The UFC’s middleweight champion has emerged as one of the ruthless trash talkers in the game.
Dricus du Plessis has built a fame for delivering some scathing comments during UFC press conferences which have gotten to his opponents.
While he’s stated that he doesn’t come into these exchanges with the intention of getting under his opponent’s skin, the South African seems to have a natural talent for doing just that.
The likes of Shara Magomedov have been in du Plessis’ sights as of late, but his attention is about to be diverted in just below 10 days’ time.
When fans saw an old clip of du Plessis on the mic, they admitted that they’re counting down the times until his first UFC 319 press conference with Khamzat Chimaev.
Dricus du Plessis savagely went after his opponent in EFC by bringing up his personal life
As we’ve seen during his rivalries with the likes of Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya, Dricus du Plessis has no problem making things personal ahead of a fight.
While some fans have criticized the middleweight champion for his pre-fight comments up to now that may actually be divisive, others have praised his ruthlessness on the mic.
There’s one other notable example from before he was within the UFC, where the South African served up some scathing personal comments to his opponent.
Before signing to Polish promotion KSW in 2018, du Plessis competed for and won the EFC middleweight title in his home country.
At EFC 62, he faced off with Yannick Bahati where within the pre-fight press conference, he attacked his opponent’s personal life.
“Well possibly you possibly can give me some attention. I watched that countdown show, obviously your personal son hasn’t been getting an excessive amount of attention. Your personal son hasn’t been getting an excessive amount of attention so possibly you possibly can give me some attention.”
When du Plessis was asked by his opponent to say it again, he was greater than blissful to oblige.
“Perhaps you possibly can be a greater daddy to me than your personal son. That might be great.”
Fans react to Dricus du Plessis’ scathing press conference comments in EFC
While it took a while before fans saw this side of Dricus du Plessis within the UFC, this press conference shows that he’s never been afraid to go after his opponents with verbal warfare.
As you’d expect from such a private attack, the comments clearly bothered his opponent, who would go on to be submitted by ‘Stillknocks’ in 90 seconds.
‘DDP has been a savage from the start. He can trash talk very well.’
‘F— he’s a savage, bro speaks nothing but facts and doubles down, that’s why they cry.’
‘I’m dying for this press conference vs Khamzat.’
‘DDP owned Bahati within the fight, too. Choked out under 2 minutes. Took his soul, just about nothing but losses since.’
‘Can’t wait for the 319 press conference.’
‘Someone is gonna shoot this dude lmao.’