Former middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis has defeated three former titleholders together with Sean Strickland twice. He holds wins over Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya and efficiently defended the championship twice throughout his title reign.
“Stillknocks” has shared the octagon with one of the best 185-pound fighters of his period however one stood above the remaining when it got here to skillset.
“The most effective man for me that I’ve fought, clearly the Khamzat [Chimaev] struggle was one which I misplaced fairly considerably, however that wasn’t a struggle. I imply, so taking that one. That is an apparent reply. So, let’s take that one out of the equation. Adesanya was one of the best man that I confronted simply by way of all the pieces he did, man,” Du Plessis instructed Combat Forecast.
“His timing, the velocity, the facility he kicks with, even takedown defense-wise, all the pieces. He was one of the best technical man that I’ve ever confronted.”
Whereas “The Final Stylebender” was one of the best fighter Du Plessis has confronted, he wasn’t the hardest. That distinction went to 2 different earlier opponents.
“The hardest man must be Brad Tavares or Sean Strickland. It must be. I imply, simply by way of the quantity of pictures they took and simply stored standing,” mentioned Du Plessis.
“I imply, Strickland extra so takes the punches however rolls with it. Tavares took some strong pictures and he simply stored standing. So, it is between the 2 of these.”
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