{"id":327870,"date":"2025-12-05T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/327870\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:03:08","slug":"dricus-du-plessis-shoots-down-fight-with-idiot-brendan-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/327870\/","title":{"rendered":"Dricus Du Plessis shoots down fight with \u2018idiot\u2019 Brendan Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dricus du Plessis awaits his first fight since losing his UFC title and if he has any say, it won\u2019t be against Brendan Allen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Allen is on the rise in the middleweight ranks, having scored back-to-back victories over Reinier de Ridder and one-time title challenger Marvin Vettori. Following his upset win over de Ridder at UFC Vancouver in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/450814\/brendan-allen-reveals-the-moment-when-he-broke-reinier-de-ridder-at-ufc-vancouver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen mentioned possibly fighting du Plessis<\/a> if their schedules lined up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s not an option that makes sense to du Plessis right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cListen, you win two fights in a row, don\u2019t come calling out former champions,\u201d du Plessis told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GhvUKe7Gtc0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fight Forecast<\/a>. \u201cEspecially a guy that was on a\u2014I mean, I would love to smash his face in. I would absolutely love it. He\u2019s such an idiot. I would love it. But to be honest with you, as a champion, you pick guys, but I only pick the best guy. I always want to fight the best next guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Du Plessis has only faced the elite at 185 pounds over the past few years, defeating former champions Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker, and Sean Strickland (twice) as he established himself as one of the best middleweights of this generation. However, he lost his title in lopsided fashion to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 this past August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Beyond his recent wins, Allen\u2019s credentials include nine wins in his past 11 fights as well as a handful of post-fight bonus checks. Allen is currently No. 5 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/rankings\/452384\/mma-divisional-rankings-4-ufc-champions-target-2026-to-continue-reigns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting Global Rankings<\/a> at 185 pounds, with du Plessis three spots ahead at No. 2. He accused du Plessis of suddenly not wanting to fight him now that he\u2019s back on the winning track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cNever when I\u2019m up,\u201d Allen said in Vancouver about du Plessis taking shots at him. \u201cIf that\u2019s what it is, if it fits the timeline because I don\u2019t know when he wants to return. But for now I\u2019m just ready to get home to my family, take some time to mentally recoup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If it\u2019s Allen standing in the way of du Plessis earning another shot at gold, then \u201cDDP\u201d is happy to face him, but at the moment he doesn\u2019t view Allen as being worth his time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cFor me, where I\u2019m at, I don\u2019t want a hype fight,\u201d du Plessis said. \u201cI don\u2019t want money fight. I want the fight that\u2019s going to get me to the title the quickest, that\u2019s what I want. If that\u2019s what the UFC wants, sure. But does that really make sense? Two-fight win streak, there\u2019s a lot of guys, but like I said, I don\u2019t care. Give me anybody. As long as it gets me back to my belt, that\u2019s the only thing I\u2019m concerned about is getting back to my title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dricus du Plessis awaits his first fight since losing his UFC title and if he has any say,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-327870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}