Dricus Du Plessis vs Kamaru Usman · Devin’s Dashboard

UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman /18 Jul · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA /Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis #2 · power puncher 2321 ± 140

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Kamaru Usman #3 · clinch grinder 2244 ± 148

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Tale of the tape

	Dricus Du Plessis	Kamaru Usman
Record	9-1	16-3
Last fight	lost vs Khamzat Chimaev (Decision - Unanimous, 2025-08-16)	won vs Joaquin Buckley (Decision - Unanimous, 2025-06-14)
Country	unknown	unknown
Height	73"	72"
Reach	76"	76"
Age	32.5	39.2
Stance	Switch	Switch
Weight class	Middleweight	Middleweight
Our rank	#2	#3
Style label	power puncher	clinch grinder

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better

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Tale of the tape

Division percentile. The hover carries the raw numbers.

Dricus Du Plessis Kamaru Usman

The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Kamaru Usman	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	59.4 ± 13.4 94th percentile	49.2	54.2 ± 6.8 74th percentile	49.2
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	57.0 ± 5.4 21st percentile	53.6	53.2 ± 2.5 54th percentile	53.6
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.81 ± 0.52 42nd percentile	4.06	4.86 ± 1.09 85th percentile	4.06
Takedown defence %	58 ± 10 74th percentile	53	67 ± 27 99th percentile	53
Control time s /15 min	197 ± 10 49th percentile	196	226 ± 43 88th percentile	196
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 32nd percentile	50	50 ± 2 52nd percentile	50
Knockdowns /15 min	0.70 ± 0.12 71st percentile	0.62	0.70 ± 0.12 74th percentile	0.62
Submission attempts /15 min	0.63 ± 0.17 41st percentile	0.73	0.42 ± 0.40 4th percentile	0.73

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Kamaru Usman	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	65.5 ± 5.8 76th percentile	62.8	64.8 ± 3.7 71st percentile	62.8
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	65.1 ± 5.6 55th percentile	67.0	62.3 ± 7.4 82nd percentile	67.0
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.62 ± 0.86 34th percentile	4.08	4.92 ± 1.30 87th percentile	4.08
Takedown defence %	72 ± 7 78th percentile	71	79 ± 18 97th percentile	71
Control time s /15 min	189 ± 15 24th percentile	198	198 ± 19 60th percentile	198
Striking defence %	50 ± 3 13th percentile	51	51 ± 2 40th percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	1.17 ± 0.04 24th percentile	1.19	1.22 ± 0.08 76th percentile	1.19
Submission attempts /15 min	0.22 ± 0.16 92nd percentile	0.13	0.08 ± 0.08 8th percentile	0.13

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Kamaru Usman	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	59.2 ± 2.2 44th percentile	59.3	61.2 ± 7.7 79th percentile	59.3
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	69.8 ± 3.6 38th percentile	69.4	66.4 ± 11.6 97th percentile	69.4
Takedown attempts /15 min	5.43 ± 1.02 44th percentile	5.66	6.48 ± 3.15 85th percentile	5.66
Takedown defence %	70 ± 6 61st percentile	69	73 ± 27 96th percentile	69
Control time s /15 min	220 ± 23 26th percentile	226	216 ± 36 15th percentile	226
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 15th percentile	51	51 ± 2 62nd percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	0.33 ± 0.08 15th percentile	0.35	0.36 ± 0.07 79th percentile	0.35
Submission attempts /15 min	0.31 ± 0.35 91st percentile	0.22	0.18 ± 0.18 9th percentile	0.22

Rating over time

After the fight

Dricus Du Plessis by Decision - Unanimous , round 5 at 5:00

Judges' cards

David Sutherland	49	46
Mike Bell	49	46
Sal D'amato	50	45