Dricus Du Plessis

"Stillknocks"

AGE	31 / Jan 14, 1994
HEIGHT	6'0" / 182.88 cm
WEIGHT	185 lbs / 83.91 kg

ASSOCIATION
Team CIT

CLASS
Middleweight

Wins 23

KO / TKO

39%

SUBMISSIONS

48%

DECISIONS

13%

Losses 2

KO / TKO

50%

SUBMISSIONS

50%

DECISIONS

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Sean Strickland	UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 Feb / 08 / 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Israel Adesanya	UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya Aug / 17 / 2024	Submission (Face Crank) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	4	3:38
win	Sean Strickland	UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis Jan / 20 / 2024	Decision (Split) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Robert Whittaker	UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Jul / 08 / 2023	TKO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:23
win	Derek Brunson	UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane Mar / 04 / 2023	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:59
win	Darren Till	UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev Dec / 10 / 2022	Submission (Face Crank) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	2:43
win	Brad Tavares	UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier Jul / 02 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Trevin Giles	UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 Jul / 10 / 2021	KO (Punches) Chris Tognoni VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	1:41
win	Markus Perez	UFC Fight Night 179 - Moraes vs. Sandhagen Oct / 10 / 2020	KO (Punches) Kevin Sataki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:22
win	Brendan Lesar	EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83 Dec / 14 / 2019	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Brad Bloch	1	4:15
win	Joilton Lutterbach	KSW 50 - London Sep / 14 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Marc Goddard	2	3:04
loss	Roberto Soldic	KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley Oct / 06 / 2018	KO (Punches) Tomasz Bronder	3	2:33
win	Roberto Soldic	KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis Apr / 14 / 2018	TKO (Punches) Tomasz Bronder	2	1:37
win	Yannick Bahati	EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62 Aug / 19 / 2017	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Brad Bloch	1	1:30
win	Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.	EFC 59 - EFC Worldwide 59 May / 13 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Wiekus Swart	1	3:58
win	Rafal Haratyk	EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56 Dec / 09 / 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Bobby Karagiannidis	2	3:34
win	Martin van Staden	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 50 Jun / 17 / 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Ferdi Basson	3	3:59
win	Bruno Belabela Mukulu	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46 Dec / 12 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Bobby Karagiannidis	2	2:50
win	Dino Bagattin	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 40 Jun / 06 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Wiekus Swart	2	3:33
win	Darren Daniel	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 37 Feb / 21 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:50
loss	Garreth McLellan	EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 33 Aug / 30 / 2014	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) Ferdie Basson	3	2:12
win	Donavin Hawkey	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 27 Feb / 27 / 2014	TKO (Punches)	1	4:50
win	Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 24 Oct / 10 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	1:54
win	Bruno Belabela Mukulu	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 23 Sep / 12 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:34
win	Tshikangu Makuebo	EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 21 Jul / 25 / 2013	TKO (Punches)	1	1:18

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