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The Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman

18 JUL 2026 / Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Main event / Middleweight / 5 rounds scheduled

Dricus Du Plessis vs Kamaru Usman

Dricus Du Plessis, photograph by User:Philippe3017 Dricus Du Plessis “Stillknocks”

9-1-0 entering this bout

Age 32 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Won

Kamaru Usman, photograph by MMAnytt Kamaru Usman “The Nigerian Nightmare”

16-3-0 entering this bout

Age 39 · 6′0″182.9 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
29/62
R1
17/41
36/70
R2
14/39
25/43
R3
17/38
24/51
R4
21/49
22/47
R5
23/67

Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Kerry Hatley

The cards

Judge Dricus Du Plessis Kamaru Usman
Sal D'amato 50 45
David Sutherland 49 46
Mike Bell 49 46

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Dricus Du Plessis Enters 1-1-0 against GRAPPLING
Kamaru Usman Enters 9-2-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Dricus Du Plessis    Kamaru Usman

Bout totals

136
Sig. strikes
92
139
Total strikes
99
102
To the head
49
24
To the body
37
10
To the legs
6
132
At distance
88
4
In the clinch
4
0
On the ground
0
0
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
0:06
Control time
0:24

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Dricus Du Plessis 29/62 30/63 22/50 2/5 5/7 28/61 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 17/41 18/42 8/28 7/11 2/2 17/41 0/0 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
R2 Dricus Du Plessis 36/70 38/73 32/66 2/2 2/2 34/67 2/2 0/1 0/0 0 0:06
Kamaru Usman 14/39 19/46 8/32 6/7 0/0 11/36 3/3 0/0 0/1 0 0:15
R3 Dricus Du Plessis 25/43 25/43 17/33 6/8 2/2 25/43 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 17/38 17/38 8/23 9/15 0/0 17/38 0/0 0/0 0/1 0 0:02
R4 Dricus Du Plessis 24/51 24/52 18/43 6/7 0/1 23/49 1/1 0/1 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 21/49 21/50 11/35 8/12 2/2 21/49 0/0 0/0 0/3 0 0:00
R5 Dricus Du Plessis 22/47 22/47 13/38 8/8 1/1 22/47 0/0 0/0 0/2 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 23/67 24/68 14/52 7/13 2/2 22/66 1/1 0/0 0/1 0 0:07

Who said so

Every field on this page is a claim made by a source, kept with the source attached. A lower rank is a source trusted further.

Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Kerry Hatley UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Kerry Hatley UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Sal D'amato 45 - 50. David Sutherland 46 - 49. Mike Bell 46 - 49. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Sal D'amato 45 - 50. David Sutherland 46 - 49. Mike Bell 46 - 49. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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