HE’LL never win a world title, the critics said. His style is too weird. His cardio needs work. He’s too hasty in the attack. He’ll never last five rounds.
But oh, how the naysayers are eating their words now.
Dricus “Stillknocks” du Plessis is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s newest world champion in the middleweight division – and the toast of South Africans across the spectrum.
A gruelling down-to-the-wire bout with American Sean “Tarzan” Strickland in the octagon in Toronto, Canada, saw Dricus emerge bloodied and battered with one foot in a moonboot – but he did it. And in true South African style, he won by a single point.
Some UFC fans don’t believe he deserved it. Look what Strickland’s face