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Results · UFC Fight Night
Dricus Du Plessis
Robert Whittaker
FinishedMain card · #3
UFC 290 · Sunday, 9 July 2023
KO/TKOPunches
Round2
Time2:23
Fight time7:23
Middleweight · 3 rounds
WIN
Dricus Du
Record23–3–0
Strikes104
KD1
LOSS
Robert
KD0
Strikes70
Record27–9–0
PlessisWKO/TKOR2 · 2:23Whittaker

Stats

Fight totals · finalRecords →
Striking
104
Strikes
70
62
Power strikes
31
1
Knockdowns
0
Target
77
Head
59
13
Body
4
14
Legs
7
Grappling
1/1100%
Takedowns
1/1100%
0
Sub attempts
0
0:57
Control time
0:23
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by mebrdzoli.ge

Dominance

Share
60%Share of strikes40%
67%Share of power strikes33%
13%Fight time in control
0:57 · 0:23 / 7:23
5%

Strike map

Strike map
Plessis vs WhittakerStrikes by target
Head74%
Body13%
Legs13%
Head84%
Body6%
Legs10%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · since 2022
PlessisWhittaker
10.66
Strikes / min
7.93
1.8
Takedowns / 15 min
0.9
49
Takedown accuracy %
46
10
Control time %
5
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
50
Wins by finish %
50
185
Height / cm
183
193
Reach / cm
187

Key numbers

Key numbers · Plessis
104

Plessis: 104 strikes — his average since 2022 is 194 per fight.

Strikes · recent fights
+34

Strike differential in this bout: 104–70.

Differential · this bout
62

Power strikes — 60% of all strikes.

Power strikes · recent fights
0:57

Control time, from 1 takedown — 13% of the fight.

Control · recent fights

Record and form

Record · last 5
Dricus Du Plessis Middleweight
Record23–3–0
·
Streak1W
Robert Whittaker Middleweight
Record27–9–0
·
Streak1W

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