Dricus Du Plessis

“Stillknocks”

Rank 5 - Men's Pound-for-Pound

Champion - Middleweight

Next Fight - August 16, 2025

UFC 319 - Du Plessis vs. Chimaev

United Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dricus Du Plessis

(23 - 2 - 0)

Men's P4P #5

Middleweight Champion

Khamzat Chimaev

(14 - 0 - 0)

Age: 31 | Jan 14, 1994

Nationality: South Africa

Weight Class: Middleweight

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 185 lbs

Reach: 76.0"

Professional Record

25 fights	23 wins	2 losses
KO/TKOs	9	1
Submissions	11	1
Decisions	3	0

Fight Details

Result	Record	Opponent	Event	Date	Method	Referee	Round	Time
WIN	23 - 2 - 0	Sean Strickland	UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2	February 08, 2025	Decision (Unanimous)	Marc Goddard	5	5:00
WIN	22 - 2 - 0	Israel Adesanya	UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	August 17, 2024	Submission (Face Crank)	Marc Goddard	4	3:38
WIN	21 - 2 - 0	Sean Strickland	UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis	January 20, 2024	Decision (Split)	Marc Goddard	5	5:00
WIN	20 - 2 - 0	Robert Whittaker	UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	July 08, 2023	TKO (Punches)	Marc Goddard	2	2:23
WIN	19 - 2 - 0	Derek Brunson	UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane	March 04, 2023	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	Herb Dean	2	4:59
WIN	18 - 2 - 0	Darren Till	UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev	December 10, 2022	Submission (Face Crank)	Mark Smith	3	2:43
WIN	17 - 2 - 0	Brad Tavares	UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier	July 02, 2022	Decision (Unanimous)	Mark Smith	3	5:00
WIN	16 - 2 - 0	Trevin Giles	UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3	July 10, 2021	KO (Punches)	Chris Tognoni	2	1:41
WIN	15 - 2 - 0	Markus Perez	UFC Fight Night 179 - Moraes vs. Sandhagen	October 10, 2020	KO (Punches)	Kevin Sataki	1	3:22
WIN	14 - 2 - 0	Brendan Lesar	EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83	December 14, 2019	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Brad Bloch	1	4:15
WIN	13 - 2 - 0	Joilton Lutterbach	KSW 50 - London	September 14, 2019	TKO (Punches)		2	3:04
LOSS	12 - 2 - 0	Roberto Soldic	KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley	October 06, 2018	KO (Punches)		3	2:33
WIN	12 - 1 - 0	Roberto Soldic	KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis	April 14, 2018	TKO (Punches)		2	1:37
WIN	11 - 1 - 0	Yannick Bahati	EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62	August 19, 2017	Submission (Guillotine Choke)		1	1:30
WIN	10 - 1 - 0	Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.	EFC 59 - EFC Worldwide 59	May 13, 2017	TKO (Punches)		1	3:58
WIN	9 - 1 - 0	Rafal Haratyk	EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56	December 09, 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke)		2	3:34
WIN	8 - 1 - 0	Martin van Staden	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 50	June 17, 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke)		3	3:59
WIN	7 - 1 - 0	Bruno Belabela Mukulu	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46	December 12, 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)		2	2:50
WIN	6 - 1 - 0	Dino Bagattin	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 40	June 06, 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)		2	3:33
WIN	5 - 1 - 0	Darren Daniel	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 37	February 21, 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)		1	4:50
LOSS	4 - 1 - 0	Garreth McLellan	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 33	August 30, 2014	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)		3	2:12
WIN	4 - 0 - 0	Donavin Hawkey	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 27	February 27, 2014	TKO (Punches)		1	4:50
WIN	3 - 0 - 0	Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 24	October 10, 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)		3	0:00
WIN	2 - 0 - 0	Bruno Belabela Mukulu	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 23	September 12, 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)		1	2:34
WIN	1 - 0 - 0	Tshikangu Makuebo	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 21	July 25, 2013	TKO (Punches)		1	1:18