Dricus Du Plessis
"Stilknocks"
CIT
24-3-0
Record
1
Win Streak
83%
Finish Rate
10-1
UFC Record
Recent Form
Last five fights
UFC Statistics
Striking & grappling output
Wins by Method
Losses by Method
Finish Pattern
Wins by finish method and round
Attribute Map
Top 3 Strengths
Style Profile
Primary
Control Wrestler
Secondary
Submission Grappler
Confidence
85%
Present tools
KO power
9 KO/TKO wins (38% of wins); 4 knockdowns/min
Submission threat
11 submission wins (46% of wins); 0.71 sub attempts/15
Takedown game
2.22 takedowns/15; 51.16% accuracy
Striking volume
5.18 sig strikes/min
Striking accuracy
51.22% sig strike accuracy
Finishing ability
83% finish rate (20 of 24 wins); 17% first-round finishes
Clinch/control game
2.22 takedowns/15 to grind
Absent tools
None confirmed absent over a real sample.
Unproven (insufficient sample): Takedown defense, Strike defense
Finish signature
9 KO/TKO (38%), 11 submission (46%), 4 decision (17%). avg fight 14:15, 17% first-round finishes.
FightIQ on This Fighter
Model record across picks involving this fighter
Fight History
| Result | Opponent | Method | R | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kamaru Usman | U Dec | 5 | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman | Jul 2026 |
| L | Khamzat Chimaev | U Dec | 5 | UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev | Aug 2025 |
| W | Sean Strickland | U Dec | 5 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 | Feb 2025 |
| W | Israel Adesanya | Submission | 4 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya | Aug 2024 |
| W | Sean Strickland | S Dec | 5 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis | Jan 2024 |
| W | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | 2 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez | Jul 2023 |
| W | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | 2 | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane | Mar 2023 |
| W | Darren Till | Submission | 3 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev | Dec 2022 |
| W | Brad Tavares | U Dec | 3 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | Jul 2022 |
| W | Trevin Giles | KO/TKO | 2 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | Jul 2021 |
| W | Markus Perez | KO/TKO | 1 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | Oct 2020 |
| W | Brendan Lesar | Submission (Guillotine) | 1 | EFC 83: EFC Worldwide 83 | Dec 2019 |
| W | Joilton Lutterbach | TKO (Punches) | 2 | KSW 50: De Fries vs. Henrique | Sep 2019 |
| L | Roberto Soldić | KO/TKO | 3 | KSW 45: de Fries vs. Bedorf | Oct 2018 |
| W | Roberto Soldić | KO/TKO | 2 | KSW 43: Janikowski vs. Bahati | Apr 2018 |