Dricus Du Plessis is Sean Strickland‘s latest nemesis. The fighter will lock horns with ‘Tarzan’ at UFC 297 as the two headline the year’s first major pay-per-view. Du Plessis currently stands at 20-2 in his professional career and hasn’t lost a single match since his debut in 2020.

In the last four years, ‘Stillknocks’ has really made a name for himself. How does he do it? The striker hails from South Africa and can knock out even some of the most agile fighters in the middleweight division. Will Strickland be the next on his list? How does Du Plessis land those powerful strikes? Here’s more about his height and reach.

Can Dricus Du Plessis tower over Strickland?

Dricus Du Plessis is a mountain of a man. At 185 pounds in the middleweight division, Du Plessis is 6 feet and almost 1 inch tall in height. This gives him a brilliant advantage especially given his style of fighting. Du Plessis comes from a rather strong kickboxing background, hence having a taller height gives him the space to strike down his opponents.

His reach is reportedly about 76 inches. On the official UFC website, Du Plessis’ striking accuracy is recorded as 56% and takedown accuracy at 50%. It only helps his case that he’s won most of his UFC fights via a knockout. In fact, in his very first fight against Markus Perez, ‘Stillknocks’ won by knocking his opponent out in the very first round.

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If that’s not an explosive debut, we don’t know what is. Since then, the fighter has dominated every fight. He’s taken down the likes of Darren Till and Robert Whittaker to bring himself to the #2 position in the middleweight division. As of right now, Israel Adesanya, the former champ, is still #1.

Now that the title match is set up, will ‘Izzy‘ eventually make a comeback too? There’s no way to tell. Right now, Du Plessis has only one target and that’s ‘Tarzan’. Strickland and he have been going back and forth with their banter and even got into a little brawl at UFC 296. Does the mental warfare do anything for them?

Du Plessis and Strickland try to tear each other down

Everyone witnessed the brawl that erupted between the two at UFC 296. Strickland launched himself at Du Plessis and started pummeling him with fists until a bunch of spectators and security personnel quickly came to break them up. This happened in the aftermath of ‘Stillknocks’ bringing up Strickland’s troubled past.

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“Bro, why are you so angry?” Du Plessis asked Strickland at the press conference ahead of the pay-per-view. “Bro you think your Dad beat the sh*t out of you? Your dad doesn’t have sh*t on me . . . every childhood memory you have is gonna come back when I’m in there with you.” Clearly, trash talk that got a little too personal. Strickland was soon heard breaking down over his childhood on an episode of the podcast, This Past Week with Theo Von. Will the emotional struggle affect the fighter? What’s your take? Let us know in the comments.

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