Du Plessis’ technique has been a big talking point throughout his UFC run with many fellow fighters criticizing him for not being the most skilled fighter. Regardless of what people want to say about the way that he fights, it has led him to eight consecutive wins at the highest level of the sport.

Zhang Weili and Dricus Du Plessis made competing at the highest level of MMA look easy at UFC 312, as they turned the last two fights of the night into one-sided affairs. First, Zhang dominated Tatiana Suarez,

With both fighters being deceptively difficult to kill, their first encounter back at UFC 297 ended up being a tactical, back-and-forth battle that saw Du Plessis narrowly scrape out a split decision win on the scorecards to become the new champion at 185 pounds.

South African UFC middleweight champion wants to face Khamzat Chimaev next, before moving up to challenge Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight title.

This past Saturday in the main event of UFC 312, we saw a rematch for the middleweight title. Champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2) was looking for his second successful title defense as he took on the man he initially took the middleweight title from in Sean Strickland (29-7).

Sean Strickland was a hair's breadth away from beating Dricus du Plessis last year, yet he's a significant underdog in the rematch. That doesn't make sense to our UFC betting expert, who is targeting the Strickland via decision prop at UFC 312.

Alex Pereira doesn't seem especially interested in Dricus du Plessis' plans for a fight between the two UFC champions.

The UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira closely observed the UFC 312 main event: Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland. He was present in attendance cornering team Strickland. After witnessing Du Plessis claiming a flawless unanimous decision win,

MMA Fighting reacts to UFC 312, including Dricus du Plessis dominating Sean Strickland, and Zhang Weili’s impressive co-main event win.