Dricus du Plessis, known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Born on 14 January 1994, he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and the first South African to win a UFC championship. Before reaching the UFC he built his record on the regional circuit, holding the welterweight and middleweight titles of Extreme Fighting Championship in South Africa and the welterweight title of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki in Poland. The article notes that as of 19 August 2025 he stood second in the Meta UFC middleweight rankings.
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is a South African professional mixed martial artist
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is a South African professional mixed martial artist
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is a South African professional mixed martial artist
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He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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