Dricus Du Plessis MMA Profile Record, Stats, Biography, UFC Career & Fight History
DRICUS DU PLESSIS
“STILLKNOCKS”
SOUTH AFRICA • MIDDLEWEIGHT
W-L-D
24-3-0
(T)KO
9-1
SUB
11-1
BIOGRAPHY
COUNTRY
South Africa
WT CLASS
Middleweight
HT / WT
6′ 1″, 185 lbs
BIRTHDATE
1/14/1994 (32)
STANCE
Switch
REACH
76″
TEAM
Team CIT
Dricus Du Plessis Record
WINS
24
KO/TKO
9
SUB
11
DECISION
4
LOSSES
3
KO/TKO
1
SUB
1
DECISION
1
DRAWS
0
DR
0
NO CONTEST
0
NC
0
Dricus Du Plessis Statistics
Calculated from 27 professional bouts (24-3-0, 0 NC).
Dricus Du Plessis Fight History
| Date | Opponent | Method | Duration | Event |
| Jul 18, 2026 | Kamaru Usman | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Khamzat Chimaev 🥇 | L (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Sean Strickland 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Israel Adesanya 🥇 | W (Submission) | Rnd 4 (3:38) | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Jan 20, 2024 | Sean Strickland 🥇 | W (Decision – Split) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Robert Whittaker | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (2:23) | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| Mar 4, 2023 | Derek Brunson | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (4:59) | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Darren Till | W (Submission) | Rnd 3 (2:43) | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Brad Tavares | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 3 (5:00) | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Trevin Giles | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (1:41) | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Markus Perez | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 1 (3:22) | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
| Dec 14, 2019 | Brendan Lesar | W (Submission (Guillotine)) | Rnd 1 (4:15) | EFC 83: EFC Worldwide 83 |
| Sep 14, 2019 | Joilton Lutterbach | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 2 (3:04) | KSW 50: De Fries vs. Henrique |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Roberto Soldić 🥇 | L (KO/TKO) | Rnd 3 (2:33) | KSW 45: de Fries vs. Bedorf |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Roberto Soldić 🥇 | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (1:37) | KSW 43: Janikowski vs. Bahati |
| Aug 19, 2017 | Yannick Bahati 🥇 | W (Submission (Guillotine)) | Rnd 1 (1:30) | EFC 62: EFC Worldwide 62 |
| May 13, 2017 | Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr. | W (TKO) | Rnd 1 (3:58) | EFC 59: EFC Worldwide 59 |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Rafal Haratyk | W (Submission (Guillotine)) | Rnd 2 (3:34) | EFC 56: EFC Worldwide 56 |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Martin van Staden 🥇 | W (Submission (Guillotine)) | Rnd 3 (3:59) | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 50 |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Bruno Belabela Mukulu | W (Submission (Rear Naked Choke)) | Rnd 2 (2:50) | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 46 |
| Jun 6, 2015 | Dino Bagattin | W (Submission (Rear Naked Choke)) | Rnd 2 (3:33) | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 40 |
| Feb 21, 2015 | Darren Daniel | W (Submission (Rear Naked Choke)) | Rnd 1 (4:50) | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 37 |
| Aug 30, 2014 | Garreth McLellan 🥇 | L (Submission (Guillotine)) | Rnd 3 (2:12) | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 33 |
| Feb 27, 2014 | Donavin Hawkey | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 1 (4:50) | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 27 |
| Oct 10, 2013 | Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht | W (Submission (Rear Naked Choke)) | Rnd 3 (1:54) | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 24 |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Bruno Belabela Mukulu | W (Submission (Rear Naked Choke)) | Rnd 1 (2:34) | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 23 |
| Jul 25, 2013 | Tshikangu Makuebo | W (TKO) | Rnd 1 (1:18) | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 21 |
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