Ahead of his premier championship challenge under the banner of the promotion at the turn of the year at UFC 297, surging middleweight contender, Dricus du Plessis has sights already set on taking light heavyweight gold from Brazilian favorite, Alex Pereira – claiming he would have already cleared out the middleweight division.
du Plessis, the current number two ranked middleweight contender, earned his incoming title siege against the incumbent Sean Strickland with a stunning second round knockout win over former champion, Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 in July in the pair’s title-eliminator.
In the midst of a hugely-impressive run of six consecutive victories since landing in the Octagon three years ago, South African contender, du Plessis landed a TKO win over recent PFL MMA debutante, Derek Brunson earlier this year, which followed a third round rear-naked choke submission win over former welterweight title challenger, Darren Till a year ago.