The first jabs between middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis and contender Sean Strickland have been thrown as they prepare ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO - JANUARY 20: (L-R) Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa punches Sean Strickland in a ... [+] UFC middleweight championship bout during the UFC 297 event at Scotiabank Arena on ...

Dricus Du Plessis does not seem to be catching a break. While his middleweight title defense awaits at UFC 312, ‘Stillknocks’ seems to be fixated on Islam Makhachev. It is no secret that ...

Islam Makhachev’s goal is to become UFC’s first three-weight world champion, which has caught Dricus Du Plessis’s attention. Despite that, the pound-for-pound number one has also recently ...

Dricus du Plessis recently voiced his belief in making his opponents suffer before the fight, as seen by the press conference before the Sean Strickland fight last year at UFC 297. According to du ...

That fight card, UFC 312, is headlined by a middleweight title fight rematch between current champ Dricus du Plessis and the man he took the title from in January 2024, Sean Strickland.

As eager as Chimaev may be for his first UFC title shot, he’ll have to wait for the dust to settle from next weekend’s UFC 312 main event between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland.

Now, with the fans rooting for a potential fight against Dricus du Plessis, Makhachev himself has doubled down on his chances of winning against the South African. Surprisingly, the lightweight ...