The fact that he does interviews with small channels shows his character. What a G

Our African champ🇿🇦💪🏾

Damn the respect meter is off the charts , and these days RESPECT is unheard of. I hope you become the best of all time brother the G.O.A.T.

Dricus du plessis is a badass. Absolute G.

Got my tickets for UFC 305 and got my tickets for the Springboks the night before the UFC. It is going to be one awesome weekend.

Dricus has been my pick for a long time now, and I think he'll defend this belt for years. Anything that has been thrown at him he has won and however they talk about him, how they repeat Adesanya's narrative about him fighting ugly (because he fights so beautifully) it does not matter. It's the results and Dricus timing and IQ is outstanding.

Dricus is die beste 🇿🇦 . The reason i became a fan of the sport

The Real Champion of the division. The hardest working champ and truly the BEST. Will never forget when he was crowned champion. NOU WEET HULLE WAT ONS WEET 🇿🇦✨

00:02 Dricus Du Plessis is motivated by legacy and hungry to defend his UFC championship. 02:03 Maintaining balance and dedication to training after becoming a world champion 06:13 Embracing fear as a motivation for success 08:19 Emotional journey to becoming World Champion 12:29 Parents' unconditional love and support 14:31 Becoming a world champion gave me the stamp of approval for our training system. 18:33 Importance of keeping a level head in fights 20:31 Managing fear and focus in fighting 24:18 Dricus Du Plessis emphasizes on defending middleweight title multiple times before considering moving up weight divisions 26:11 Predicts fewer call outs and contenders doubting themselves in the middleweight division post-fight

I used to LOVE Izzy until he made it personal and racist, now i want you to pund him out. I also love Strikland but Dricus is respectful and a great CHAMPION. So hes my guy

Wonderful interview Let's Go Dricus 🇿🇦.

🙏🇿🇦🥊What a true Champ! Zuid Afrika, Nederland & the whole world is trots op jou!!

The Man of the MW devision. Our Champ!

Great interview! Subscribed. Dricus fan from South Africa 🇿🇦 💪😎

Dricus, what a guy, what a man... all the respect... and yes Eazzy has a massisve problem heading his way...

another excellent interview!

Jackie Chan knew Monkey Kung Fu, Bruce Lee the crouching tiger, hidden dragon but Dricus knows the good ol’ style of a gorilla on ice skates

definition of noble savage right there

Shout out to San Angelo! Awesome interview!

RESPECT!!! I'm so tired of all these fighters that go around being assholes to everyone just to create hype.

Adesanya fan here (who admits he can be annoying / a point - fighter at elite level). This guy is a fucking star, for real. # gwanDPP

lets gooo Broer🇿🇦💪🏼

what dricus was saying 27 minutes in was awesome

Thank you for the interesting questions. Thank you!!! How can you not love Dricus Dingus Pingus Du Plessis. Great guy, great champ.

A True Champion

Ddp king of ufc africa, lets go drikus.

Let’s go DDP!!

Can't wait for his fight with izzy

Lfg Dricus my african brother, yea

Dear Dricus, jys n yster en dankie dat jy vir die wereld wys dat boer bloed is vol respek en hart. Jou karakter alleen wys die disipliene van n world champ. Suid-Afrika bo 🇿🇦™️

Dricus speaks like a perfect champion. Not humble, not arrogant

I think he will win against adesanya

Dricus fan in Texas!!!! Let’s go DDP!!!

Getting the belt and immediately wanting to fight for another belt shouldn't be allowed unless you have owned your division. I'm glad Dricus ain't doing that shit

Wonderful man, please keep that belt, you deserve it. Everyone wants your belt 🤣

Good luck from Aotearoa (NZ)

Dricus 🙂❤

A class interview. What a solid guy. Awe my bra, keep it up 💪🏼

Dricus giving good interview again. He's so forthcoming about being a fighter, mindset, the fun sides, the bad, fear and ego. Excellent interview. Our man here, just that solid knowledge of the sport, what's going on, who the players are, look at the fantastic questions and propositions he put forward and in turn, giving someone like Dricus, who is chatty and open, plenty to work with. Well done. I said it around November last year, him and Jiri remind me of each other a fair bit - something very straight forward and honest about why they fight, what they love about it, even their approach... and I think DDP's words about the pre fight fear, nerves, and what he didn't say, what it is to take risks, risk everything - the work, the words, the victory - in front of the world. Theys how their drive nakedly, no playing down, no hiding, no mockery. Though Jiri can take note of balance. I think Jiri risks going down the rabbit hole of masochism as proof of mental strength. As MMA fighters, probably the hardest sport on the body from the nature of the cross trainging - the hands that get damaged from striking have to still grapple and grip and hold, toes always copping it, knees and shoulders having to take the blunt force trauma of striking but then have to have the muscles for lifting. (Wrestlers having nowhere to go for a pro fighting career, have done well in MMA. Poatan has shown a blueprint for a different way. Kickboxing, so his body not taking that harsh cross training for years, becoming a profoundly good striker, hands, feet, knees, then learning enough defensive grappling that most of your fights are on the feet. Young men take note.) The need to look after themselves, phsyically, is paramount. Dricus standing firm on physical maintenance as paramount is excellent. It's a pity his start as champion has been so bogged down with the toxic components of UFC fandom. Whining, damaged jerks wanting the civillians to carry water for them bullying their rivals. And when they lie about what has gone down... it's a lack of integrity, so how nice they are as people? When people show you who they are... believe them. He's an exciting champion because everyone watches him and sees him as beatable. They see those gaps and are certain they can exploit them. And sheer grit or upping the intellectual effort shows otherwise. We as fans see the risks and how it opens him up to being tagged... that adds to the excitement. Beating Rob... yep, Rob was proving to be technically so fine, really fast... Dricus just stopped and changed it. And gave no hint of what he was going to do. It makes for a great fighter to watch. I love storyline in a fight. Stay strong, Dricus, watch those counters and a bit of ragdolling would be fun, you know, for those who believe in you.

I've been introduced to so many new content makers and mma interviewers

Great interview man this Dricus is a chad

DDP is the realest G in the UFC. Him and Tom Aspinall have all my respect, class acts but absolute animals!

The African Champ, Let's GO DDP!

Ddp is Gold before the belt 🇿🇦🏆❤️

Just started watch and I already have respect for learning to say DDPs name correctly

Ddp on fire 🔥🇿🇦🏆

Stoic Chad

My south Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️ brothe 😂 Proud of you 👏

This guy is a great fighter

Lets go Texas represent ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

All that talk anybody does dont mean shit in the cage. Dricus is the only guys ive ever seen say that not only do you have to go in the cage ready to die, you also have to go in there willing to take a life too.

The modern day gladiator for sure 🔥

One of the 10 commandments. Honor thy father and mother, that your days may be long in the land God has given you

The African champ! 💯

Yster!

i wonder who will win this one, i kinda expect it to fall though, izzy gets injured or something, izzy seems like he's honestly got one foot out the door already, eventually strickland gets the belt back at some point though, this ddp vs strickland will be a rivalry I imagine, maybe a trilogy, foolish to predict but hey if I'm right in 3 years then I get tons of credit, HAHA

The real black panther 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

The best

Alles van die beste maat, wys vir hulle 👊🏻💛

M not a strikland fan but ddp was gifted the belt..

his going to win against izzy

what a great dude

Sean deserved rematch as most people seem to think he won. This guys not real champ in my eyes

We love u DDP

Dricus du Plessis 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

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Ask him whether or not he could believe his eyes when the MMA Guru first walked into the gym

Great impression of John Morgan.

In the flesh...🖥

"African residing champ" ✓ Never say anything about being African... otherwise you'll draw unnecessary negative attention

Why did he DM Holland?

Ddp lost to Strickland Fighting Adesanya at this stage doesn't do much for career accomplishment due to Izzy having 3 Ls under his belt So far DDP has been an inactive champ after getting his face rearranged by Sean

What jersey is that

YBH i like DDP but I like bobby knucles more so hopefully DDP will smash izzy and whits will get another shot

I hope you don't get a scratch in training and pull out of this fight too bro!

keep your dogs away from izzy... and furries too

‘Looks like a gorilla on roller skates’ 🤣🤣🤣 perfect description. Quite effective tho! Great interview let’s goooooo

First 10secs bro sounds like a pastor 😂

Did you see this guy's face after he fought Strickland Sean's face had not a mark on it I don't know how this guy won the fight

Enjoyed the belt while it last.

Izzy set that trap for Poaton and i was like damn it boy.

Should have been Sean

Drickus al wat jy doen is laat hulle maar weer weet wat ons weet. Moer net dai flappie dis al ...

Please beat Adesanya

Moer daai boytjie.

What is this channel lol??

Izzy gunna clip ya

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C level fighter😂

I wouldn't even talk to this dude 😹 respect DDP

Before I thought only some white are racist to black, what is about when black racist to white???

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Izzy knocks you out in round 2

His engagement as a champion is lower than the female champions. 😂 he struggles to get 5k views

First african residing champion is abolutely a crappy talk. imagine a white boy claiming more africanism ahead of real africans, Ngannou Usman and Adesanya were african champions before you show respect

Win or loose DDP fan always🫡🥷🏽🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

My hometown boy Dricus 🇿🇦💪❤ all time every day winning or losing. You will always be out champ ❤

Make us Proud, Beat Adessanya and then Strickland. 😁

Pressure with td's mixed gnp and repeat.