Back Dricus du Plessis Afrikaans دريكوس دو بليسي Arabic Dricus du Plessis Spanish Dricus du Plessis French Dricus Du Plessis Italian ドリカス・デュ・プレシ Japanese Dricus du Plessis Polish Dricus du Plessis Portuguese Дю Плесси, Дрикус Russian 德里克斯·杜·普莱西斯 Chinese
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 du Plessis in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1994[1] Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Stillknocks | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Middleweight (2013–2015; 2019–present) Welterweight (2013–2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 76 in (193 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Team CIT MMA | ||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Morne Visser[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2nd degree black belt in kickboxing[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2013–present (MMA) | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur kickboxing record[5] | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
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Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the first South African to win a UFC championship.[7] As of 20 August 2024, he is #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.[8] Outside of the UFC, du Plessis is also the former Welterweight and Middleweight Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) Champion, and the former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) Welterweight Champion.
- ^ "Fightcenter: Dricus "Stillknocks" du Plessis. www.tapology.com". Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "EFC Athletes Profile: Dricus "Stillknocks" du Plessis. www.efcworldwide.com/". 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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UFCprofilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sam (20 January 2024). "Dricus Du Plessis Nickname: Why is the South African fighter nicknamed "Stillknocks"?". Marca. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hemmonsbey, Keanan (21 January 2024). "Dricus du Plessis makes history as SA's first UFC middleweight champ". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "UFC Rankings, Division Rankings, P4P rankings, UFC Champions | UFC.com". www.ufc.com. Retrieved 20 August 2024.