Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya
Dricus Du Plessis is 24-3-0; Israel Adesanya is 24-6-0. Israel Adesanya is 5 years older than Dricus Du Plessis. Israel Adesanya has a 4" · 10 cm reach advantage over Dricus Du Plessis. Israel Adesanya is 3" · 8 cm taller than Dricus Du Plessis. They have met once: Dricus Du Plessis 1, Israel Adesanya 0.
Style & credentials
No background on record
Camp · Team CIT · South Africa- —Purple belt · BJJAndré Galvão
- 2016GLORY Middleweight Contender Tournament WinnerGLORY
- 2015King in the Ring 86 kg III ChampionKing in the Ring
- 2015King in the Ring 100 kg II ChampionKing in the Ring
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
10 early stoppages have no logged time
3 early stoppages have no logged time
Recent form · last 5
- WUFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs Usman · Jul 18, 2026Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- LUFC 319: Du Plessis vs Chimaev: Du Plessis vs Chimaev · Aug 16, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WUFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 · Feb 9, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
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- WUFC 297: Strickland vs du Plessis · Jan 20, 2024Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
Full record · 27 fightsShow less
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- WUFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier · Jul 2, 2022Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
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- WBrendan LesarEFC Worldwide 83 · Dec 14, 2019· R1 · 4:15 · Middleweight
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- L
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- WJosé da Rocha JuniorEFC Worldwide 59 · May 13, 2017TKO · R1 · 3:58 · Welterweight
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- WMartin van StadenEFC Worldwide 50 · Jun 17, 2016· R3 · 3:59 · Welterweight
- WBruno MukuluEFC Worldwide 46 · Dec 12, 2015· R2 · 2:50 · Catchweight
- WDino BagattinEFC Worldwide 40 · Jun 6, 2015· R2 · 3:33 · Welterweight
- WDarren DanielEFC Africa 37 · Feb 21, 2015· R1 · 4:50 · Middleweight
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- WDonavin HawkeyEFC Africa 27 · Feb 27, 2014TKO · R1 · 4:50 · Middleweight
- WJC LamprechtEFC Africa 24 · Oct 10, 2013· R3 · 1:54 · Middleweight
- WBruno MukuluEFC Africa 23 · Sep 12, 2013· R1 · 2:34 · Middleweight
- WTshikangu MakueboEFC Africa 21 · Jul 25, 2013TKO · R1 · 1:18 · Middleweight
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- LUFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya · Aug 18, 2024Submission · R4 · 3:38 · Middleweight
- LUFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland · Sep 10, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
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Full record · 30 fightsShow less
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- WUFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier · Jul 2, 2022Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WUFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2 · Feb 12, 2022Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WUFC 263: Adesanya vs Vettori 2 · Jun 12, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- LUFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
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- WUFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier 2 · Apr 13, 2019Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Middleweight
- WUFC 234: Adesanya vs Silva · Feb 10, 2019Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
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- WThe Ultimate Fighter Finale: Tavares vs Adesanya · Jul 6, 2018Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Gaethje · Apr 14, 2018Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
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- WStu DareHex Fight Series 12 · Nov 24, 2017TKO · R1 · 4:53 · Middleweight
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- WMurad KuramagomedovWLF E.P.I.C. 4 · May 28, 2016TKO · R2 · 1:05 · Middleweight
- WAndrew Flores SmithGlory of Heroes 2 · May 7, 2016TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WDibir ZagirovWLF E.P.I.C. 2 · Mar 12, 2016TKO · R2 · 2:23 · Middleweight
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- WGele QingWu Lin Feng · Sep 19, 2015TKO · R2 · 3:37 · Middleweight
- WMaui TuigalamaSep 5, 2015TKO · R2 · 1:25 · Middleweight
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- WJohn VakeShuriken Fight Series · Jun 15, 2013TKO
- WJames GriffithsSupremacy Fighting Championship NZ · Mar 24, 2012TKO
Head-to-Head History
Common Opponents
How each fared against the same opponents.
- WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sun, Feb 9, 2025LUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sun, Sep 10, 2023
- WTKO · ROUND 2 · 2:23Sat, Jul 8, 2023WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sat, Feb 12, 2022
- WTKO · ROUND 2 · 4:59Sat, Mar 4, 2023WTKO · ROUND 1 · 4:51Sat, Nov 3, 2018
- WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Jul 2, 2022WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Fri, Jul 6, 2018
Frequently asked questions
Have Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya ever fought?
Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya (Sun, Aug 18, 2024), where Dricus Du Plessis won by Submission.
What are the records of Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya?
Dricus Du Plessis is 24-3-0 and Israel Adesanya is 24-6-0.
Who has the longer reach, Dricus Du Plessis or Israel Adesanya?
Israel Adesanya has the longer reach: 80" · 203 cm against 76" · 193 cm for Dricus Du Plessis, a 4" · 10 cm advantage.
Who is taller, Dricus Du Plessis or Israel Adesanya?
Israel Adesanya is taller at 6'4" · 193 cm; Dricus Du Plessis stands 6'1" · 185 cm.
Who is older, Dricus Du Plessis or Israel Adesanya?
Israel Adesanya is 37 and Dricus Du Plessis is 32.
Who has more finishes, Dricus Du Plessis or Israel Adesanya?
Dricus Du Plessis has 11 wins inside the distance (9 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission); Israel Adesanya has 16 wins (16 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission).