Dricus Du Plessis

“Stillknocks”

South AfricaMiddleweightActiveage 32

23-3

88% win rate

L1 streak

2024-08-17 → 2024-08-17

94held 5 bouts-41 vs current

Bouts at peak

Eased since the peak

Career timeline

Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.

9 wins1 losslast 5: L W W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2025

Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.

Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.

Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.

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Metrics

Metric	R1(10)	R2(9)	R3(6)	R4(4)	R5(3)
Sig Str landed	22.5	31.5	31.6	21.3	27.0
Sig Str absorbed	14.4	19.9	28.9	24.5	31.0
Takedowns landed	0.80	0.78	0.47	1.09	0.33
Takedowns absorbed	0.40	0.22	0.50	0.75	1.00
Control time	0:55	0:40	0:04	0:23	0:18

Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.

Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.

MMA FightingJun 9, 2026
Dricus du Plessis says his next opponent has agreed to fight him, but contract delays are holding up the official announcement.
MMA FightingJun 4, 2026
Brendan Allen took aim at Dricus du Plessis this week, blaming the former middleweight champion for a fight that never materialised despite being reportedly agreed in January.

Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.