UFC 312 represents the second title Rematch of the professional MMA career of Dricus du Plessis; This time the South African will certainly hope for a better result.
'Still Knocks' has praised its way to UFC Championship Gold and Glory with only two defeats on his professional MMA record: an entry loss in 2014 and an annoying KO in 2018.
And it is the last loss that is central here Dricus Du Plessis was brutally finished by the old rival Roberto Soldic in one of the greatest rivalry in the history of KSW.
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Dricus Du Plessis' Last MMA loss was a brutal knockout on the third round
The year is 2018 and after sending the Roberto 'Robocop' Soldic van Croatia through second round TKO to claim the KSW Welterweight Championship, the promotion moved to book the Rematch for KSW 45 only six months later.
Vechtweek saw the two rivals go back and forth in a bitter words war, in which Du Plessis accused a soldier of being on the sauce, and the Croatian return of the favor by saying that 'Still Knocks' already made apologies.
Unfortunately for the South African it was 'Robocop' who got the last smile.
After a narrow opening of two rounds in which both hunters found a small success, Soldic landed a beautiful about -hand over that badly wobbled du Pessis and he stood against the Kooster wall.
'Still Knocks' tried to save himself by using his superior wrestling, but 'RoboCop' was not about to let the fight get away from him again, with the help of slick combinations to keep Du Plessis at a distance and under the Cosh.
While after 2:30 the Vechtklok tapped from the third round, Soldic fired an insane combination to break back the Du Plessis head before landing a nasty knee on the body, followed by a second huge upper hand that the future UFC champion dropped.
Du plessis crumbled to the ground and the referee quickly waved off the fight while a soldier was running with cruel soil and pounds; It remains the only knockout loss of Du Plessis's career and is his last loss so far in the Octagon.
Five years later, Dricus Du Persis UFC claimed Middleweight Gold
Dricus du Pessis would jump back from that shock reduction loss with a second round of TKO itself in September 2019, followed by a first round entry in December-this victories were sufficient for the UFC to sign 'Stillknocks' for their schedule.
The UFC debut of the South African could not have gone better, a first round knockout about Markus Perez in October 2020 and so Du Plessis was on his way to the races.
A TKO victory on Trevin Giles led for 12 months in a Stop-Start for Du Plessis, who saw four fights canceled quickly before completing the year with a UD victory on Brad Tavares and a striking entry from Darren Till.
Derek Brunson was then stopped in the second round before he really announced himself at the UFC Championship Radar with an incredible knockout from former champion Robert Whittaker.
'Stilleknocks' would claim UFC Gold in a razor-close split decision to Sean Strickland in January, following an impressive entry victory over Israel Adesanya in his first title defense.
And now we are all entangled at speed, we can put our sentences on next weekend PPV du Plessis go 2-0 above Strickland, or will we hear 'and new' below?
Discover it on Saturday, February 8 at UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2.
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