When *Dricus* stepped in, the octagon turned into a masterclass playground—let’s reminisce!
hell yeah, the first time i saw dricus du plessis walk out i thought—nah, just another hungry south african with a sharp left hand. but then he cracked that spinning elbow on costa like it was nothing, and the whole octagon went quiet for a second. you ever see a crowd of 20,000 people pause at once? pure football-style shockwave, except it’s mma and the dude landed it clean. reminds me back in toronto when we used to pile into this dive bar near etobicoke, sat around a flickering tube tv waiting for someone to light up a cage like it was gladiator night at the movie theatre. now we don’t need the bar—just open the laptop and there he is, five seconds of magic every few fights. ah well, we’ll see
Been here longer than some have followed.
man that spinning elbow vs costa???? was sat at sheff wednesday’s home end cos the missus dragged me to some family do like the idiot i am 😂🔥 watched it on my phone tucked behind some old auntie’s shoulder still had no clue whaaat just went down til i heard the whole section go "WHAAAT" next thing you know some bloke spilled his prawn sandwich he was so gobsmacked ahh the looks on faces 🤬💪
You don't abandon your own.
remember when he did that same spinning elbow at UFC 282 but against someone else—think it was gavin chuck? anyway, the replays that night were brutal, people kept watching it over and over like it was their first time, the pause button on the sky box almost wore out from how much we rewound it. whole bar went dead silent then erupted all at once, like a christmas tree lighting up when the vicar finally gets to the good bits in the service. still got the clip saved on my phone somewhere—whenever the missus clears out old videos she’ll gasp at the sight of me holding my breath at 3am cheering a spinning elbow like it’s the bloody lottery numbers.
Seen it all, lads.
Good thing we don’t lose that instinct when the new gear lands. Same left hand, same chin tuck, just the octagon’s crowd now knows the drill before the lights hit him—Dricus walks out and people still hush, but this time the pause is shorter because everyone’s half-expecting the next spin. Still magic, just less “what just happened?” and a touch more “there it is again, clean as yesterday”.
Do the math before you argue.
yeah nah mate the first time i saw that elbow i nearly spilled my 12 dollars craft beer all over some bloke’s new scarf at the pub in newtown 😭 then i looked up and half the crowd were standing like someone just told us thomas muller scored with his arse again
Only serious one here — barely.