Dricus Du Plessis

“Stillknocks”

South AfricaMiddleweightActiveage 32

24-3

89% win rate

W1 streak

2024-08-17 → 2024-08-17

97held 5 bouts-29 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.

10 wins1 losslast 5: W L W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026

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(11)	R2(10)	R3(7)	R4(5)	R5(4)
Sig Str landed	23.1	31.9	30.6	21.8	25.8
Sig Str absorbed	14.6	19.3	27.2	23.8	29.0
Takedowns landed	0.73	0.70	0.41	0.88	0.25
Takedowns absorbed	0.36	0.20	0.43	0.60	0.75
Control time	0:50	0:37	0:03	0:19	0:13

Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.

Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.

MMA FightingJul 23, 2026
Kamaru Usman is contemplating retirement after suffering a lopsided defeat to Dricus du Plessis at UFC Oklahoma City.
MMA FightingJul 23, 2026
MMA Fighting's "Between the Links" show breaks down the fallout from UFC Oklahoma City, where former middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis dominated former welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman in a lopsided victory.

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