Dricus du Plessis opens as betting favorite over Alex Pereira, underdog to Khamzat Chimaev in potential title defenses

Dricus du Plessis is finally starting to convince people he’s the real deal, including the oddsmakers.

This past Saturday, du Plessis successfully defended his middleweight title with a fourth-round submission of former two-time champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 305. The win was du Plessis’s first title defense and now firmly entrenches him as the man to beat at 185 pounds. And that holds true with the oddsmakers as well...