Dricus Du Plessis reacts after his submission victory against Israel Adesanya at UFC 305Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
Dricus Du Plessis is still the UFC middleweight champion, having beaten Israel Adesanya physically and mentally in one of the fiercest grudge matches in recent memory.
Du Plessis, who won the middleweight title with a decision victory over Sean Strickland in January, met the former champion and combat sports legend Adesanya in the main event of Saturday night's UFC 305 card from Perth, Australia.
The bout was preceded by months of trash talk between the pair — trash talk that got so heated it brought the Nigerian-born New Zealander Adesanya to tears at the pre-fight press conference.