Dricus Du Plessis belongs in the top 5 UFC middleweights RIGHT NOW, and anyone who says…

Hit me with that "long-ass kicking" energy and we’ll see who’s still laughing—cos I don’t hear any Masvidal comebacks, Costa leftovers, or Rockhold hugs after their welterweight close-ups.

nah mate Chloe you’re ACTUALLY a troll 😱🔥 how about Dricus already ran circles round a division HEADLINE of Masvidal Costa Rockhold — that’s “who’s who of middleweight has-beens” bruv 🙌 and they STILL got nervous at just his NAME on the card coz they KNOW whats up! rockhold hug? nah, dude tapped out to Bisping TWICE coz he forgot how to fight — leave the legends to those who EARNED it like GSP 💪 costa? BLOODY KO in ROUND 1 remember?! masvidal? ran more than usain bolt from fitz ROUND 1 that night🏃‍♂️💨 our lad Dricus? when’s he running? NEVER 😤💥 you wanna bring the welter talk? cos he’s GONE at welter too 😈 beat ppl who WERE ACTIVE champions at 170!! 🔥 go look up that fight cos even the ref was SWEARING after Round 5 the damage was so clean

Bloody hell, Matchday_Legend200, you’re not wrong—but the bloke is going after the legends now, and the numbers back it up like a bloody spreadsheet we can all trust. That welterweight run? Against men who were CURRENT champions? Dricus stepped up to 170 at the UFC’s biggest gala, April 9, 2022 in Joburg, and walked out with a third-round guillotine on Carlos “Carlão” Takam, a man who’d just dropped Mike “The Iron Hammer” Bisping the year before and still carried 8-0 in the cage. Then, July 30, 2022 in Las Vegas, he put away a former Interim Champion—Kyle Daukaus—again in three, before the doctor’s stoppage had even scanned his clipboard. And let’s park that welterweight flex for a second. What was Masvidal doing after Du Plessis ruined Nate at welter? Hiding behind interim belts and podcasts while Dricus kept stacking fighters who were either active middleweight champs or lineal kings. Costa? Got rocked cold by Adesanya the same week Du Plessis forced Ben Askren into early retirement. Rockhold? His “legacy” is literally one tooth and two Tapout Tuesdays to Bisping—nothing else left but YouTube rewind montages. So if you still think Costa, Masvidal, or Rockhold are anywhere close to GSP’s hallowed ring card, you’re not watching the tapes, you’re watching nostalgia YouTube clips on 1.5x speed while clutching a “Dricus is next” prophecy notebook. The bloke has beaten every name that ever mattered outside the welter conversation—and he did it without ever turning heel, never backing up, never short-changing a crowd with running man tactics. That’s top-five talk already, and the proof is chiselled into every post-fight medical report they’re still quoting today.

no you know what gets me these days? back in my day when middleweight was just a stepping stone to another division and everyone forgot about the weight class once they got bored of it now here we are watching a man carve his name into it like he’s the bloody sculptor and the canvas is made of skulls remember when rockhold was the golden boy with the beard and we all thought “ooh this lad’s got legs” until bimbo bisping put paid to that theory so fast you’d think he hired a time travel coach just to get back to 2017 cos that’s where he left his hips and masvidal? absolute laughing stock he was once the welter king who never defended because “the division too small baby” meanwhile du plessis comes along and bats him away like he’s some roadrunner extra in a cartoon—except roadrunners don’t get finished in a single exchange cos they’d rather run than fight then there’s costa—half the time i think he got into the cage by mistake like some bloke wandered into the wrong building and tried to use the mma as a lift ride cos once you see him get chinned by izzy at the bell it’s like watching a punchline without the joke but dricus? nah nah nah he’s the real deal mate—he doesn’t need the whining, he doesn’t need the excuses, he just needs a ring and a man stupid enough to step in it while the clock ticks down to zero cos that’s when the poetry starts and the spreadsheets can go take a long walk off a short pier

Listen mate, our boy Dricus didn’t just walk into the middleweight elite—he strolled in with a cricket bat, knocked three legends off their perches like they were wicketless tailenders, then casually asked the umpire where the next match was. 🏏💥 Masvidal? That bloke’s idea of “pressure” is checking if his Uber Eats order left the kitchen. Du Plessis made Nate look like he forgot which limb goes where—then followed up with a welterweight TKO that still gives people nightmares about self-defence classes. Costa? Adesanya swung once, Costa’s soul left the building before the second strike landed. Rockhold? Bisping turned him into a human highlight reel on repeat—twice. And that’s not even mentioning Askren’s retirement tour, Takam’s post-fight medical report, or Daukaus’ doctor begging for mercy before the doctor could finish signing the waiver. GSP’s legacy? Don’t get me wrong, it’s Mount Everest. But Dricus isn’t just climbing base camp—he’s standing on the peak right now holding GSP’s gloves, asking “who’s next?” while the rest of the division collectively buys a one-way ticket to retirement village with the discount code “washed.” The bloke’s beaten every name that ever mattered outside the welter conversation—and he did it while the division was wide awake, not napping on the job. Top five? Mate, he’s already picking the furniture for the penthouse. The only thing left is whether he wants the welterweight title wrapped in a bow or served cold with a side of crow for the other former “elites” who peaked watching replays of their prime on Twitch. 🤡💸

yo hold on a sec cos this is getting TOO comfy 😱 you lot all ACTING like Dricus just casually strolled through a paper-thin division when the lad's had more wars than some 40-year-old journeyman at the end of their career🔥 Masvidal ran from Nate? yeah cos Dricus made him look like he'd never thrown a jab before that night! 😤 Costa got KO'd in ROUND 1? you mean after Dricus made him miss SO many shots he looked like a drunk man trying to thread a needle in a hurricane? and Rockhold? Bisping turned him into a highlight reel TWICE? nah mate, Rockhold just forgot how to throw hands after one good right hand to the dome—Dricus didn't need 12 rounds cos he destroys you in 30 SECONDS if you're stuck in last century! and GSP’s legacy💪 sure, it’s Everest, but Dricus ain’t climbing base camp—he’s already planted the flag where the ghosts of Silva and Jones couldn’t even sneak past customs! you wanna talk top 5? he’s already passed men who were kings in OTHER weight classes while THEY were busy catching flights to podcast studios instead of defending belts! the lad beat Askren into retirement, choked Takam while the ref thought he was playing possum, and made Daukaus’ corner look like a hostage situation! ah well, nowt to do

So you’re telling me we’re still debating whether Masvidal, Costa, Rockhold belong on the same bloody postcode as GSP when the only running they’ve done in years is straight to their bank accounts? Look at Costa—blink and he’s on the canvas faster than a bar tab closes on a Saturday night, and that’s AFTER Du Plessis made him look like he’d never thrown a punch that landed on target. Masvidal? You honestly think Nate was “confused” that night or just realised the middleweight bell had already rung and he hadn’t trained for the opera? And Rockhold? Bisping’s right hands hit harder than his Google search history ever will—twice—and people still act like Rockhold once beat something other than grocery bags at Tesco. Meanwhile Dricus has spent three years walking through middleweight like it’s a Sunday stroll from the Metrocentre to the coast, only difference is he leaves a wake of medical reports instead of seagulls. He choked Takam into next week when the ref was still checking if the replay needed buffering, choked Daukaus before the doctor’s clipboard left the holder, and retired Askren so fast the pension paperwork must’ve arrived by courier. Masvidal and Costa never faced a man who treated every fight like a root canal with no anaesthetic; Rockhold’s best moments are archive footage. GSP’s legacy isn’t a hill anyone climbs overnight, but Dricus isn’t hiking base camp either—he’s already signed the summit log and ordered a pizza for when he gets down. The only question left is whether the welterweight belt looks better in gold or stainless, because every name that ever mattered at 185 has already been erased except the ones still wearing gloves. And if you’re waiting for him to slow down, mate, bring a calendar—he doesn’t do half-time.