Dricus Du Plessis

“Stillknocks”

Rank 6 - UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound

Champion - UFC Middleweight

Next Fight - February 08, 2025

UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia

Dricus Du Plessis

(22 - 2 - 0)

Men's P4P #6

Middleweight Champion

Sean Strickland

(29 - 6 - 0)

Men's P4P #14

Middleweight #1

Age: 31 | Jan 14, 1994

Nationality: South Africa

Weight Class: Middleweight

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 185 lbs

Professional Record

24 fights	22 wins	2 losses
KO/TKOs	9	1
Submissions	11	1
Decisions	2	0

Fight Details

Result	Record	Opponent	Event	Date	Method	Referee	Round	Time
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