Dricus Du Plessis
“Stillknocks”
Rank 5 - UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound
Champion - UFC Middleweight
Age: 31 | Jan 14, 1994
Nationality: South Africa
Weight Class: Middleweight
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 76.0"
Professional Record
25 fights | 23 wins | 2 losses |
---|---|---|
KO/TKOs | 9 | 1 |
Submissions | 11 | 1 |
Decisions | 3 | 0 |
Fight Details
Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Date | Method | Referee | Round | Time |
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WIN | 23 - 2 | Sean Strickland | UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 | February 08, 2025 | Decision (Unanimous) | Marc Goddard | 5 | 5:00 |
WIN | 22 - 2 | Israel Adesanya | UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya | August 17, 2024 | Submission (Face Crank) | Marc Goddard | 4 | 3:38 |
WIN | 21 - 2 | Sean Strickland | UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis | January 20, 2024 | Decision (Split) | Marc Goddard | 5 | 5:00 |
WIN | 20 - 2 | Robert Whittaker | UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez | July 08, 2023 | TKO (Punches) | Marc Goddard | 2 | 2:23 |
WIN | 19 - 2 | Derek Brunson | UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane | March 04, 2023 | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | Herb Dean | 2 | 4:59 |
WIN | 18 - 2 | Darren Till | UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev | December 10, 2022 | Submission (Face Crank) | Mark Smith | 3 | 2:43 |
WIN | 17 - 2 | Brad Tavares | UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier | July 02, 2022 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mark Smith | 3 | 5:00 |
WIN | 16 - 2 | Trevin Giles | UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | July 10, 2021 | KO (Punches) | Chris Tognoni | 2 | 1:41 |
WIN | 15 - 2 | Markus Perez | UFC Fight Night 179 - Moraes vs. Sandhagen | October 10, 2020 | KO (Punches) | Kevin Sataki | 1 | 3:22 |
WIN | 14 - 2 | Brendan Lesar | EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83 | December 14, 2019 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Brad Bloch | 1 | 4:15 |
WIN | 13 - 2 | Joilton Lutterbach | KSW 50 - London | September 14, 2019 | TKO (Punches) | Marc Goddard | 2 | 3:04 |
LOSS | 12 - 2 | Roberto Soldic | KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley | October 06, 2018 | KO (Punches) | Tomasz Bronder | 3 | 2:33 |
WIN | 12 - 1 | Roberto Soldic | KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis | April 14, 2018 | TKO (Punches) | Tomasz Bronder | 2 | 1:37 |
WIN | 11 - 1 | Yannick Bahati | EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62 | August 19, 2017 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Brad Bloch | 1 | 1:30 |
WIN | 10 - 1 | Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr. | EFC 59 - EFC Worldwide 59 | May 13, 2017 | TKO (Punches) | Wiekus Swart | 1 | 3:58 |
WIN | 9 - 1 | Rafal Haratyk | EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56 | December 09, 2016 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Bobby Karagiannidis | 2 | 3:34 |
WIN | 8 - 1 | Martin van Staden | EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 50 | June 17, 2016 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Ferdi Basson | 3 | 3:59 |
WIN | 7 - 1 | Bruno Belabela Mukulu | EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46 | December 12, 2015 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | Bobby Karagiannidis | 2 | 2:50 |
WIN | 6 - 1 | Dino Bagattin | EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 40 | June 06, 2015 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | Wiekus Swart | 2 | 3:33 |
WIN | 5 - 1 | Darren Daniel | EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 37 | February 21, 2015 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:50 | |
LOSS | 4 - 1 | Garreth McLellan | EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 33 | August 30, 2014 | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Ferdie Basson | 3 | 2:12 |
WIN | 4 - 0 | Donavin Hawkey | EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 27 | February 27, 2014 | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:50 | |
WIN | 3 - 0 | Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht | EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 24 | October 10, 2013 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 1:54 | |
WIN | 2 - 0 | Bruno Belabela Mukulu | EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 23 | September 12, 2013 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:34 | |
WIN | 1 - 0 | Tshikangu Makuebo | EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 21 | July 25, 2013 | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:18 |
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