MiddleweightActive
Dricus Du Plessis
“Stilknocks”
Country
South AfricaRecord
23-3
Weight class
Middleweight
Height
6'1"
Reach
76"
Age
32
Stance
Switch
Career stats
18 of 22 wins inside the distance · 66th percentile
Stopped in 8% of bouts — 2 of 25 · 80th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 85th percentile
10:02
Avg bout length
1W
Streak
9
Title fights
8
Main events
Percentiles vs 392 middleweights
Counted from the 25 bouts on record, not the full 26-fight career
Strikes & grappling
770 landed from 1578 attempts — 49% accuracy · 83rd percentile
22 landed from 43 attempts — 51% accuracy · 71st percentile
4 in 10 statted bouts · 50th percentile
18m of 2h 29m fought · 33rd percentile
Head 59%
Body 18%
Leg 23%
Of 770 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 24 middleweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 10 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 2h 29m of fight time, of the 25 bouts on record
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2026 | Kamaru Usman | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · - | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Khamzat ChimaevTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Sean StricklandTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Israel AdesanyaTitle | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R4 · 3:38 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Jan 20, 2024 | Sean StricklandTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Robert Whittaker | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:23 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| Mar 4, 2023 | Derek Brunson | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:59 | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Darren Till | WIN | SUBNeck Crank | R3 · 2:43 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Brad Tavares | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Trevin Giles | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 1:41 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Markus Perez | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 3:22 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
| Dec 14, 2019 | Brendan Lesar | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 4:15 | EFC 83: EFC Worldwide 83 |
| Sep 14, 2019 | Joilton Lutterbach | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R2 | KSW 50: De Fries vs. Henrique |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Roberto SoldićTitle | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R3 | KSW 45: de Fries vs. Bedorf |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Roberto SoldićTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | KSW 43: Janikowski vs. Bahati |
| Aug 19, 2017 | Yannick BahatiTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 1:30 | EFC 62: EFC Worldwide 62 |
| May 13, 2017 | Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr. | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 3:58 | EFC 59: EFC Worldwide 59 |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Rafal Haratyk | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R2 · 3:34 | EFC 56: EFC Worldwide 56 |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Martin van StadenTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 50 |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Bruno Belabela Mukulu | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 46 |
| Jun 6, 2015 | Dino Bagattin | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 · 3:33 | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 40 |
| Feb 21, 2015 | Darren Daniel | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 4:50 | EFC: Extreme Fighting Championship 37 |
| Aug 30, 2014 | Garreth McLellanTitle | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 · 2:12 | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 33 |
| Oct 10, 2013 | Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R3 · 1:54 | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 24 |
| Jul 25, 2013 | Tshikangu Makuebo | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 1:18 | EFC Africa: Extreme Fighting Champ. Africa 21 |
WIN
DECDecisionR5 · -
LOSS
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
SUBRear Naked ChokeR4 · 3:38Title
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
KOPunchesR2 · 2:23
Derek Brunson
KOPunchesR2 · 4:59
Darren Till
SUBNeck CrankR3 · 2:43
Brad Tavares
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Trevin Giles
KOPunchR2 · 1:41
Markus Perez
KOPunchR1 · 3:22
Brendan Lesar
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R1 · 4:15
Joilton Lutterbach
KOTKO (Punches)R2
Roberto Soldić
KOKO/TKOR3Title
Roberto Soldić
KOKO/TKOR2Title
Yannick Bahati
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R1 · 1:30Title
Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.
KOTKOR1 · 3:58
Rafal Haratyk
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R2 · 3:34
Martin van Staden
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R3Title
Bruno Belabela Mukulu
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R2
Dino Bagattin
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R2 · 3:33
Darren Daniel
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1 · 4:50
Garreth McLellan
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R3 · 2:12Title
Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R3 · 1:54
Tshikangu Makuebo
KOTKOR1 · 1:18
How the wins came
Record
23
Wins
3
Losses
0
Draws
10:02
Avg bout length
1W
Streak
9
Title fights
8
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Dricus Du Plessis’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.