South African MMA star Dricus du Plessis has seen his choice to grasp round and look ahead to a fight in the UFC repay.
Du Plessis has already seen two fights referred to as off at the final minute however has been confirmed for a 2 July bout with Brad Tavares.
Dricus du Plessis will get his fight
If Du Plessis wins the bout he’ll transfer into the highest 15 of the UFC rankings.
Du Plessis initially flew to the United States to face Chris Curtis. He would draw Anthony Hernandez after Curtis was pressured out. However, when Kelvin Gastelum wanted a brand new opponent, Du Plessis was pulled from the scheduled bout in opposition to Hernandez to face him.
It wasn’t to be although as Gastelum was pressured out due to harm and Du Plessis didn’t get to compete on the large evening.
Du Plessis is undefeated in two UFC bouts scoring KO victories over each Markus Perez and Trevin Giles.
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Dricus du Plessis targets rankings progress
Tavares is an efficient step-up opponent for Du Plessis who has made no bones about his need to take the UFC middleweight title.
UFC 276 will happen on 2 July 2022, additionally at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Also Watch: Dricus du Plessis knocks out Trevin Giles
Also on the cardboard is the ladies’s flyweight bout between former Strikeforce and UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate and former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion (additionally former UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship challenger) Lauren Murphy which had been anticipated to happen at UFC Fight Night 209.
UFC 276 confirmed bouts
The present fights anticipated to happen at UFC 276 on July 2 are as follows:
Lauren Murphy vs. Miesha Tate (ladies’s flyweight)
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Brad Tavares (middleweight)
Jessica Eye vs. Casey O’Neill (ladies’s flyweight)
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