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Dricus Du Plessis

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Rank State: Nevada
Age: 31
Last 5: W W W W W
Association: Team CIT
Pro Debut Date: 2013-07-25
Pro Record: 23-2-0
Current Ranking:
#1 Middleweight
#2 Pound-For-Pound
#3 Division Dominance
'Big League' Record: 11-1-0
Last 3 Years: 7-0-0
Win Finish %: 87%
Combat Age: 35
Quality Perf. %: 72%
Last Quality Perf.: 2025-02-08
540 Metric: .583
Rating Points: 4580
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2025

#1 Middleweight

All-Time Rank:

#6 Middleweight
Last Fight Date: 2/08/2025 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#2 MW] Sean Strickland
Opponent's Last 5: W W L W L
Last Loss Date: 10/06/2018
Last Loss: [#41 MW] Roberto Soldic
Opponent's Last 5: W W NC L W
UFC Record: 9-0-0
Octagon Time: 2:03:46
Title Bouts: 3-0-0
Longest Win Streak: 9 (2020-2025, active)
UFC Debut: 2020-10-10
Last UFC Fight: 2025-02-08

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
W Sean Strickland
#2 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
Saturday, February 8th 2025
W Israel Adesanya
#1 Middleweight 		Submission (Face Crank)
Round 4
  UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
Saturday, August 17th 2024
W Sean Strickland
#1 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Saturday, January 20th 2024
W Robert Whittaker
#3 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
Saturday, July 8th 2023
W Derek Brunson
#8 Middleweight 		TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 2
  UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane
Saturday, March 4th 2023
W Darren Till
#11 Middleweight 		Submission (Face Crank)
Round 3
  UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Saturday, December 10th 2022
W Brad Tavares
#17 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Saturday, July 2nd 2022
W Trevin Giles
#32 Middleweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3
Saturday, July 10th 2021
W Markus Perez
#92 Middleweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Saturday, October 10th 2020
W Brendan Lesar
#215 Middleweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83
Saturday, December 14th 2019
W Joilton Lutterbach
#131 Welterweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  KSW 50 - London
Saturday, September 14th 2019
L Roberto Soldic
#90 Welterweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 3
  KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley
Saturday, October 6th 2018
W Roberto Soldic
#49 Welterweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis
Saturday, April 14th 2018
W Yannick Bahati
#119 Middleweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62
Saturday, August 19th 2017
W Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr. TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  EFC Worldwide 59
Saturday, May 13th 2017
W Rafal Haratyk
#190 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56
Friday, December 9th 2016
W Martin van Staden
#337 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
  EFC Worldwide 50
Friday, June 17th 2016
W Bruno Belabela Mukulu Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46
Saturday, December 12th 2015
W Dino Bagattin
#325 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, June 6th 2015
W Darren Daniel Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, February 21st 2015
L Garreth McLellan
#141 Middleweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, August 30th 2014
W Donavin Hawkey TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, February 27th 2014
W Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 3
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, October 10th 2013
W Bruno Belabela Mukulu Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, September 12th 2013
W Tshikangu Makuebo TKO
Round 1
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, July 25th 2013
  Opponent Event Outcome
W Sean Strickland
#2 Middleweight 		  UFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
Saturday, February 8th 2025 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Israel Adesanya
#1 Middleweight 		  UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
Saturday, August 17th 2024 		Submission (Face Crank)
Round 4
W Sean Strickland
#1 Middleweight 		  UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Saturday, January 20th 2024 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Robert Whittaker
#3 Middleweight 		  UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
Saturday, July 8th 2023 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Derek Brunson
#8 Middleweight 		  UFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane
Saturday, March 4th 2023 		TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 2
W Darren Till
#11 Middleweight 		  UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Saturday, December 10th 2022 		Submission (Face Crank)
Round 3
W Brad Tavares
#17 Middleweight 		  UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Saturday, July 2nd 2022 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Trevin Giles
#32 Middleweight 		  UFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3
Saturday, July 10th 2021 		KO (Punches)
Round 2
W Markus Perez
#92 Middleweight 		  UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Saturday, October 10th 2020 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brendan Lesar
#215 Middleweight 		  EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83
Saturday, December 14th 2019 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Joilton Lutterbach
#131 Welterweight 		  KSW 50 - London
Saturday, September 14th 2019 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
L Roberto Soldic
#90 Welterweight 		  KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley
Saturday, October 6th 2018 		KO (Punches)
Round 3
W Roberto Soldic
#49 Welterweight 		  KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis
Saturday, April 14th 2018 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Yannick Bahati
#119 Middleweight 		  EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62
Saturday, August 19th 2017 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.   EFC Worldwide 59
Saturday, May 13th 2017 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Rafal Haratyk
#190 Light Heavyweight 		  EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56
Friday, December 9th 2016 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Martin van Staden
#337 Welterweight 		  EFC Worldwide 50
Friday, June 17th 2016 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
W Bruno Belabela Mukulu   EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46
Saturday, December 12th 2015 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Dino Bagattin
#325 Welterweight 		  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, June 6th 2015 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Darren Daniel   EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, February 21st 2015 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Garreth McLellan
#141 Middleweight 		  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Saturday, August 30th 2014 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
W Donavin Hawkey   EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, February 27th 2014 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht   EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, October 10th 2013 		Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 3
W Bruno Belabela Mukulu   EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, September 12th 2013 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Tshikangu Makuebo   EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Thursday, July 25th 2013 		TKO
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2025   #1 Middleweight 22-2-0
3730
10/01/2024 1 #1 Middleweight 22-2-0
3730
07/01/2024   #2 Middleweight 21-2-0
2655
04/01/2024 3 #2 Middleweight 21-2-0
2655
01/01/2024 1 #5 Middleweight 20-2-0
1489
10/01/2023 4 #4 Middleweight 20-2-0
1489
07/01/2023   #8 Middleweight 19-2-0
789
04/01/2023 6 #8 Middleweight 19-2-0
789
01/01/2023 7 #14 Middleweight 18-2-0
516
10/01/2022 6 #21 Middleweight 17-2-0
310
07/01/2022 3 #27 Middleweight 16-2-0
208
04/01/2022 1 #30 Middleweight 16-2-0
208
01/01/2022 4 #29 Middleweight 16-2-0
208
10/01/2021 11 #33 Middleweight 16-2-0
208
07/01/2021   #44 Middleweight 15-2-0
132
04/01/2021 2 #44 Middleweight 15-2-0
132
01/01/2021 11 #46 Middleweight 15-2-0
132
10/01/2020 1 #57 Middleweight 14-2-0
113
07/01/2020 3 #56 Middleweight 14-2-0
113
04/01/2020 3 #59 Middleweight 14-2-0
113
01/01/2020 2 #56 Middleweight 14-2-0
113
10/01/2019 NR #58 Middleweight 13-2-0
110
07/01/2019 8 #104 Welterweight 12-2-0
108
04/01/2019 3 #96 Welterweight 12-2-0
111
01/01/2019 28 #93 Welterweight 12-2-0
111
10/01/2018 5 #65 Welterweight 12-1-0
155
07/01/2018 NR #60 Welterweight 12-1-0
155
04/01/2018 3 #97 Middleweight 11-1-0
75
01/01/2018 6 #94 Middleweight 11-1-0
75
10/01/2017 NR #88 Middleweight 11-1-0
75
07/01/2017 NR #157 Welterweight 10-1-0
66
04/01/2017 1 #121 Middleweight 9-1-0
55
01/01/2017 NR #122 Middleweight 9-1-0
55
10/01/2016 17 #199 Welterweight 8-1-0
55
07/01/2016 72 #182 Welterweight 8-1-0
55
04/01/2016 2 #254 Welterweight 7-1-0
44
01/01/2016 9 #256 Welterweight 7-1-0
44
10/01/2015 10 #265 Welterweight 6-1-0
43
07/01/2015 NR #255 Welterweight 6-1-0
43
04/01/2015 NR #323 Middleweight 5-1-0
26
07/01/2014 13 #336 Middleweight 4-0-0
27
04/01/2014 NR #323 Middleweight 4-0-0
27


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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