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UFC 305: Paradoxical champion Dricus du Plessis keeps defying the odds

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UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis beat Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 305 .

The win means he has now beaten almost everyone who has held the title at any point in the last seven years .

At no point has he seemed dominant or invulnerable. At some points his success doesn’t even seem to make sense.

I know the UFC playbook says that you never cut a likable heavyweight slugger, but at some point the guy has to win a fight doesn’t he? Carlos Prates is a scary individual. His main card opener against Li Jingliang had the feel of a showcase fight from the start, and Prates showed a whole lot in less than 10 minutes of work. Welterweights beware, that is a left hand you do not want to see the business end of..

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