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South Africa
Pretoria, Gauteng
Dricus Du Plessis
"
Stillknocks
"
AGE
30
/
Jan 14, 1994
HEIGHT
6'0"
/
182.88 cm
WEIGHT
185 lbs
/
83.91 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team CIT
CLASS
Middleweight
Wins
21
KO
/
TKO
9
43%
SUBMISSIONS
10
48%
DECISIONS
2
10%
Losses
2
KO
/
TKO
1
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
50%
DECISIONS
0
0%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Sean Strickland
UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Jan / 20 / 2024
Decision (Split)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
5
5:00
win
Robert Whittaker
UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
Jul / 08 / 2023
TKO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
2:23
win
Derek Brunson
UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane
Mar / 04 / 2023
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
4:59
win
Darren Till
UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Dec / 10 / 2022
Submission (Face Crank)
Mark Smith
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
2:43
win
Brad Tavares
UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Jul / 02 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Mark Smith
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Trevin Giles
UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3
Jul / 10 / 2021
KO (Punches)
Chris Tognoni
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
1:41
win
Markus Perez
UFC Fight Night 179 - Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Oct / 10 / 2020
KO (Punches)
Kevin Sataki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:22
win
Brendan Lesar
EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83
Dec / 14 / 2019
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Brad Bloch
1
4:15
win
Joilton Lutterbach
KSW 50 - London
Sep / 14 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
2
3:04
loss
Roberto Soldic
KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley
Oct / 06 / 2018
KO (Punches)
Tomasz Bronder
3
2:33
win
Roberto Soldic
KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis
Apr / 14 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Tomasz Bronder
2
1:37
win
Yannick Bahati
EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62
Aug / 19 / 2017
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Brad Bloch
1
1:30
win
Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.
EFC 59 - EFC Worldwide 59
May / 13 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Wiekus Swart
1
3:58
win
Rafal Haratyk
EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56
Dec / 09 / 2016
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Bobby Karagiannidis
2
3:34
win
Martin van Staden
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 50
Jun / 17 / 2016
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Ferdi Basson
3
3:59
win
Bruno Belabela Mukulu
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46
Dec / 12 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Bobby Karagiannidis
2
2:50
win
Dino Bagattin
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 40
Jun / 06 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Wiekus Swart
2
3:33
win
Darren Daniel
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 37
Feb / 21 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
4:50
loss
Garreth McLellan
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 33
Aug / 30 / 2014
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Ferdie Basson
3
2:12
win
Donavin Hawkey
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 27
Feb / 27 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
1
4:50
win
Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 24
Oct / 10 / 2013
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
3
0:00
win
Bruno Belabela Mukulu
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 23
Sep / 12 / 2013
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
2:34
win
Tshikangu Makuebo
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 21
Jul / 25 / 2013
TKO (Punches)
1
1:18
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