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St-Pierre’s Coach Feels Du Plessis Breaking ‘Old School’ BJJ Principles Led To UFC 305 Win

Dricus Du Plessis retained the middleweight title at UFC 305 by submitting Israel Adesanya in the fourth round. Considering the styles of both fighters, it’s not necessarily surprising to see the champion get the victory in this fashion but the result doesn’t tell the full story. “Stillknocks” was able to get the tap by hurting […]

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Dricus Du Plessis retained the middleweight title at UFC 305 by submitting Israel Adesanya in the fourth round.

Considering the styles of both fighters, it’s not necessarily surprising to see the champion get the victory in this fashion but the result doesn’t tell the full story.

“Stillknocks” was able to get the tap by hurting Adesanya on the feet, jumping on his back and quickly locking in the choke which his opponent admitted was caused by a simple mistake that he made in defending it.

Du Plessis has always been a very effective finisher with 20 of his 22 pro wins ending inside the distance but what impressed one of the top minds in the sport was how he circumnavigates a basic rule of Jiu-Jitsu to threaten with submissions.

Firas Zahabi Breaks Down How Dricus Du Plessis Ignores Jiu-Jitsu Fundamentals When Finishing Fights

Firas Zahabi gave his thoughts on the main event during a recent YouTube video on the Tristar Gym channel where he pointed out an interesting element of Du Plessis’ game which may have been overlooked.

The head coach of Georges St-Pierre referenced how one of the first things you’re taught in Jiu-Jitsu is that you go position over submission.

Especially in MMA where strikes are involved, going for an attack and losing your position as a result can be incredibly costly, but the middleweight champion ignores this altogether.

Rather than looking to control Adesanya first, he went right for the choke which caught his opponent off guard and gave him insufficient time to regain his bearings.

Zahabi highlighted this after seeing the South African champ pull off his first title defense.

“He choked him and I realized something about Du Plessis. When Du Plessis gets somebody down, he jumps immediately on the choke, he doesn’t solidify position you know and in Jiu-Jitsu, we’re always taught, the old school mentality was like position, position, position, and then submission. It was like always burnt into our minds. You take the guy down, you stabilize him, you stabilize him, you stabilize him and then you submit him. Well Du Plessis doesn’t do that, he flies in the face of everything everybody ever told us.”

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Sean Strickland’s Coach Points Out Weakness In Dricus Du Plessis Ahead Of Potential Rematch: ‘If The Wrestling Does Happen…’

Sean Strickland’s coach Eric Nicksick has already spoken about how a rematch with Dricus Du Plessis won’t need big changes from them. Their first encounter at UFC 297 where Du Plessis came away with a split decision to become the middleweight champion, was a closely contested affair over five rounds. Making small adjustments before running […]

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Sean Strickland’s coach Eric Nicksick has already spoken about how a rematch with Dricus Du Plessis won’t need big changes from them.

Their first encounter at UFC 297 where Du Plessis came away with a split decision to become the middleweight champion, was a closely contested affair over five rounds.

Making small adjustments before running it back will be key because, as we saw in the first fight, there isn’t much to separate these two.

The fight was predominantly a striking exchange between them but the occasional takedown attempts from Du Plessis opened up some moments that they could capitalize on in the rematch, in Nicksick’s opinion.

Eric Nicksick Says Sean Strickland Can Use Transitional Grappling Against Dricus Du Plessis

Nicksick knows better than to expect his fighter to go out there in a title fight and start shooting for takedowns.

Strickland’s style is very set in its ways and we saw that when he faced elite strikers in Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya, and didn’t once try to take the fight to the ground.

Where Nicksick feels they can have success after watching the first fight play out is in the transitions after Du Plessis attempts takedowns.

The Xtreme Couture head coach was able to take lessons from UFC 297 and the time he cornered Brad Tavares against “Stillknocks”, to find this one area.

“The one thing I will bring up that I feel like Sean doesn’t give himself enough credit for – so when Dricus took Sean down, there was some transitional grappling, things that I want to see Sean implement a little bit more. Sean never was really held down, we were never like taken down and laid on our back but there, Sean’s really good at hitting the switch and Sean’s really good at counterbalancing and taking the back to where I think Sean could implement a little ground and pound and top pressure himself.

“Anecdotally looking back at what Brad did, when Brad fought Dricus, Brad got on top and Brad rode Dricus all the first round so I think Dricus is a very good topside grappler, I don’t think he’s that great off his back so I’m not saying we need to go and initiate the wrestling but if the wrestling does happen, I think Sean can reverse those positions and get on top and create some havoc up there.”

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Caio Borralho Reveals Best Way To Beat Jared Cannonier And Fight ‘Strangest Guy In the Division’ Dricus Du Plessis

Caio Borralho, who fights Jared Cannonier this weekend, has been undefeated in professional MMA since 2015. The former Future FC middleweight champ entered the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series and has racked up six wins in the promotion. After defeating the likes of Abus Magomedov and Paul Craig, Borralho will face the No. 5 […]

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After defeating the likes of Abus Magomedov and Paul Craig, Borralho will face the No. 5 ranked UFC middleweight. This is arguably his toughest test yet, as Cannonier is a veteran with explosive knockout power.

The Brazilian prospect aims to get a title shot after his seventh straight win in the UFC. Here’s how he would like to beat Cannonier to stand alongside other top middleweight contenders like Robert Whittaker and Sean Strickland…

Caio Borralho Highlights The Importance Of Putting On A ‘Mature Performance’ Against Jared Cannonier

Borralho discussed his next UFC fight on Michael Bisping’s Believe You Me Podcast recently. Although he’s prepared for adversity, “The Natural” looks forward to controlling the fight and landing the perfect KO shot or submission.

At middleweight, Cannonier has been a hard nut to crack for most fighters, except for Israel Adesanya and Whittaker. His last loss to Nassourdine Imavov was seen as an early stoppage by many, including Borralho.

As a result, “The Natural” understands the significance of an impressive win over Cannonier who’s always hard to take out or dominate.

“Bisping, I’m finishing him with an amazing performance, like a mature performance. That’s what I need to show the UFC. A mature performance against a top contender, you know. For sure, I’m looking for the KO or for submitting him but the perfect way is that I’m gonna go there, be on his face all the time, put some jabs on him, get some good defense, and then catch him with a good counter punch.”

Borralho looked back at the two occasions he’s called out Dricus Du Plessis after winning in the UFC. Interestingly, the UFC middleweight kingpin responded to one of his callouts on X, asking him to get a couple more wins in the promotion.

Borralho has bagged three wins in the UFC since this interaction, which explains why he wants to get inside the Octagon with Du Plessis next.

“I’m willing to face the strangest guy in the division. And I’m willing to beat his a**. You know, that’s what I’m going to say because I’ve been calling out him two times already so I think the third time UFC gonna hear me after a great feature on Cannonier.”

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Dricus du Plessis is a weirdo claims Sean Strickland, preps for bloody fight for the title

Pegged to rematch former-foe, Dricus du Plessis for the undisputed middleweight champion off the back of his win at…

Pegged to rematch former-foe, Dricus du Plessis for the undisputed middleweight champion off the back of his win at UFC 305 over the course of the weekend, former titleholder, Sean Strickland has labelled him a “weirdo” as well as predicting the duo will share a bloody rematch together.

Strickland, the current number one ranked divisional challenger, most recently featured on the main card of UFC 302 earlier this year in New Jersey, taking out former title challenger, Paulo Costa in the pair’s grudge fight in Newark.

As for du Plessis, the Pretoria native headlined UFC 305 over the course of last weekend, stopping common-foe and former two-time middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya with a spectacular fourth round rear-naked choke submission win in Perth, Australia.

And while former middleweight champion, Alex Pereira has weighed up a potential return to 185lbs, UFC CEO, Dana White has already confirmed that former champion, Strickland would take on the victor of the UFC 305 main event win — now confirmed as du Plessis.

Sean Strickland brands rival, Dricus du Plessis a “weirdo”

Welcoming the chance to take on du Plessis as long as their rematch takes place in North America, Strickland claimed the former was a “weirdo” and predicted the duo would let blood spatter in their title re-run.

“Dricus is a f***ing weirdo, man,” Sean Strickland told ESPN MMA during a recent interview. “Maybe if there was another headbutt, maybe he cuts me again. Or maybe hopefully cut this side of my face.”

“But no, dude, I’m always confident,” Sean Strickland explained. “At the end of the day, I just want to have more. I think the thing going into that fight, like I’m going to wake up Saturday morning, I’m going to have all my gear and I’m going to be looking at the clock and I’m just going to know that I’m going into a fight, get some brain damage, and that’s, it’s a nice feeling knowing that you’re going to go and just have a war. It’s nice, like a big moment in your life. It’s exciting. I suppose losing some brain cells wouldn’t excite most people, but it does, it is every day people just wake up and they just accept.”

“Another wrong with that,” Sean Strickland told. “But like when you fight, it tests who you are to the poor man. Like I know I’m going to be bloody. He’s going to be bloody. There’s going to be animosity. There’s going to be some hatred. There’s going to be some personal shit involved. Like that kind of feeling, man, a drug can’t replicate that.”

Caio Borralho Trashes Dricus Du Plessis: “Bad technique, bad gameplan, crazy style”

It may not be pretty, but Dricus Du Plessis always gets the job done. From the moment he first…

It may not be pretty, but Dricus Du Plessis always gets the job done.

From the moment he first stepped inside the Octagon four years ago, ‘Stillknocks’ has been slapped with criticism. Whether it be his awkward style or questionable cardio, everyone had a reason to suggest that ‘DDP’ would never be anything more than a mid-carder.

Fast forward to August 2024 and not only is Du Plessis the middleweight world champion, but he just submitted one of the greatest 185’ers in the history of the sport, Israel Adesanya.

But despite all his success, there are still plenty of detractors. That includes rising contender Caio Borralho who made some disparaging remarks about Du Plessis ahead of his Fight Night headliner inside The APEX this Saturday.

"It's crazy how bad he is, but how he makes it work."#UFCVegas96 headliner Caio Borralho gives props to Dricus Du Plessis. pic.twitter.com/OBy4lTWQqJ

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 21, 2024

”It’s crazy… I always bet against him [Du Plessis],” Borralho said during Wednesday’s media day. “It’s crazy how bad he is, but how he makes it work… Props to him. Man, I just need to congratulate him because, even with bad technique, bad gameplan, crazy style, he always makes it work. He is winning, he is undefeated in the UFC, so he deserves the spot where he is right now” (h/t Sportskeeda).

Caio Borralho not thinking about a title fight with Dricus Du Plessis just yet

Borralho is currently sitting outside the middleweight top 10, but if he can secure a big win over Jared Cannonier, he’ll thrust himself into the top five and establish himself as a legitimate contender in one of the UFC’s most talent-rich divisions.

But ‘The Natural’ isn’t getting ahead of himself just yet. He knows he has a tough test ahead before he can start thinking about a shot at UFC gold.

“I just think about Jared [Cannonier], I don’t want to think about anything else, but looking forward to get this fight,” Borralho added.