Watch Dricus du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman full fight video highlights from their UFC Oklahoma City main event showdown Saturday night, courtesy of multiple outlets.
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Dricus du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman full fight video highlights
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1 month agoon
DDP vs. Usman took place July 18 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. Dricus du Plessis (24-3) and Kamaru Usman (21-5) squared off in the main event clash. The fight aired live on Paramount+.
Official result: Dricus du Plessis def. Kamaru Usman via unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46 x2)
Catch all the video highlights below.
For more on DDP vs. Usman, check out the live blog below.
With a touch of the gloves, we are underway! Du Plessis immediately takes center of hte octagon and lands a kick, followed by a counter left. Usman feints the takedown, but Du Plessis doesn't bite. Du Plessis connects with a leg kick and a left high kick. Usman blocks a quick one-two but doesn't follow up with his own offense. Usman eats a left jab and misses with an overhand. Du Plessis clubs him with a right hand and momentarily wobbles him. Usman is clearly struggling with the range as Du Plessis picks up the momentum.
Settling down, Usman finally finds a home for an overhand right but eats a jab as he backtracks. Both men are just trading leather in the center. Du Plessis connects with an uppercut as he continues to find his rhythm. Usman finally clinches up and shoves Du Plessis into the fence. An accidental low blow forces the ref to separate them, and Du Plessis responds with another left high kick. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Du Plessis.
Usman comes out with an overhand right but only connects with air. Du Plessis connects with two left high kicks and wobbles Usman with a standing knee. The crowd starts chanting ‘DDP' as Du Plessis continues to put it on visibly hurt Usman.
Usman eats another knee and shoots for a takedown. Du Plessis defends, scrambles to his feet, and separates. Every time Usman attacks, Du Plessis counters with a flurry and a knee to the jaw. It's honestly amazing that Usman's chin has held up as he continues to take a beating. After a wild flurry, Usman complains of an eyepoke, but the replay clearly shows it was a clean right hook, and the referee forces them back into action. Du Plessis smells blood as he cuts open Usman's eye.
The power difference has never been more evident as Du Plessis plants yet another knee to the jaw with 60 seconds left. Du Plessis lands another right hand as the round. comes to an end. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Du Plessis.
Du Plessis opens with a kick to the body. Usman responds with a stabbing kick up the middle, followed by a clean left to the jaw. Usman is clearly relying on his straight kick, but Du Plessis sees it coming as he evades. Usman lunges and eats another knee up the middle. Both men exchange kicks and body attacks, but Du Plessis finds a home for the left high kick.
Usman starts to settle down as he peppers the straight kick up the middle before feinting a takedown. Du Plessis is now finding a home for the body kick, but Usman throws off the attack with a quick level change. Du Plessis switches to orthodox and lands a picture-perfect one-two and narrowly misses with another standing knee.
Usman snatches a leg and finally secures the takedown. Too bad Du Plessis pops right back up and delivers that standing knee. With 30 seconds left, Usman has clearly fought his way back into the round as his kick up the middle finds its way through. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Du Plessis.
It's the championship round, and Usman is ready for more as he marches to the center. With his confidence high, Usman looks to take control early, but Du Plessis evades everything. Usman finally takes control of the center as he begins throwing with bad intentions, refusing to let Du Plessis fight at his pace. Usman continues to land his push kick, but Du Plessis wobbles him with another left high kick.
Du Plessis snaps Usman's head back with a combo before throwing and landing another left high kick. Usman laughs it off, but eats a massive right from Du Plessis. Usman looks to avoid damage with an ill-timed takedown.
It's starting to look more and more like the opening two rounds as Du Plessis bullies Usman around the octagon. Usman won't get quiet into the night but misses widely with a combination. With 60 seconds left, Usman's head snaps back from a combination. Usman lands a beauty of a combination. Du Plessis doesn't relent as he closes the round out with another left high kick. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Du Plessis.
With the crowd on their feet, both men touch gloves for the final round. Du Plessis misses with a flying knee, and Usman responds with a quick combination and level change. Usman evades a series of kicks and fakes another takedown. Du Plessis whips in a left jab as Usman circles away. With his offense almost gone, Usman snaps out of it and looks for a combination of his own.
Du Plessis accidentally lands a kick to the groin, forcing the referee to pause the action.
Usman doesn't take the full time to recover, jumps right back into the fire, and immediately eats a barrage of right head kicks. With his opponent reeling, Du Plessis swarms for the kill. Somehow, Usman survives and marches Du Plessis back to the center.
In a shock turn of events, Du Plessis shoots for the takedown. Usman defends, lands his own knee, and shoves Du Plessis away. With new life under him, Usman pushes forward as Du Plessis backs towards the fence. Circling away, Du Plessis eats a swarm of punches. Breathing heavily, Du Plessis eats wild right hand as Usman refuses to relent.
As the clock hits 15 seconds, Usman blocks a kick and rushes forward. Du Plessis runs away as he covers up against the fence as the clock hits zero. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Usman.
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Song Yadong scored the biggest win of his career on Saturday when he blasted Umar Nurmagomedov with a perfectly timed uppercut that sent the Russian crashing to the canvas to end the fight. Immediately after the fight was stopped, Usman jumped into the cage to check on his brother and Song ended up colliding with him as he ran around the cage to celebrate his victory.
The brief physical altercation led many to speculate that Usman actually tried hitting Song with an elbow strike after running into each other, but the reigning PFL lightweight champion was quick to deny that allegation while addressing the incident on social media.
“People are making such a huge tragedy out of this, they should just calm down,†Nurmagomedov wrote on Instagram (Russian-to-English translation via Red Corner MMA). “There are things far worse. You don't have to think for long, just look at what is happening in the world.
“And regarding the claims that I supposedly wanted to hit his opponent, if I had wanted to, I would have hit him.â€
For his part, Song never broke stride during his celebration and he eventually went over to Nurmagomedov's corner and spoke to his head coach Khabib to pay his respects after the fight.
“You angry, petty, and jealous people,†Nurmagomedov wrote. “Your problem is that you have never had, and never will never have, an understanding of family love. If you don't know what a brother means to his brother, then I'm not the one you should feel sorry for, you should feel sorry for yourselves.â€
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Daniel Cormier defends Usman Nurmagomedov after altercation at UFC Shanghai: ‘He did not attack Song Yadong’
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Emotions were running high after Song Yadong scored a stunning knockout over Umar Nurmagomedov in the UFC Shanghai main event on Saturday. With Nurmagomedov still laid out unconscious from the uppercut that ended his night, Song was understandably elated as he ran around the cage in celebration but that also brought him in direct contact with Nurmagomedov's team including his brother Usman Nurmagomedov.
“Usman Nurmagomedov jumped into the octagon after the fight, Khabib [Nurmagomedov] tried to stop him,†Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “Song Yadong is running in the direction of Usman. Usman reacts, like he reaches to stop him like they were going to make contact together.
“He did not elbow him. Let's stop making conspiracy theories out there, people. He did not elbow him. He did not attack Song Yadong.â€
For his part, Song never broke stride and continued his celebration and he eventually approached Khabib and the rest of the team to show his respect after the fight.
While Cormier is adamant Usman didn't purposefully attempt to attack anybody, he understands in the heat of the moment why the reigning PFL lightweight champion was desperately trying to get his brother after watching him get knocked out.
“What he did was try to get to his brother,†Cormier said. “That in itself is not allowed. We are not allowed to do that. But if there's anyone that you care about immensely and you want to rush to their side in that moment, it is your brother. Blood brother. Not a brother as in a friend that you love, not a cousin, not a relative. This is his actual brother.
“So he jumps into the octagon, which is not allowed but if there's any time that someone will deal on emotion, you would think that it was this.â€
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“The reason they won't let people jump [into the octagon] is because of the things that happened with Khabib and Conor [McGregor] and all those other things,†Cormier said. “They cannot control whenever the situation gets chaotic.
“That's why Usman cannot do that. But I am more inclined to get him a bit of grace because you watch your brother get starched in that wayâ€
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Rather than stop the fight due to Perry's injury, the referee allowed the action to continue and Jenkins stayed on the attack. He unleashed another vicious body kicks that sent Perry crashing to the canvas.
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