight | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 |
| 2020-10-10 | Markus Perez | Win | TKO · R1 · 3:22 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 11 rows in the archive list Dricus Du Plessis as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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