Dricus du Plessis
76″ reach · +5.52% reach advantage · 75th percentile
Dricus du Plessis has a reach of 76″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of +5.52%, long for middleweight MMA and the 75th percentile of the 139 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.52%
76″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 139 middleweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 76″ (193 cm) | 65th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 38th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight MMA inferred from the listed weight, not stated as a class | |
| Peak era | 2020s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
MMA record
24–3
27 bouts on record
Finish rate
83%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 66th percentile
The career, bout by bout
26 recorded bouts from 2013 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
2013–2026
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2013
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
26
26 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | W | Kamaru Usman | Decision | 5 |
| 2025 | L | Khamzat Chimaev | Decision | 5 |
| 2025 | W | Sean Strickland | Decision | 5 |
| 2024 | W | Israel Adesanya | Submission | 4 |
| 2024 | W | Sean Strickland | Decision | 5 |
| 2023 | W | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2023 | W | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2022 | W | Darren Till | Submission | 3 |
| 2022 | W | Brad Tavares | Decision | 3 |
| 2021 | W | Trevin Giles | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2020 | W | Markus Perez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2019 | W | Brendan Lesar | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | W | Joilton Santos | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | L | Roberto Soldić | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Yannick Bahati | Submission | 1 |
| 2017 | W | José Maurício da Rocha Jr. | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Rafał Haratyk | Submission | 2 |
| 2016 | W | Martin van Staden | Submission | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Bruno Mukulu | Submission | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Dino Bagattin | Submission | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Darren Daniel | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | L | Garreth McLellan | Submission | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Donavin Hawkey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | JC Lamprecht | Submission | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Bruno Mukulu | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Tshikangu Makuebo | KO/TKO | 1 |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Nick Maximov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Rafael Natal+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Ikram Aliskerov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Rory MacDonald+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Kamaru Usman+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Jesse Juarez+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Vitor Miranda+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Derek Brunson+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 139 middleweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Dricus du Plessis on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-20. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.