Dricus Du Plessis · The Clinch

Strike accuracy 906/1,851

Takedown accuracy 22/45

Sig. strikes / round 24.5

Control / round 0:29

Inside the distance 60% 6 of 10 wins

Height: 6′1″185.4 cm
Reach: 76″193 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Switch
Age: 3214 JAN 1994
Listed weight: 185 lb83.9 kg

Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 3.7 takedown attempts and 10% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Striking 5 5-0-0 vs 1637 avg

Distance Striker 4 4-0-0

Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0

Grappling 3 2-1-0 vs 1663 avg

Positional Controller 2 2-0-0

Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0

Hybrid 3 3-0-0 vs 1546 avg

Well-Rounded 3 3-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

10 OCT 2020 - beat Markus Perez · Technical Knockout 10 JUL 2021 - beat Trevin Giles · Technical Knockout 02 JUL 2022 - beat Brad Tavares · Decision (Unanimous) 10 DEC 2022 - beat Darren Till · Submission 04 MAR 2023 - beat Derek Brunson · Technical Knockout 08 JUL 2023 - beat Robert Whittaker · Technical Knockout 20 JAN 2024 - beat Sean Strickland · Decision (Split) 17 AUG 2024 - beat Israel Adesanya · Submission 08 FEB 2025 - beat Sean Strickland · Decision (Unanimous) 16 AUG 2025 - lost to Khamzat Chimaev · Decision (Unanimous) 18 JUL 2026 - beat Kamaru Usman · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 37 rounds across 11 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 24.5

Sig. strikes absorbed 19.9

Takedowns landed 0.6

Knockdowns 0.1

Sub. attempts 0.2

Control time 0:29 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 49% 906/1,851

Takedowns 49% 22/45

Opponents’ accuracy 46% 736/1,604

Where the strikes land

Head 62% 559

Body 18% 161

Leg 21% 186

And from where

At distance 85% 767

In the clinch 7% 65

On the ground 8% 74

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 4 won Technical Knockout · 4-0

Submission 2 won Submission · 2-0

Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-1 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
18 JUL 2026	Kamaru Usman	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	136	92	UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman
16 AUG 2025	Khamzat Chimaev	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	13	37	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev
08 FEB 2025	Sean Strickland	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	147	128	UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
17 AUG 2024	Israel Adesanya	Won	Submission	R4 3:38	90	97	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
20 JAN 2024	Sean Strickland	Won	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	137	173	UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
08 JUL 2023	Robert Whittaker	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 2:23	62	31	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
04 MAR 2023	Derek Brunson	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 4:59	71	37	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane
10 DEC 2022	Darren Till	Won	Submission	R3 2:43	86	35	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
02 JUL 2022	Brad Tavares	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	113	82	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
10 JUL 2021	Trevin Giles	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:41	25	10	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
10 OCT 2020	Markus Perez	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 3:22	26	14	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen