Dricus du Plessis, the South African fighter, has captured the UFC middleweight title with an unconventional fighting style. His unorthodox techniques and relentless determination have propelled him to the top of the division.
The South African has smashed his way to the UFC middleweight title, which he'll defend against Sean Strickland at UFC 312 in Sydney in February, with a style all his own. He is often gasping for air early in fights, yet he never seems to slow down. His strikes can come in at bizarre angles, but they always seem to land when it counts. When he looks down and out things just seem to turn around, like he simply decided to make it so. He is good at fighting, but he is better at winning.
Little of what du Plessis does is textbook but in a combat sports world increasingly built on style he is all substance, for better and for worse, although the worse doesn't matter when the better is a UFC title. 'We've developed this style over years because we think it's more effective. It's not pretty — it's entertaining, make no mistake — but it doesn't have to be pretty because it's effective,' du Plessis said. 'You see a lot of guys looking slick in there, fighting pretty with their hands down, and they end up on their arse. 'I don't care about looking slick or pretty, I care about beating the s**t out of the guy in front of me and I look pretty with the belt.'. One analyst has said du Plessis fights like a man being electrocuted, which might not be far from the mark given his coach Morne Visser has been known to use a taser in training in order to iron out bad habits.But now he has the belt, nobody's laughing any more. Du Plessis' improvement over the past 18 months, where he knocked out Australia's Robert Whittaker, earned a split decision over Strickland for the title before submitting former champ Israel Adesanya in his first defence, has been staggering. It's a testament to his belief, which, more so than his unorthodox style or prodigious physical strength, is his true superpowe
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