Du Plessis makes winning return to UFC with dominant decision over Usman
- South African fighter held the middleweight belt from January 2024 until mid-August 2025, when he lost to Chimaev.
- Dricus Du Plessis leaned on his South African roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.
- The judges scored the bout 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 in favour of Du Plessis (24-3 MMA), who won his first nine UFC bouts and held the middleweight belt from January 2024 until mid-August 2025.
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- South African fighter held the middleweight belt from January 2024 until mid-August 2025, when he lost to Chimaev.
- Dricus Du Plessis leaned on his South African roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.
- The judges scored the bout 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 in favour of Du Plessis (24-3 MMA), who won his first nine UFC bouts and held the middleweight belt from January 2024 until mid-August 2025.
Sources: Al Jazeera