Dricus Du Plessis Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Kamaru UsmanUpcoming Middleweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs Usman	Jul 18, 2026
L	#3Khamzat ChimaevTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev	Aug 16, 2025
W	#1Sean StricklandTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2	Feb 8, 2025
W	#2Israel AdesanyaTitle Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R4	3:38	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024
W	CSean StricklandTitle Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis	Jan 20, 2024
W	#2Robert Whittaker Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	2:23	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
W	#5Derek Brunson Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard Corner Stoppage	R2	4:59	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane	Mar 4, 2023
W	#9Darren Till Middleweight	Submission	Neck Crank From Back Control	R3	2:43	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev	Dec 10, 2022
W	#12Brad Tavares Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022
W	Trevin Giles Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:41	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
W	Markus Perez Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Oct 10, 2020

Outside the UFC

14-2across 16 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 9 subEFC · EFC Africa · EFC 83 · KSW 50 · KSW 45 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brendan Lesar3-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:15	EFC 83	Dec 14, 2019
W	Joilton Lutterbach42-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:04	KSW 50	Sep 14, 2019
L	Roberto Soldic21-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:33	KSW 45	Oct 6, 2018
W	Roberto Soldic21-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:37	KSW 43	Apr 14, 2018
W	Yannick Bahati10-7-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:30	EFC 62	Aug 19, 2017
W	Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:58	EFC 59	May 13, 2017
W	Rafal Haratyk21-5-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	3:34	EFC 56	Dec 9, 2016
W	Martin van Staden23-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	3:59	EFC	Jun 17, 2016
W	Bruno Belabela Mukulu6-10-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:50	EFC	Dec 12, 2015
W	Dino Bagattin13-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:33	EFC	Jun 6, 2015
W	Darren Daniel3-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:50	EFC	Feb 21, 2015
L	Garreth McLellan13-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	2:12	EFC	Aug 30, 2014
W	Donavin Hawkey10-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:50	EFC Africa	Feb 27, 2014
W	Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht6-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:54	EFC Africa	Oct 10, 2013
W	Bruno Belabela Mukulu6-10-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:34	EFC Africa	Sep 12, 2013
W	Tshikangu Makuebo1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:18	EFC Africa	Jul 25, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Submission

11 wins, 1 loss

W11

L1

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.70

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Dricus Du Plessis

PowerChin

Knockout rate

40%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

0.88 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Dricus Du Plessis

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

1W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB62nd

48%770 / 1,578

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.85 differential

Landed5.18

Absorbed4.33

43%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head59%83rd457
Body18%77th137
Leg23%92nd176

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

82%Standing

Standing82%635
Clinch8%61
Ground10%74

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dricus Du Plessis

Landed per 15

Head

A+

88th

46.1

88th

Body

A

81st

13.8

81st

Leg

A+

94th

17.7

94th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

11th

48.7

11th

Body

D

29th

11.3

29th

Leg

B

65th

4.9

65th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	46.1	457	1,172	39%
Body	13.8	137	178	77%
Leg	17.7	176	228	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	48.7	483	1,162	42%
Body	11.3	112	155	72%
Leg	4.9	49	53	92%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Dricus Du Plessis

51%

Takedown accuracy

35%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.0 min net

On top1.8

On bottom2.8

Offense

Takedowns

A

73rd

2.2

73rd

TD accuracy

A

76th

51%

76th

Sub attempts

B

66th

0.7

66th

Control

D

36th

1.8 min

36th

Defense

TD defense

F

21st

35%

21st

Controlled

2.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	22 / 43
Submission attempts	7
Control time	17:34

Defense

TDs defended	8 / 23
Control absorbed	27:18

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (149min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dricus Du Plessis

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 149 min

103%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Plessis holds steady (-2% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Plessis sustains 103% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Plessis — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Plessislanded / min

Takedown attempts

Plessisattempts / min

Control time

Plessis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	4.4	2.8	0.37	19%	10
R2	7.2	5.8	4.1	0.28	15%	9
R3	6.7	6.3	5.9	0.11	1%	6
R4	5.5	4.1	4.8	0.38	8%	4
R5	6.4	5.4	6.2	0.27	6%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dricus Du Plessis

10 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

96/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

83%

99th

Win quality

A+

100th

100%

100th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

2

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	4-1	80%
Top-5	2	2-0	100%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Khamzat Chimaev#3	Champion	94	Aug 16, 2025
W	Sean Strickland#1	Champion	97	Feb 8, 2025
W	Israel Adesanya#2	Champion	96	Aug 17, 2024
W	Sean StricklandCHAMP	Champion	100	Jan 20, 2024
W	Robert Whittaker#2	Champion	96	Jul 8, 2023
W	Derek Brunson#5	Top-5	80	Mar 4, 2023
W	Darren Till#9	Top-5	77	Dec 10, 2022
W	Brad Tavares#12	Top-15	69	Jul 2, 2022
W	Trevin Giles	Established	30	Jul 10, 2021
W	Markus Perez	Unproven	12	Oct 10, 2020

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

10 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-1

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

8-1

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

3-1

4 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

2-1

3 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

10 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dricus Du Plessis

Within a year

10 monthssince last bout

vs Khamzat Chimaev · Aug 16, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-0As underdog 1-1

99.2

DK avg

110.5

Median

119.2

Ceiling

79.5

Floor

80%

Boom

10%

Bust

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