Dricus du Plessis | |||||||||||||||
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![]() du Plessis in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa | 14 January 1994||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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