By the time that Dricus Du Plessis makes weight for UFC 319, he cut something like 45 pounds before he arrives on the scales.
The UFC champion middle weight must weigh on 185 pounds or lower to be eligible to fight for the title, and never missed during his career. In the meantime, his opponent Khamzat Chimaev has had problems when he was a good weight before he was forced to go up permanently.
Despite the fact that he never looks particularly lean on the scales, Du Plessis has talked about the drastic cutbacks that are needed to reach the limit earlier. And he admits that he is not special in the neighborhood of that target, just over a week after weighing.
Dricus Du Plessis is confronted with 45 pounds cut for UFC 319
Dricus Du Plessis is in no way a small middleweight, but is also far from the largest that forced on the weight. He played with the idea of going to light-heavy weight in the past and explained in a recent interview how his weight reduction process for the UFC 319 of next week.
“I am still pretty reasonable from 185 pounds,” Du Plessis admitted in an interview with the Chicago Sports Network. “But I walk around 225 pounds to 230 pounds. That is of course my Walk-Around weight from the camp.
“Then we start cutting off in the camp and at the moment my weight is on track, it is perfect where I need to be at this stage of the fight. We are now ten days from Weegs and this is where the difficult part starts. I am preparing my body to cut that water and put it safely.”
Dricus Du Plessis is open to light relocation
After he explained the weight cutting process, Du Plessis Point was asked empty if he intends to make the switch to 205LB. He liked the idea and noticed that the winner of Alex Pereira and the Rematch of Ankalaev one of the most exciting battles there are.
“That is the goal, the long -term goal to go up,” said Du Plessis about a switch to slightly heavyweight. “I am still young in my career, 31 years old means a lot of time left and I am convinced that you need at least three title defenses, this will be my third before you go up.
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“Then the division must of course be cleaned up before you go to the next. The middleweight division is currently very exciting, just look at the Shuffle in the top five. It has been the same for many years.
“Then look at the past year, there are so many changes. Robert Whittaker is out of the top five for the first time in eight years. I fought everyone in the top five until last week, now there are two new names.
“This means that the division will be lively. Otherwise it would not have been logical to stay. But there are now exciting fights and I am always busy with the new hungry contenders. Let's see how it happens, but I am certainly interested in getting in weight at a certain point in the near future.”