Dricus Du Plessis believes Kamaru Usman has made a huge mistake signing on the dotted line to fight him.<\/p>\n
Their bout, which has been rumored for months but is finally official,<\/a> will go down as the main event for UFC Fight Night Oklahoma City on July 18th. That\u2019s not too long for us fans to wait, but \u201cStillknocks\u201d hasn\u2019t fought since his embarrassing loss to Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> back in August 2025. He\u2019s ready to go and discussed the newly announced fight on the Fight Forecast YouTube channel.<\/p>\n \u201cYou think you\u2019ve been waiting. I\u2019ve been waiting!\u201d Du Plessis exclaimed. \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking about the fight for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was supposed to fight in April, got the injury,\u201d he said. \u201cMan, I think that was all for a reason because the fire in me to get back in there is like never before. I\u2019m feeling great. Camp is going great.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Du Plessis, the holdup was all on Usman\u2019s side.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I know you didn\u2019t wanna sign the contract,\u201d the South African said. \u201cI know that for a fact. When I spoke to UFC, they said, \u2018We\u2019ve finally convinced him to sign.\u2019 If you need convincing to sign, that\u2019s a problem. But I can\u2019t blame him. I would also not wanna fight me right now. It would be the smart move not to sign this fight, but you know, let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n After Khamzat Chimaev dominated Dricus Du Plessis on the ground, there\u2019s some questions about whether Kamaru Usman is a \u2018smart move\u2019 for Du Plessis. According to \u201cStillknocks,\u201d it\u2019s exactly what he wanted to prove he can hang with wrestlers.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanna go out there and prove what I\u2019ve done,\u201d he said. \u201cLike I said, go out and figure this out and go show the problem that the middleweights have on their hands now. Because now I am more complete, and I was a complete fighter. But now I am complete in all areas, and I can\u2019t wait to go and show that.\u201d<\/p>\n