Dricus Du Plessis is the unlikely champion.
Watching him struggle, it appears like “Stillknocks” doesn’t notably go the attention take a look at. Sloppy and far and wide, he’s not essentially the most technical fighter. However he wins.
That mentioned, Du Plessis has defeated three champions in a row: Robert Whittaker, Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya. He rematches Strickland this weekend making it his fourth straight champion confronted. His unlikely rise has been nothing wanting meteoric.
Dricus Du Plessis: The African king
Dricus Du Plessis has turn out to be the primary champion that also lives in Africa. This has brought on controversy with Francis Ngannou, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya all being from Africa however residing elsewhere. However “Stillknocks” loves the controversy.
After a spat with Adesanya after capturing the title, the Staff CIT champion took on and defeated the middleweight nice.
Du Plessis capturing the title from Strickland was his kingmaking however it wasn’t till he defeated Adesanya that he turned the king of Africa. Fortunately, the 2 buried the hatchet afterwards and let bygones be bygones.
How one can win: be powerful
Dricus Du Plessis might not be essentially the most technical fighter, however he’s powerful. Insanely powerful. The 31-year-old has been in dangerous spots, damage, and regarded like he was shedding management of the struggle. Darren Until, Robert Whittaker, Israel Adesanya, they’ve all teed off on Du Plessis.
However he finds a option to win.
Each single time, Dricus Du Plessis finds a option to dig deep, damage his opponent, and win the struggle, be it by end like he did with Israel Adesanya, or by choice like his first struggle with Sean Strickland. A method or one other, Du Plessis finds a option to win.
He should do this once more at UFC 312. Sean Strickland was a troublesome struggle for the South African the primary go spherical. This time, Strickland will come out to take that title away. Du Plessis should do extra of the identical from the primary struggle.
