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South Africa
Pretoria, Gauteng
Dricus Du Plessis
"
Stillknocks
"
AGE
30
/
Jan 14, 1994
HEIGHT
6'0"
/
182.88 cm
WEIGHT
185 lbs
/
83.91 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team CIT
CLASS
Middleweight
Wins
22
KO
/
TKO
9
41%
SUBMISSIONS
11
50%
DECISIONS
2
9%
Losses
2
KO
/
TKO
1
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
50%
DECISIONS
0
0%
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Robert Whittaker
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2:23
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Herb Dean
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4:59
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Darren Till
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Mark Smith
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2:43
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Brad Tavares
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Decision (Unanimous)
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5:00
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1:41
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Markus Perez
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Kevin Sataki
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1
3:22
win
Brendan Lesar
EFC 83 - EFC Worldwide 83
Dec / 14 / 2019
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Brad Bloch
1
4:15
win
Joilton Lutterbach
KSW 50 - London
Sep / 14 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
2
3:04
loss
Roberto Soldic
KSW 45 - The Return to Wembley
Oct / 06 / 2018
KO (Punches)
Tomasz Bronder
3
2:33
win
Roberto Soldic
KSW 43 - Soldic vs. Du Plessis
Apr / 14 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Tomasz Bronder
2
1:37
win
Yannick Bahati
EFC 62 - EFC Worldwide 62
Aug / 19 / 2017
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Brad Bloch
1
1:30
win
Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.
EFC 59 - EFC Worldwide 59
May / 13 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Wiekus Swart
1
3:58
win
Rafal Haratyk
EFC 56 - EFC Worldwide 56
Dec / 09 / 2016
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Bobby Karagiannidis
2
3:34
win
Martin van Staden
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 50
Jun / 17 / 2016
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Ferdi Basson
3
3:59
win
Bruno Belabela Mukulu
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 46
Dec / 12 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Bobby Karagiannidis
2
2:50
win
Dino Bagattin
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 40
Jun / 06 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Wiekus Swart
2
3:33
win
Darren Daniel
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 37
Feb / 21 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
4:50
loss
Garreth McLellan
EFC - Extreme Fighting Championship 33
Aug / 30 / 2014
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Ferdie Basson
3
2:12
win
Donavin Hawkey
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 27
Feb / 27 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
1
4:50
win
Johannes Coenraad Lamprecht
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 24
Oct / 10 / 2013
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
3
1:54
win
Bruno Belabela Mukulu
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 23
Sep / 12 / 2013
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
2:34
win
Tshikangu Makuebo
EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship Africa 21
Jul / 25 / 2013
TKO (Punches)
1
1:18
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