Dricus Du Plessis lands huge knockout in UFC 264 prelims before Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier and South African tells Dana White how to pronounce his name
Dricus Du Plessis got the UFC 264 prelims underway in spectacular style with a devastating knockout against Trevin Giles.
The South African middleweight put in an impressive performance that ended with a second round knockout.
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The first round had been fairly even with Du Plessis edging it on the scorecards with both fighters trading blows.
It was a huge right hand the ended the bout at 1:41 in the second as he moves to 2-0 in his UFC career.
His first fight came with a left hand KO and now he has one with the other to add to the list.
“The right hand has the power as well,” Du Plessis said after his win. “I knew there was a place for that straight right. It felt amazing to be here. What a spectacular guy to fight.”
The South African then told Joe Rogan, and everyone else, how to correctly pronounce his name.
He admitted that even UFC president Dana White gets it wrong sometimes.
It got the UFC 264 prelims off to a spectacular start and if Du Plessis continues in that form then he will start to get noticed.
He even promised to quickly make his way up the ranks of the middleweight division.
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