Dricus Du Plessis just lately referred to as what it was like coaching with fellow UFC champion Valentina Shevchenko.
Throughout a latest look on Breakfast with Martin Bester, ‘Stillknocks’ shared an attention-grabbing story about his expertise sparring with ‘Bullet’ lengthy earlier than he himself would grow to be a UFC titleholder.
“She is incredible. I sparred [with] her once,” Du Plessis stated. “This was when I was younger, like 19 or 20. She’s very small… I’m looking at this lady, I’m still a youngster, so I thought, ‘How am I supposed to?’ And she kicked me right in the head. And I’m like, ‘Okay, then this is not me taking it easy. This is me surviving.’”
At the moment, each Du Plessis and Shevchenko are UFC champions. DDP’ is presently holding issues down within the middleweight division following his cut up choice victory over ex-titleholder Sean Strickland in January. Since then, Du Plessis has efficiently defended his gold, submitting Israel Adesanya within the third spherical of their 185-pound headliner in August.
A month later, Shevchenko would reclaim the ladies’s flyweight crown through a dominant five-round efficiency towards Alexa Grasso at UFC 306 inside Sphere in Las Vegas. It was her ninth profession victory in UFC title fights and etched Shevchenko’s identify within the historical past books because the promotion’s first and solely two-time ladies’s 125-pound champion.
Dricus Du Plessis books rematch with Sean Strickland at UFC 312
Whereas ‘Bullet’ has not but booked the primary protection of her second reign, Dricus Du Plessis can be again in motion on February 8 when the promotion heads again to Sydney, Australia for UFC 312.
There, ‘DDP’ will run it again with Strickland, the middleweight division’s top-ranked contender.
Strickland earned his rematch with ‘DDP’ through a stable exhibiting towards one-time title challenger Paulo Costa in June.
