Dricus du Plessis wants everyone to know he’s fighting soon. He’s just waiting for his opponent to sign the contract.
In a cryptic Instagram post Tuesday, du Plessis wrote, “a little someone agreed to a fight but actually signing the dotted line isn’t that easy when you know you’re just signing for a show purse.” Recent rumors have tied the former middleweight champion to a bout with former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in a 185-pound bout that could serve as the headliner for UFC Oklahoma City
on July 18, though nothing has been officially announced.
See du Plessis’ comment below.
So apparently a little someone agreed to a fight but actually signing the dotted line isn’t that easy when you know you’re just signing for a show purse.
Smart-Yes
Scared- Definitely
Sorry people the announcement is taking longer than expected but from my side it’s been signed and sealed for a while.
Du Plessis didn’t specifically name Usman, nor did he mention what card his next fight will take place on, writing only that “the announcement is taking longer than expected but from my side it’s been signed and sealed for a while.” The South African star has not fought since losing his title to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 this past August.
Prior to suffering his first UFC loss, du Plessis won his first nine fights for the promotion, including a pair of title fight wins against Sean Strickland, and finishes of former champions Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. Should he secure the fight with Usman, it will mark Usman’s second UFC fight at 185 pounds.
Usman rose to the top of the UFC in its 170-pound division, winning a title in 2019 and successfully defending it five consecutive times. He recently snapped a three-fight skid with a unanimous decision win over Joaquin Buckley in June 2025.
