Dricus Du Plessis’ coach says he could’ve finished the fight as he brushes off ‘nonsense’ complaints

Dricus Du Plessis’ coach has shut down Kamaru Usman’s claim that he was poked in the attention during their UFC Oklahoma City clash.

This past Saturday, Dricus Du Plessis and Kamaru Usman clashed within the UFC Oklahoma City foremost event in only the promotion’s third visit to the Sooner State.

The previous middleweight champion bounced back from his title loss against Khamzat Chimaev with a dominant decision win over ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’.

Despite ‘Stillknocks’ win, though, Usman had some complaints regarding one moment specifically, which has now been shut down by Du Plessis’ head coach, Morne Visser.

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When the scorecards were being announced within the Octagon, the previous welterweight champion was extremely surprised to listen to that he had lost every round on one scorecard, and only picked up one round on the opposite two scorecards.

In addition to his complaints regarding the scorecards, Usman complained that he was poked in the attention during an exchange within the second round, which resulted in him ‘seeing double’ for the remaining of the fight.

Despite that, Du Plessis’ head coach, Visser, has brushed off the 39-year-old’s comments, claiming that they’re ‘nonsense’.

“Listen, I have to be honest with you, I don’t think I’d be myself after being punched, kicked or kneed so again and again in the pinnacle,” Visser told Submission Radio.

“We never pushed once for the finish, not even once. You saw Kamaru complaining a couple of low blow and the thumb or the finger, it’s all nonsense, Dricus could’ve finished him there but he wasn’t pushing, he was just respectful.”

Following the fight, Du Plessis recognized that he likely needs at the least yet one more win before he fights Sean Strickland for the title.

The South African suggested that the champion defends his belt against Nassourdine Imavov next before establishing a possible trilogy between the 2.

And in response to Du Plessis’ performance, Imavov seemingly labeled it boring while shutting down the potential of being leapfrogged.