Professional wrestling legend Ric Flair once said, “To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.”
UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis (21-2) presumably took that to heart, which is why he’s been so adamant about fighting former two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-3), his opponent at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia on Aug. 17., and a fighter he’s been chasing for over a year.