Dricus du Plessis

South African mixed martial artist

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Born

14 January 1994, Welkom

Citizenship

South Africa

Sport

kickboxing, mixed martial arts

Occupation

kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. He is the first South African to win a UFC championship. As of 19 August 2025, he is #2 in the Meta UFC middleweight rankings. Outside of the UFC, du Plessis is also the former Welterweight and Middleweight Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) Champion, and the former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) Welterweight Champion.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q48870794 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.