📰 Dricus Du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman Headlines UFC Oklahoma City

Dricus Du Plessis and Kamaru Usman will headline UFC Oklahoma City, with both former champions looking to reclaim momentum in a pivotal middleweight clash.

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❗️Dricus du Plessis' coach hopes Kamaru Usman wrestles to prove they've fixed Chimaev hole

Coach Morne Visser says the July 18 fight against Kamaru Usman is a specific test of du Plessis' wrestling and confidence under pressure. A clear win against Usman's grappling-heavy style is seen as the best argument for a title shot. This follows du Plessis losing the middleweight belt to Khamzat Chimaev, who exposed wrestling weaknesses.

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❗️Du Plessis and Usman official for OKC main event after weigh-in success

Former champions Dricus du Plessis (185.5 lbs) and Kamaru Usman (186 lbs) are cleared for their five-round UFC main event in Oklahoma City. Du Plessis returns after losing his title to Chimaev, while Usman enters with momentum from a June 2025 win over Buckley. Official stats list them with identical 76-inch reaches, setting up a clash of styles.

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❗️Dricus Du Plessis dominates Kamaru Usman in five-round main event, calls for title shot.

Dricus Du Plessis returned to the win column with a dominant unanimous decision over Kamaru Usman, winning 50-45, 49-46, 49-46. He controlled the fight with pressure, volume, and strikes that rocked Usman multiple times. Afterward, the former middleweight champion called for a trilogy fight with current titleholder Sean Strickland.

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❗️Usman cites eye strike and blurred vision in decision loss to du Plessis

Kamaru Usman said a second-round punch that caught his eye blurred his vision for the rest of his five-round fight with Dricus du Plessis.
He described seeing two images of his larger opponent, making it harder to track strikes, but refused to use it as an excuse for the unanimous decision loss.
Usman also mentioned an undisclosed pre-fight issue and left his future at welterweight or middleweight open after the defeat.

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❗️Kamaru Usman says he fought Dricus du Plessis with a torn pectoral muscle.

The former UFC welterweight champion disclosed the injury on the Pound 4 Pound podcast after his unanimous decision loss in Oklahoma City. He said the torn pec made it difficult to execute his wrestling-based gameplan against du Plessis. Usman also stated he will sit down with his coaches and team to assess his UFC future.

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