Dricus Du Plessis

Record

10-1

Rating

2321 ± 140

Since last event

–

Next fight

nothing booked

Age
32

Current streak
1 wins

Wins by
4 KO · 2 sub · 4 dec

Key facts

Record: 10-1
Division: Middleweight
Our rank: #2
Rating: 2321 ± 140
Style label: power puncher
Country: unknown
Height: 73"
Reach: 76"
Stance: Switch
Date of birth: 1994-01-14

Rating history

Style profile

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

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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
Strikes landed /15 min	59.4 ± 13.4 94th percentile	49.2
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	57.0 ± 5.4 21st percentile	53.6
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.81 ± 0.52 42nd percentile	4.06
Takedown defence %	58 ± 10 74th percentile	53
Control time s /15 min	197 ± 10 49th percentile	196
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 32nd percentile	50
Knockdowns /15 min	0.70 ± 0.12 71st percentile	0.62
Submission attempts /15 min	0.63 ± 0.17 41st percentile	0.73

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	65.5 ± 5.8 76th percentile	62.8
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	65.1 ± 5.6 55th percentile	67.0
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.62 ± 0.86 34th percentile	4.08
Takedown defence %	72 ± 7 78th percentile	71
Control time s /15 min	189 ± 15 24th percentile	198
Striking defence %	50 ± 3 13th percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	1.17 ± 0.04 24th percentile	1.19
Submission attempts /15 min	0.22 ± 0.16 92nd percentile	0.13

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	59.2 ± 2.2 44th percentile	59.3
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	69.8 ± 3.6 38th percentile	69.4
Takedown attempts /15 min	5.43 ± 1.02 44th percentile	5.66
Takedown defence %	70 ± 6 61st percentile	69
Control time s /15 min	220 ± 23 26th percentile	226
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 15th percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	0.33 ± 0.08 15th percentile	0.35
Submission attempts /15 min	0.31 ± 0.35 91st percentile	0.22

Style-based strength score

Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 56.4%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.

Best matchups

Worst matchups

UFC fight history

W	Kamaru Usman UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman · 2026-07-18	Decision - Unanimous R5
L	Khamzat Chimaev UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev · 2025-08-16	Decision - Unanimous R5
W	Sean Strickland UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · 2025-02-08	Decision - Unanimous R5
W	Israel Adesanya UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17	Submission R4
W	Sean Strickland UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · 2024-01-20 Decision check: dispute 1.00 (at the ceiling — our judging model scored it 93.88% for the official loser), decision credit 0.25 (official result unchanged)	Decision - Split R5
W	Robert Whittaker UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · 2023-07-08	KO/TKO R2
W	Derek Brunson UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane · 2023-03-04	KO/TKO R2
W	Darren Till UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · 2022-12-10	Submission R3
W	Brad Tavares UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier · 2022-07-02	Decision - Unanimous R3
W	Trevin Giles UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · 2021-07-10	KO/TKO R2
W	Markus Perez UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · 2020-10-10	KO/TKO R1