Dricus du Plessis may not get his wish after all.
Du Plessis is the UFC’s first South African champion and even before he won the middleweight title, “Stillknocks” talked about bringing a UFC event to the continent. The talk only ramped up after claiming the title from Sean Strickland at UFC 297.
Everything reached a peak when ahead of du Plessis’s title defense against Israel Adesanya at UFC 305...