Dricus Du Plessis plans on changing into the best fighter of all time, and he believes that undertaking his objective means having to undergo the present mild heavyweight king, Alex Pereira.
However first, ‘Stillknocks’ has some work to do that Saturday in Sydney.
Emanating from the Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Australia, Du Plessis is scheduled to place his 185-pound crown on the road in a extremely anticipated rematch with ex-champion Sean Strickland at UFC 312.
It will likely be Du Plessis’ second protection of the middleweight title, the primary coming in August when he submitted Israel Adesanya within the fourth spherical of their UFC 305 headliner.
Du Plessis is aware of there’s nonetheless work to be carried out at 185
Talking with McKenzie Pavacich of ESPN MMA, ‘DDP’ made it clear that his objective is to finally transfer up and declare the sunshine heavyweight title, however he is aware of that there’s nonetheless quite a lot of work to be carried out at 185 earlier than he can go asking for a shot at champ-champ standing.
“I’m nonetheless fairly a bit away from truly dominating the division and being in a spot the place there is no such thing as a competitors left,” Du Plessis stated. “I additionally wish to go up and get one other belt and, in the end, be seen as the best fighter to ever stroll this earth. That’s my final objective, and that’s what retains me going.”
If Du Plessis comes out on prime in The Land Down Underneath, he’ll transfer his file to 9-0 underneath the UFC banner whereas concurrently going two-up on Strickland contained in the Octagon.