@@ramzankadyrov6035 a hard fought fight,split decision. DDP edged it. No way a gift. Once you are Champion,your performance increases 20%. Sean fought a 20% increased fight,but DDP had his number by work rate. By the way,I'm a big Sean fan,but he is very one dimential. His jab is awesome,but when it comes to getting on the mat,he not good,limited kick ability and he has a habit of wind milling when he throws both lefts and rights. Come Sunday morning,DDP will close Izzy down,so he can land short strikes and have him tap out in 3.
@JohnFletcher-hz1mp been watching since UFC 65. I've never seen a belt taken away with a close decision, let alone one where most people thought the champion won. That was in fact a gift.
@@geezusgiifft8270 That is what we all would love to do, but South Africans always have to hear this race nonsense, we are aick of it. We are sick of people trying to divide us, by sowing racial divide.
Du Plessis is always disrespected by bookmakers like stake, other fighters, streamers and other type of internet personas. His style of fighting is abnormal, but people should know by this point, underestimating this guy will be your BIGGEST mistake!
@@zzyuk814 True, but cricket has become a bit like American Football; nobody outside the USA cares about NFL and nobody outside India really cares about cricket anymore.
I love how we as South Africans are creating our own proud culture while still being our unique selfs, xhosa, zulu, afrikaner it does not mater, we are south african!❤
Win or lose, DDP has that ultimate dog mentality, never gives up. Didn't even tap in his 1st loss at 20 against the EFC champ. Only two fights in his career of 23 fights going to a decision & not a finish. Guaranteed action in a DDP fight! Got to admire the guy. Uncanny ability to adjust & go for the win.
-DDP is the modern version of Dustin Poirier---what Poirier should have been if he focused on wrestling. -DDP is an elite version of Matt Brown. -DDP is what the fans think that Jon Jones is. -DDP has fists like Alex Pereira, Shane Carwin, and a prime Tony Ferguson.
@@starseeddeluxe- Star Seed Deluxe is arguably the biggest DDP Glazer - Star Seed Deluxe has glazed DDP to the degree Flukas Glazy has praised Volk - Star Seed Deluxe cannot get DDPs nuts out of his mouth
@Great-Dao-of-Elegance no/ugly amateur style. Sloppy. Unathletic. And arguably never really even legitimately "won" that title. You already know if that was against Izzy and not Strickland they would have given it to Izzy... I just think there's guys much better than him. Belts don't mean much these days sad to say. I could go on. Izzy sucks and looked old and washed 2 fights ago.
@@SunTzuMedia "unathletic" your brain is officially cooked. I'm not arguing with you anymore because it's clear your opinion comes form an illogical standpoint. Bye
@@mildyCMF Are you mentally challenged? Which country did he "colonize" SA for? He was born, raised, and live in South Africa, he is 100% South African.
Just looks absolutely horrible doing it lmao...his knees clapping together like ass cheeks is enough to throw any fighter off..he's so unorthodox with retart strength that he ends up winning
I am so sick of unearned tattoos in the West. Tattoos are now the norm and you're considered a nerd if you choose not to get one it's fucking retarded. The ONE good thing is that it's a very clear red flag like blue hair
@@devanman7920 he was actually likeable in hus early days when he was a hungry underdog, he could back up his trash talk and delivered fun fights, after he became champ he became incredibly narcissistic
Dude thinks he African just cause he was born there that’s why Izzy doesn’t like him and I’m with him cause home boy is just another settler that’s all just like the rest of people 😂
@@williampaoli9057 "Homeboy" was born and raised as an African, apparently from a very hard working family. You're bringing color of skin and race into it, like that means anything anymore and since, what, the 1600's or so? You don't have a choice where you are born (at least on this side of the veil) so why do you think he "thinks he's African"...he knows where he comes from.
Also found that out of place comment a bit strange. I mean he's afrikaans, and the only ties he has to his ancestry-other than his skin colour- is the language. Other than those two, he's just a South African, as much as any South African
DDP is the closest thing we have right now to George St. Pierre. And of course, the UFC treated GSP like royalty, but in this modern Disney era of the UFC, only Kamaru Usman, Adesnaya, Jon Jones and Sean O'Malley are given the royal red carpet treatment, and the rest are basically treated like dirt by Dana.
@@starseeddeluxeplease don’t compare DDP to GSP. That is insulting. George was elite everywhere his balance and technique combined with his wrestling and longevity as champion. GSP will go down as one of the greatest ever as the UFC gets tougher and deeper.
As a black South African born into apartheid... Im so bored of hearing this "European Settlers" bullcrap! Dricus is South African and African by extension. Please can people just get over it 🙄 😂
and the truth is eventually everyone will have multi-racial ancestry. Being 100% anything will all but go away in a few generations. In places like the UK and USA it's pretty much happening already.
@@normcmiller very sad, people loosing identity, homelands. Weird but only white country's import foreigner's, every other country is very homogeneous
@@southyonko6455 it doesnt matter. He's not european, he is african. We take exception when people say "african-american" because no, they are born and raised in America, not Africa. Elon Musk is an African-American, being an African that has citizenship in America. You clearly don't know what you are talking about, but sure, keep yapping on and on.
@southyonko6455 so what? Adesanya's descendants were the Moors who r*ped, m*rdered and enslaved more Europeans than the Europeans ever did. So fist learn to spell and then learn your history.
Based off his fights i've binged in preparation to the desanya fight...I noticed that all of his fights follow a pattern. He gets walked on a bit, feels it out, maybe grapples, but ultimately he just throws one punch and the power stuns his opponents. I 100% believe this is what's going on. He hits much harder than it appears. I can't imagine the power he holds cuz he's the biggest middleweight in the UFC. It's really fascinating to watch his rise. I think Tavarez and Strickland faired best against his style. But everyone else crumbled.
And despite his wrestling being one of his strongest weapons, he saves it for when his opponent is already gassed and isn't expecting it. Bro's fight IQ is crazy.
These Boerki's are no joke. They have a culture of respect and honor, you won't see any cheap shots coming from their side. These are the people who historically fought the entire British Empire despite being vastly outnumbered, they are used to being underestimated and showing up to brawl.
@@praveshmaharaj4387hey guy....we from South Africa know Afrikaans peoples as boerkies....don't come with your silly explanation...he is a boer. Ask anyone here in SA.
@@praveshmaharaj4387You are talking absolute kak. Many French came to S.A to get away from religious persecution. Boer is simply a name for a farmer who are known to have a stubborn never give up attitude. The french also consisted of wine farmers and people with other technical skills.
Dricus reminds me of BRUCE LEE who said that he has no style but all styles. he also said that his move depends on his opponent's move. Dricus is the REAL DEAL.
So a lot of fighters will start to lose a fight, lose momentum and then go into survival mode instead of trying to actually win the fight. Du Plessis is constantly looking to win the fight no matter what else is going on. That's something you can't really teach- you either have it or you don't, and it's something that can trump skill and talent by quite a bit.
"If you watch the video about Jones, we mentioned every poke in his fights and even changed the classic 'punch the like button' at the end of the video to 'poke the like button…
As a South African DDP earned his title as the UFC African King 👑 He fights with heart and soul . We love and support our world champion. Never underestimate him . 🇿🇦🥊👑
@@mildyCMF let's go see you do what he just did , you will lose stop hating you know nothing about h South Africa and Our Culture so my advise to you just STOP 🛑
@@mildyCMF keep you comments to yourself, you don't know anything about our South African Culture and how much DDP means to our Country. I wanna see you do what he did in the fight and all his achievements. STOP hating and move along .
That Combat Kama Sutra line during the DDP vs. Brunson breakdown goes hard AF, haha. Between that and "lady luck was a hook-er tonight, and Dricus was all out of money," in the second Soldic fight review, the one-liners from VoteSport are becoming absolutely legendary.
I played soccer growing up.. We had an outside defender on our team that was like this. He was a literal LOCKDOWN 🔒 defender against ALL player types, he was an absolute menace, not particularly athletic or intimidating, however understood effort and positioning and body leverage and an acute understanding of where the ball was going to be before his opponent which allowed him premium positioning when defending attacks. An absolute pleasure having him on my team and a wonder to watch because there was no replicating him. One of a kind.
An outside defender? Do you mean a fullback? Not digging you out, I’m curious, as the names of positions in England changed a lot over the years, but in the early days positions were described more like that - haven’t heard outside defender, but there were outside forwards (wingers) , inside forwards (kinda no.10, just off the main striker). Do you use those terms where you grew up then? As you’re calling it soccer I’d assume either American or South African….
@@westington1 @westington1 I think he meant to say that Dricus fights like one of those crazed monkeys at Chapman Peak in Hout Bay that attack unwitting tourists.
South African Mongrel........ That's the style! :) SA people will understand that. Watch the Springboks, Blitzboks, and and and... Mongrel. Never say die, never give up always going forward even in "retreat" ... GO DRIKUS!!! SA loves you!
Dricus Has shown Izzy that the color of your skin does not make you African. The real African spirit comes from deep within the heart no matter what you look like.
🇿🇦 let me just say this, fighters are sleeping on South Africans! These Gladiators are built so differently. The unorthodox training, years & years of unorthodox drills. Assassin accuracy, pressure from the word go, switch stance, periodic winging, high kicks with power, that loaded overhand. The only side flaw is the gas tank, but THE WILL TO WIN over-shadows this, Dricus is overwhelmingly dangerous & for a good few seasons he shall remain champ. It's going to take nothing short of a generational talent, something ultra-instinct special to take the belt of Dricus. Zero complacency. It don't matter who, and I'm a HUGE Izzy fan (even with the dog fetish) ... don't matter who... AND STILL!! ... IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO HERE AFRIKAANS BEING SHOUTED ABOUT.... FOK HOM SEUN!!!
@@jacobkuntflappso you're affiliated to this channel kunt flapp ... Is that how you keep deleting my messages .... Naughty kunt flapp... Bad kunt flapp!
@@jacobkuntflapp blah blah blah back to back and 4 time world champions, strongest will in the world, and hardest nation to break. The strongest Army in the world struggled against us. Keep talking shit, we dont give a fuck about you or your country anyway. Our pride in our nation trumps yours any day.
Thank VoteSport for this CONVINCING & EXCELLENT video. Compared to other videos about Dricus Du Plessis I've watched, yours is the BEST due to all of the winning clips of of Du Plessis.
Du Plessis is like that guy who plays fighting games and just randomly presses buttons, but has the best damn luck. Also, shout out the Shane-o-Mac entrance music in the video! LOL
Ddp is like the Robbie Lawler of the middleweight division. Not the style but he just keeps coming for you no matter what. Will gladly stand and trade.
@@JohnWick-el9yw the wolverine has the weight and size on the honey badger but the honey badger aka Ratel has thick and loose skin and a stronger bite than the wolverine. the wolverine doesn't have the bite force to puncture the Ratels skin. so the honey badger for sure but if its a southern African honey badger that wolverine looses some weight as the Asian honey badger is smaller than its African counterpart. honey badger all the way
@@GerritBarnard-v5k the Wolverine also has the same loose skin, but bigger. Bite force doesn't mean anything since it's relative, lions bully multiple hyenas who have higher bite forces. A wolverine is MUCH bigger than a honey badger, it's like having a hyena 1v1 a lion, or a black bear 1v1 a polar bear. Zero chance at all
Dricus Du Plesis is a wolf in sheeps clothing. He is super powerful. Like.. bafflingly so. His muscles tense at the perfect timing and absolutely SLAM his opponent. Once he rocks them, if he senses unstable legs, he goes for kicks to chop or grappling to pin them while there are weak. If he sees they become uncoordinated and arent blocking, then he finishes with another great power shot. Everyone thinks he is sloppy, and it looks that way. But even so, he keeps landing right on the money, and ending fights with powershots.
he's powerful not because of his muscles. the muscles help but Dricus is so strong because of his bone structure. he has thick, dense bones. he's from a farming family and probably grew up on nothing but South African beef and raw milk
@@eachann7953 i absolutely gulped down milk as a kid and still drink it regularly, that does not mean I should be a UFC fighter. Dricus du plessis has some fantastic underlying technique. He hides it best he can. But he is fast, powerful, and accurate.
The fact he can knock your head off and has grappling skills that can take 5 Gracie Barra guys out in one night is crazy The fact alone that he cant only just hang with them but submit them all should be a testament to how much of a threat he is to anyone at 185
When people talk shit on Dricus, fights ugly then shoots when he gets hit... Well, his grappling, his ground game isn't just strength, he isn't just bullying people down. If he can submit FIVE Gracie Guys in ONE night!? Dude has MEGA skills on the ground & that bullying strength is just icing on the cake!
Dricus baie baie geluk!! Jy het ons as Suid Afrikaners trots gemaak dis wat ek sportmans gees noem, jy het net jouself gewees, weereens geluk, soos hulle in afrikaans se jy het hom goed opgevok 😂😂😂😂 mooi man!!! 🏅🏅🥇🥇🇿🇦🇿🇦
Seems like at the end of every fight, DDP goes to salute or hug his opponent and more often than not his move goes unanswered. A pity! Gotta love the guy!
Yeah i saw that in the tavares fight mostly. Dricus was happy he and the dude had such a fight but tavares was more concerned about convincing the judges he won
Thank you for the way you broke down the strickland fight, thats how i tried explaining it to Sean Nutriders. like Sean had his JAB that was it. Dricus used kicks on all levels, striking, grappling, takedowns. EVERYTHING. That is why Dricus won.
😢be careful he has a reason to be there he will claw his way to the top ivenever seen him before Utica tell you his a warrior try him on for size Dricus is the real thing just got a feeling fight ondricis the warrior
Nobody ever pieced up Dricus like Strickland !! and I thought Sean won the fight and the 5th round. Still DDP is the real deal and I hope he smokes Izzy like Dana glazes Jon Jones!
@@_LeeroyJenkinsthere’s zero evidence of that whatsoever and a ton of evidence that judges just don’t always make the best calls and there is also a lot of regular people that also thought Sean lost and a lot that thought he won. Really seems like it was just kind of a close fight and the judges just judged how they really thought it went.
just watched Dricus vs Adesanya. Dricus is a really tough fighter to stop. No matter what his opponents strengths are, striking or grappling, he WILL challenge them into a full on mma fight. Seems like a whole new mma style.
My shitty theory is that MMA has evolved to be too precise, calculated and perfect. DDP seems to be taking mma back to what it was back in the 90s. Messy, brutal and unorthodox. It’s like the guys he is fighting doesn’t know how to deal with this old school style anymore.
As a South African... good to see an underdog make his way to the top through hard work and determination 🇿🇦
@@sanethehappypill underdog?
He's the top dog brother.
I could see the belt holding up his Armarni jeans 2 years ago!
@@JohnFletcher-hz1mpoh that win over Strickland? Lol. That was a gift
@@ramzankadyrov6035 a hard fought fight,split decision.
DDP edged it.
No way a gift.
Once you are Champion,your performance increases 20%.
Sean fought a 20% increased fight,but DDP had his number by work rate.
By the way,I'm a big Sean fan,but he is very one dimential.
His jab is awesome,but when it comes to getting on the mat,he not good,limited kick ability and he has a habit of wind milling when he throws both lefts and rights.
Come Sunday morning,DDP will close Izzy down,so he can land short strikes and have him tap out in 3.
good to see a real african !!
@JohnFletcher-hz1mp been watching since UFC 65. I've never seen a belt taken away with a close decision, let alone one where most people thought the champion won. That was in fact a gift.
As a black South African, We are proud of him 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 He represents our country proudly 🫂🙏🏾🇿🇦
Not really lol
@@mildyCMF He criticized the corrupt ANC government. Is that why you don't like him?
@@Alias-gy3tz not really lol
@@Alias-gy3tz Let’s stick to sports and the man’s performance for his country ❤️
@@geezusgiifft8270 That is what we all would love to do, but South Africans always have to hear this race nonsense, we are aick of it. We are sick of people trying to divide us, by sowing racial divide.
Du Plessis is always disrespected by bookmakers like stake, other fighters, streamers and other type of internet personas. His style of fighting is abnormal, but people should know by this point, underestimating this guy will be your BIGGEST mistake!
The champion of mental terror, my guy tok over for Mcgregor.
He also brings in views, guy is a PR genuis.
You are 100% correct, underestimating this guy is a BIG mistake 👍.
DDP might not be the most exciting fighter, but he gets the job done.
People say DDP is boring, but he finishes almost every fight. If you want boring, go watch Belal.
Proud to be a South African... Rugby World Champs, Olympic Glory and off course, Dricus... Glory to 🇿🇦!!!
chokers in cricket 😢
@zzyuk814 😂our cricket team went down the drain after Rhodes boucher Jaque and them around 2010 roughly
Sadly, I must agree with you.. 😢
@@zzyuk814 True, but cricket has become a bit like American Football; nobody outside the USA cares about NFL and nobody outside India really cares about cricket anymore.
Politics ruined SA cricket. For sure.
He is born in South Africa witch makes him a South African. He is no SETLER. Great job Dricus.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yep. South Africa has a combination of Jus Soli and Jus Sanguinis
I love how we as South Africans are creating our own proud culture while still being our unique selfs, xhosa, zulu, afrikaner it does not mater, we are south african!❤
his ancestors were europeans who settled there its okay😂he is still south african to non racist people
cant erase the truth
" A gorilla on roller skates" funniest thing I've seen said about Dricus.
Na, a gorrila on roller skates would be easy to beat.
Probably not said directly to him though
That's exactly how he fights.
@@barrysmit5181you crazy bro. A gorilla on roller skates can still tear your head off.
If they said that about Izzy, it would be racism😂
A true African has brought the belt back to Africa. Well done Dricus
Imagine introducing Sean Strickland as a descendant of European Settlers in America.
haha
I mean is in factually incorrect? Do facts hurt your little feelings? Should be proud of it. Yet you're ashamed like a little liberal.
Can't offend the woke community
Difference is there were no natives in 90%+ of SA and the congolese only arrived centuries later
@@danhobart4009 exactly
Whos here after he finished Adesanya?
✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻🙋🏻♂️
same, votesport really does good "indepth" vids that give a lot of context and a cool portrait of the person featured.
i mean... its not like we all died or smtng...
izzy got humbled
@@pete6891 he's finito lmao
As a South African.... This brings tears of joy in my heart 💕🇿🇦🔥 hard work and determination
Win or lose, DDP has that ultimate dog mentality, never gives up. Didn't even tap in his 1st loss at 20 against the EFC champ. Only two fights in his career of 23 fights going to a decision & not a finish. Guaranteed action in a DDP fight! Got to admire the guy. Uncanny ability to adjust & go for the win.
-DDP is the modern version of Dustin Poirier---what Poirier should have been if he focused on wrestling.
-DDP is an elite version of Matt Brown.
-DDP is what the fans think that Jon Jones is.
-DDP has fists like Alex Pereira, Shane Carwin, and a prime Tony Ferguson.
@@starseeddeluxe- Star Seed Deluxe is arguably the biggest DDP Glazer
- Star Seed Deluxe has glazed DDP to the degree Flukas Glazy has praised Volk
- Star Seed Deluxe cannot get DDPs nuts out of his mouth
Majority of the boks will be there on Sunday after they kick some aussie ass on Saturday
@@starseeddeluxe most of those are a stretch lol.
He barely beat strickland and had visibly less power to his hits.
And that loss was against Soldierboy he was in his prime and on his way to the UFC
Grew up playing and watching rugby.. South Africans are hard, it's that simple.
Especially the farmers
pap en vleis 🇿🇦
@@Ant1Bez😂😂 facts
Literally fights like Donkey Kong swinging his arms around but it’s actually calculated.
Imo it's because of his stance, kinda like Dominic Cruz's stance. It looks weird but it works for him.
Nah it's wack. "Champ" or not he sucks lol
@@SunTzuMedia How does he suck when he beat two of the best fighters in the division ?
@Great-Dao-of-Elegance no/ugly amateur style. Sloppy. Unathletic. And arguably never really even legitimately "won" that title. You already know if that was against Izzy and not Strickland they would have given it to Izzy... I just think there's guys much better than him. Belts don't mean much these days sad to say. I could go on. Izzy sucks and looked old and washed 2 fights ago.
@@SunTzuMedia "unathletic" your brain is officially cooked. I'm not arguing with you anymore because it's clear your opinion comes form an illogical standpoint. Bye
Hes not a European born in SA. He is a South African born in South Africa.🇿🇦
👏🏾!!!!
Thank you! As if that comment was needed.
So basically a colonizer born in 🇿🇦
@@mildyCMF You sound like a Leftist. By the way, everyone in the world is a colonizer, every group moved into territories once inhabited by others.
@@mildyCMF Are you mentally challenged? Which country did he "colonize" SA for? He was born, raised, and live in South Africa, he is 100% South African.
The kind of fighter I like. No BS tattoos, no BS attitude, just quiet confidence that gets the job done.
oldschool like the good old days.
Just looks absolutely horrible doing it lmao...his knees clapping together like ass cheeks is enough to throw any fighter off..he's so unorthodox with retart strength that he ends up winning
I am so sick of unearned tattoos in the West. Tattoos are now the norm and you're considered a nerd if you choose not to get one it's fucking retarded.
The ONE good thing is that it's a very clear red flag like blue hair
typical afrikaner farm boy, most of these types end up playing rugby. very well mannered old school types
well said
Not sure what will happen between him and Adesanya, but Adesanya sure is easy to dislike.
yeah
it's easy to dislike racists innit
He's a hell of champ though like he always just fought whoever was next and was very active......but you're right he's so easy to dislike haha
@@devanman7920 he was actually likeable in hus early days when he was a hungry underdog, he could back up his trash talk and delivered fun fights, after he became champ he became incredibly narcissistic
Dude thinks he African just cause he was born there that’s why Izzy doesn’t like him and I’m with him cause home boy is just another settler that’s all just like the rest of people 😂
@@williampaoli9057 "Homeboy" was born and raised as an African, apparently from a very hard working family. You're bringing color of skin and race into it, like that means anything anymore and since, what, the 1600's or so? You don't have a choice where you are born (at least on this side of the veil) so why do you think he "thinks he's African"...he knows where he comes from.
"Decendant of European settlers in africa" ? Technically true but weird.. Been here for 400 years bro bean how long u been in america
Exactly.
Its weird because its true? Izzy is right DDP is a colonizer.
@@GlenRealty damn really? had no idea.
Not sarcastic I'm serious
Agree
Also found that out of place comment a bit strange. I mean he's afrikaans, and the only ties he has to his ancestry-other than his skin colour- is the language. Other than those two, he's just a South African, as much as any South African
What he lacks for in technique he makes up for in intelligence and fight IQ. Dricus is insanely adaptable and good at making adjustments.
Agree & he also has that ultimate dog mentality, never quits, also didn't tap at 20 years old in his 1st loss against the then EFC champ
And dude has heart. Which is one of the most vital trait of a good fight.
DDP is the closest thing we have right now to George St. Pierre. And of course, the UFC treated GSP like royalty, but in this modern Disney era of the UFC, only Kamaru Usman, Adesnaya, Jon Jones and Sean O'Malley are given the royal red carpet treatment, and the rest are basically treated like dirt by Dana.
@@starseeddeluxeplease don’t compare DDP to GSP. That is insulting. George was elite everywhere his balance and technique combined with his wrestling and longevity as champion. GSP will go down as one of the greatest ever as the UFC gets tougher and deeper.
Spot on.
As a black South African born into apartheid... Im so bored of hearing this "European Settlers" bullcrap! Dricus is South African and African by extension.
Please can people just get over it 🙄 😂
and the truth is eventually everyone will have multi-racial ancestry. Being 100% anything will all but go away in a few generations. In places like the UK and USA it's pretty much happening already.
And South Africa feels the same as you brother...to our hero's black and white VIVA!!!!!
Exactly my man, we are all in this together 🇿🇦
@@normcmiller very sad, people loosing identity, homelands. Weird but only white country's import foreigner's, every other country is very homogeneous
Nee boet, die kak goed sit vas in 1600. Let wel hy verwys nie na homself as 'n settler in Amerika nie LOL
"South African head hunter" 😂 I love you for saying that! I know it'll piss off the idiots while everyone else will get a laugh or not even notice.
Nah the music at the end and when he and Izzy faced off was criminal 😂
bro that shit was HILARIOUS 😂 so glad I'm not the only one who noticed
I was like wait IK this from somewhere
100% izzy
@@Paappa624 Nah Izzy is 200 percent Nigerian!
@@sethnaffziger1402”Chinese”
He is South African not a European settler.
He’s decent is of European settlers
@@southyonko6455 it doesnt matter. He's not european, he is african. We take exception when people say "african-american" because no, they are born and raised in America, not Africa. Elon Musk is an African-American, being an African that has citizenship in America. You clearly don't know what you are talking about, but sure, keep yapping on and on.
He is a colonizer.
@southyonko6455 so what? Adesanya's descendants were the Moors who r*ped, m*rdered and enslaved more Europeans than the Europeans ever did. So fist learn to spell and then learn your history.
@muftau7 As a South African, he's not .
Based off his fights i've binged in preparation to the desanya fight...I noticed that all of his fights follow a pattern. He gets walked on a bit, feels it out, maybe grapples, but ultimately he just throws one punch and the power stuns his opponents. I 100% believe this is what's going on. He hits much harder than it appears. I can't imagine the power he holds cuz he's the biggest middleweight in the UFC. It's really fascinating to watch his rise. I think Tavarez and Strickland faired best against his style. But everyone else crumbled.
Also notice his Evolution. E.g from Till and Brunson to Whitaker and even from Whitaker to Strickland. How far can he evolve is the question
He is not the biggest middleweighy. Alex pereira was the biggest middleweight
And despite his wrestling being one of his strongest weapons, he saves it for when his opponent is already gassed and isn't expecting it. Bro's fight IQ is crazy.
@@damienoptc7222 Yes he is the biggest middleweight. Alex Pereira isn't competing in middleweight.
@@damienoptc7222”He IS not the biggest middleweight. Alex WAS the biggest middleweight”. Dude, what 😂
These Boerki's are no joke.
They have a culture of respect and honor, you won't see any cheap shots coming from their side.
These are the people who historically fought the entire British Empire despite being vastly outnumbered, they are used to being underestimated and showing up to brawl.
@@praveshmaharaj4387hey guy....we from South Africa know Afrikaans peoples as boerkies....don't come with your silly explanation...he is a boer. Ask anyone here in SA.
@@praveshmaharaj4387You are talking absolute kak. Many French came to S.A to get away from religious persecution. Boer is simply a name for a farmer who are known to have a stubborn never give up attitude. The french also consisted of wine farmers and people with other technical skills.
why do you internet dweebs like romanticizing history??? its a mma fight not a ancient war. chill
Beers are not what they were
@@roydenbarendse7507😂 do you even know what spelling to use or the definition of what a boer is?
Dricus has the style of the best street beefs fighter
Dricus reminds me of BRUCE LEE who said that he has no style but all styles. he also said that his move depends on his opponent's move. Dricus is the REAL DEAL.
So a lot of fighters will start to lose a fight, lose momentum and then go into survival mode instead of trying to actually win the fight. Du Plessis is constantly looking to win the fight no matter what else is going on. That's something you can't really teach- you either have it or you don't, and it's something that can trump skill and talent by quite a bit.
You have to realize how long ago these loses are. Interesting fact: he hasn’t tasted defeat once in 6 years.
@@majorfunky6586 It's really mind blowing. He might actually be one of my favorite fighters now just because of his fight style.
Man you gotta be the best on youtube in this content genre.
They think Jones is the goat and don't talk about his eye pokes or PEDs though......
@@holeindanssock156facts
"If you watch the video about Jones, we mentioned every poke in his fights and even changed the classic 'punch the like button' at the end of the video to 'poke the like button…
@@holeindanssock156tell me who is the goat
@@votesport😂
As a South African DDP earned his title as the UFC African King 👑 He fights with heart and soul . We love and support our world champion. Never underestimate him . 🇿🇦🥊👑
👏🏾!!!!
Lies
@@mildyCMF let's go see you do what he just did , you will lose stop hating you know nothing about h South Africa and Our Culture so my advise to you just STOP 🛑
@@mildyCMF keep you comments to yourself, you don't know anything about our South African Culture and how much DDP means to our Country. I wanna see you do what he did in the fight and all his achievements. STOP hating and move along .
@@NataschaDeetlefsova that's not your culture LOL
🇿🇦 South Africans we never give up. We're coming for you! Ma se...
Ma se poes
Sê vir hulle!
Se fokken
Go, Dricus, get it done! I love this guy's fighting and personality.
That Combat Kama Sutra line during the DDP vs. Brunson breakdown goes hard AF, haha. Between that and "lady luck was a hook-er tonight, and Dricus was all out of money," in the second Soldic fight review, the one-liners from VoteSport are becoming absolutely legendary.
I played soccer growing up..
We had an outside defender on our team that was like this.
He was a literal LOCKDOWN 🔒 defender against ALL player types, he was an absolute menace, not particularly athletic or intimidating, however understood effort and positioning and body leverage and an acute understanding of where the ball was going to be before his opponent which allowed him premium positioning when defending attacks.
An absolute pleasure having him on my team and a wonder to watch because there was no replicating him.
One of a kind.
dricus is really athletic tho, dude's the strongest and most explosive middleweight
great story.
An outside defender? Do you mean a fullback?
Not digging you out, I’m curious, as the names of positions in England changed a lot over the years, but in the early days positions were described more like that - haven’t heard outside defender, but there were outside forwards (wingers) , inside forwards (kinda no.10, just off the main striker). Do you use those terms where you grew up then? As you’re calling it soccer I’d assume either American or South African….
@@westington1 @westington1 I think he meant to say that Dricus fights like one of those crazed monkeys at Chapman Peak in Hout Bay that attack unwitting tourists.
If you played the sport can you at least call it by its real name.. football
Passionate kiss from the coach stole the spotlight 🤣🤣🤣
Awesome Dricus!!
Congrats from his home Country South Africa!!! 💪🥊🇿🇦🌍🥇
Combat kamasutra studying😂😂😂 Man you are gold
Yep, VoteSport has a neat way with words!
that was spot on
😂😂😂
Wow nothing but respect for this guy damn hes been up and down been through the worst and got better as he fought
As a fighter, the single greatest quality you can have is will.
Best quality in life. More so than intelligence and skill, which gets you nowhere without willpower.
I heard the best description of Dricus’s style:
He fights like those guys who “see red” WISH they could.
😂😂😂😂
South Africa has really made a name for themselves these past few years. I'm so glad the world sees our talented people as well
South African Mongrel........ That's the style! :) SA people will understand that. Watch the Springboks, Blitzboks, and and and... Mongrel. Never say die, never give up always going forward even in "retreat" ... GO DRIKUS!!! SA loves you!
Add to that the Boerbull.. 🇿🇦
YES YES YES EXACTLY!
Izzy can’t get over the fact that DDP is African lmao it destroys his entire persona
Dixie’s can’t get over the fact he isn’t the only African in the UFC
i thought adesanya was born in china
@@keithtorrence2487wtf are you even talking about?
@@Sneakyeggs you need to look up the whole story
Nah, just the fact that he doesn’t show any respect for those that came before him. Not hard to understand but most people struggle.
Really enjoy your videos and commentary!!
Dricus jou Yster, bring that belt home Champ 🏆
Hulle weet nogsteeds nie wat ons weet nie
Dricus made Mzansi proud. Our own South African UFC champ!!!
This video was amazingly done. Thank you for your hard work putting this out there, it’s greatly appreciated. I’m definitely subscribing and liking.
call him a settler, but his bloodlines been in south africa longer than whites have been in north america
And longer than Blacks have been settled in "South Africa".
It's about the octagon,not race AND CERTAINLY NOT POLITICS.
The black South Aficans turn to their glorious ANC,but they let them down.
Izzy literally moved to New Zealand but is calling someone who was born and lives in South Africa not African
@@AddieHiltonHere we go again with settler lies😅
EVERYONE ON EARTH IS A "SETTLER"
Dricus Has shown Izzy that the color of your skin does not make you African. The real African spirit comes from deep within the heart no matter what you look like.
South Africans are not Africans 😂😂
@@johnsonolushola5131 Geography would suggest otherwise 🤭
@@johnsonolushola5131 i don't think you know what you mean
@@johnsonolushola5131dumbest comment man, that's like saying South Koreans aren't Korean or something... go study a map man haha
@@MM-lg4ni yts = youtube stars?
🇿🇦 let me just say this, fighters are sleeping on South Africans! These Gladiators are built so differently. The unorthodox training, years & years of unorthodox drills. Assassin accuracy, pressure from the word go, switch stance, periodic winging, high kicks with power, that loaded overhand. The only side flaw is the gas tank, but THE WILL TO WIN over-shadows this, Dricus is overwhelmingly dangerous & for a good few seasons he shall remain champ. It's going to take nothing short of a generational talent, something ultra-instinct special to take the belt of Dricus. Zero complacency. It don't matter who, and I'm a HUGE Izzy fan (even with the dog fetish) ... don't matter who... AND STILL!! ...
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO HERE AFRIKAANS BEING SHOUTED ABOUT.... FOK HOM SEUN!!!
@Adil_Ibrahim blah blah blah. You're nothing special that's why there's very few of you.
@@jacobkuntflappstill blowing up your inflatable's kunt flapp Jacob ... Rest bro... We all know about you Jacob ... Black Dildos Matter Club Captain
@@jacobkuntflappso you're affiliated to this channel kunt flapp ... Is that how you keep deleting my messages .... Naughty kunt flapp... Bad kunt flapp!
@@jacobkuntflapp blah blah blah back to back and 4 time world champions, strongest will in the world, and hardest nation to break. The strongest Army in the world struggled against us. Keep talking shit, we dont give a fuck about you or your country anyway. Our pride in our nation trumps yours any day.
@@jacobkuntflappisn't there few of everything special?? That's kind of a main characteristic of something special.
Dricus is my favorite fighter at middleweight
Who here after he demolished Izzy?
I'm still hard
Dricus is my favourite African fighter.
Born Bred in Africa True African conquering the world.
His family settled in ZA over 372 years ago . . . .since 1652... born in 1994, still lives there . . always will.
Based on current scientific consensus everyone is african.
Dutch 😂
He’s of European descent
@@southyonko6455 fax
Man, could've not asked for a better timing for this video then right now
Right! I've been waiting for this fight for too long 😂
@@mathew-leewilson5395 shit felt like it won't happen
@@ellius4294 the trailer to this fight gave me goosebumps
That burst of energy at 17:54 😂
Thank VoteSport for this CONVINCING & EXCELLENT video. Compared to other videos about Dricus Du Plessis I've watched, yours is the BEST due to all of the winning clips of of Du Plessis.
Du Plessis is like that guy who plays fighting games and just randomly presses buttons, but has the best damn luck. Also, shout out the Shane-o-Mac entrance music in the video! LOL
Nah he is rubbish.
@rocroca7459 did he finish you?
No games here real man fighting
@@rocroca7459You don't become champion by being rubbish.
@@rocroca7459🙄
DDP is my favorite fighter.
Ddp is like the Robbie Lawler of the middleweight division. Not the style but he just keeps coming for you no matter what. Will gladly stand and trade.
like a honey badger
@@GerritBarnard-v5khoney badger vs wolverine who wins??
@@JohnWick-el9yw honey
@@JohnWick-el9yw the wolverine has the weight and size on the honey badger but the honey badger aka Ratel has thick and loose skin and a stronger bite than the wolverine. the wolverine doesn't have the bite force to puncture the Ratels skin. so the honey badger for sure but if its a southern African honey badger that wolverine looses some weight as the Asian honey badger is smaller than its African counterpart. honey badger all the way
@@GerritBarnard-v5k the Wolverine also has the same loose skin, but bigger. Bite force doesn't mean anything since it's relative, lions bully multiple hyenas who have higher bite forces. A wolverine is MUCH bigger than a honey badger, it's like having a hyena 1v1 a lion, or a black bear 1v1 a polar bear. Zero chance at all
This guy is absolute class. GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP. Lots of respect. Really shows the SA character.
"Dricus Du Plessis. Remember the name." That aged well.
duuuude 17:50 "burst of energy" lol too funny man
😂
Completely missed that on the first watch, well played haha xD
Been looking for this comment
dont forget the passionate kiss 😘
LMAO 🤣
Africa's true champion
Yip a true African.
@@GlenRealty 👍🏿
Dricus Du Plesis is a wolf in sheeps clothing. He is super powerful. Like.. bafflingly so. His muscles tense at the perfect timing and absolutely SLAM his opponent. Once he rocks them, if he senses unstable legs, he goes for kicks to chop or grappling to pin them while there are weak.
If he sees they become uncoordinated and arent blocking, then he finishes with another great power shot.
Everyone thinks he is sloppy, and it looks that way. But even so, he keeps landing right on the money, and ending fights with powershots.
he's powerful not because of his muscles. the muscles help but Dricus is so strong because of his bone structure. he has thick, dense bones. he's from a farming family and probably grew up on nothing but South African beef and raw milk
Hy het die clown Adesanya 'n lekker paar poes klappe gegee!!
@@eachann7953 i absolutely gulped down milk as a kid and still drink it regularly, that does not mean I should be a UFC fighter. Dricus du plessis has some fantastic underlying technique. He hides it best he can. But he is fast, powerful, and accurate.
That's what happens if you play rugby and kickbox from a young age
bruhhh, this was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!! GREAT JOB on this vid guys
I like Dricus. He never takes people down and just sits there like Belal. He tries to finish you and keeps going.
The best combate sports channel on RUclips.
The fact he can knock your head off and has grappling skills that can take 5 Gracie Barra guys out in one night is crazy
The fact alone that he cant only just hang with them but submit them all should be a testament to how much of a threat he is to anyone at 185
When people talk shit on Dricus, fights ugly then shoots when he gets hit... Well, his grappling, his ground game isn't just strength, he isn't just bullying people down. If he can submit FIVE Gracie Guys in ONE night!? Dude has MEGA skills on the ground & that bullying strength is just icing on the cake!
Lekker Dricus, hulle weet nog nie heeltemal wat ons weet nie
Dricus baie baie geluk!! Jy het ons as Suid Afrikaners trots gemaak dis wat ek sportmans gees noem, jy het net jouself gewees, weereens geluk, soos hulle in afrikaans se jy het hom goed opgevok 😂😂😂😂 mooi man!!! 🏅🏅🥇🥇🇿🇦🇿🇦
Well well well, look at what we have here, and STILL UFC Middleweight Champion - Dricus "Stillknocks" Du Plessis 👏👏👏
Best commentary on a video yet - Love it Subscribed!!!!
Same. Humor of the charts
“Proved as resilient as wet origami.” And THAT my friends, is why we all VOTE for SPORT!
Seems like at the end of every fight, DDP goes to salute or hug his opponent and more often than not his move goes unanswered. A pity!
Gotta love the guy!
Yeah i saw that in the tavares fight mostly. Dricus was happy he and the dude had such a fight but tavares was more concerned about convincing the judges he won
We south african hit hard well done ✅ dricus putting our country out there and representing us so well 🎉
A man of his word. He took the belt to Africa.... Damn good job man.
Godspeed
Alright, I guess i'll give Dricus a chance. Didn't really like him as champ but, after this video I think I like him more than Adesanya. Great vid.
I purely dislike Adesanya because of his entitled chip on his shoulder.. Dricus is going to destroy Izzy 🇿🇦🇿🇦
He may kiss his coach but he doesn't diddle his dog.
Lemme guess you're a Strickland fan?
@@AK99581 Not a fan of anyone. I just don't like Izzy.
UFC countdown video is fire. Also check that bro
Whoa....what a broad and accomplished background!
Very underrated fighter, every single one of his fights are very entertaining, often wars to
I am a bit late on the Du Plessis train, but DDP has had an insane career so far ... his style of fighting is so unorthodox.
Nou weet hulle wat ons weet!!! SO trots op jou Dricus. ❤🇿🇦
Thank you for the way you broke down the strickland fight, thats how i tried explaining it to Sean Nutriders. like Sean had his JAB that was it. Dricus used kicks on all levels, striking, grappling, takedowns. EVERYTHING. That is why Dricus won.
That's not how the scoring works. "versatile attacking" was never a point.. Not a single one. lol
this was a great dricus documentary
DDP is awesome. Good for him, I like Izzy as a fighter but dricus got more heart I hope he wins. 👊
😢😮😢 no dricus
😢be careful he has a reason to be there he will claw his way to the top ivenever seen him before Utica tell you his a warrior try him on for size Dricus is the real thing just got a feeling fight ondricis the warrior
One of the best videos capturing the epic rise to greatness of the Stillknocker
I had just watched a UFC program in this African….. your video expose’ ranks well above the UFC’s. Thank you for great content!
dricus is a beast
Dude has got grit!
what a great video, i clued on to the song selection and cracked up hahaha
Great documentary! Never knew DDP's grappling was so polished 😮. Izzy is in trouble...
"Smiled, and continued to take hits" is crazy work
Nobody ever pieced up Dricus like Strickland !! and I thought Sean won the fight and the 5th round. Still DDP is the real deal and I hope he smokes Izzy like Dana glazes Jon Jones!
Sean was saying way too much non PC stuff which is why he “lost” the fight .
@@_LeeroyJenkins no its not , DDP is as "unwoke"
@@_LeeroyJenkinsthere’s zero evidence of that whatsoever and a ton of evidence that judges just don’t always make the best calls and there is also a lot of regular people that also thought Sean lost and a lot that thought he won. Really seems like it was just kind of a close fight and the judges just judged how they really thought it went.
Dude's name is like an ancient dragon from the Elden Ring universe!
just watched Dricus vs Adesanya. Dricus is a really tough fighter to stop. No matter what his opponents strengths are, striking or grappling, he WILL challenge them into a full on mma fight. Seems like a whole new mma style.
Great compilation...GO DRICUS!
His specialty is what we like to call, a Poes Klap
Soos Ou Tante Koba se lippe?
I just won a big bet cause of this video, brilliant breakdown skills.
I would also go for subs vs Izzy. 👍
He didnt drown anything in beer. That is just how we enjoy Rugby.
i fkin love this yt channel not tryna glaze mb, this ish gets my heart pumping
DDP vs Van Staden was the first time I saw Dricus. Hooked since
My shitty theory is that MMA has evolved to be too precise, calculated and perfect. DDP seems to be taking mma back to what it was back in the 90s. Messy, brutal and unorthodox. It’s like the guys he is fighting doesn’t know how to deal with this old school style anymore.