Dricus Du Plessis
"Stilknocks"
23-3 (9 KO · 11 SUB · 3 DEC)
Middleweight · 32 yrs · 6'1" · 76" reach · Switch · RSA
volume strikersubmission threat
Output & defense
per-minute / per-15-min rates over 11 tracked UFC fights
Sig. strikes / min
5.0
Strike accuracy
49%
Absorbed / min
3.9
Strike defense
52%
Knockdowns / 15
0.39
Takedowns / 15
2.2
TD accuracy
51%
TD defense
33%
Sub attempts / 15
0.7
Ground adv. / 15
0.0
Pace & finishing
13.9
avg fight minutes
36%
go the distance
2
round-1 finish wins
7
finish wins (tracked)
strike targets: head 59% · body 18% · leg 23%
Fight history 11 tracked
| Date | Opponent | Result | Sig. str. | Absorbed | TD | KD | Sub att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-17 | Khamzat Chimaev | LDecision - Unanimous · R5 | 13/29 | 37 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-02-09 | Sean Strickland | WDecision - Unanimous · R5 | 147/314 | 128 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-08-18 | Israel Adesanya | WSubmission · R4 | 90/197 | 97 | 4/9 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-01-21 | Sean Strickland | WDecision - Split · R5 | 137/354 | 173 | 6/11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-07-09 | Robert Whittaker | WKO/TKO · R2 | 62/104 | 31 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-03-05 | — | WKO/TKO · R2 | 71/115 | — | 1/2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-12-11 | — | WSubmission · R3 | 86/147 | 35 | 6/6 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022-07-03 | Brad Tavares | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 113/212 | 82 | 0/7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-07-11 | — | WKO/TKO · R2 | 25/48 | 10 | 2/4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-10-11 | — | WKO/TKO · R1 | 26/58 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-12-14 | — | WSubmission (Guillotine) · R1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats from official ESPN box scores over tracked UFC fights; career record covers all promotions. Model receipts show what Probetrics predicted before each fight — graded, not curated. 21+, 1-800-GAMBLER.