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UDricus du Plessis uzobhekana noKamaru Usman ngeSonto ngemuva kokulahlekelwa ibhande le-UFC le-middleweight ngo-2025.
UDu Plessis uthi kudingeka ukusebenza kahle kakhulu, hhayi nje ukunqoba, ukuze athole elinye ithuba lokulwela ibhande.
UDricus du Plessis uthi ukunqoba nje uKamaru Usman kungase kunganeli ukuthola elinye ithuba lokulwela ibhande le-UFC.
Lo mdlali waseNingizimu Afrika uzobhekana nowayengumpetha we-welterweight emcimbini we-UFC Fight Night e-Oklahoma City ekuseni ngeSonto, ngesikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika.
UDu Plessis walahlekelwa ibhande le-middleweight kuKhamzat Chimaev waseRussia emcimbini we-UFC 319 ngoNcwa ka-2025.
Selokhu kwenzeka lokho, uChimaev ulahlekelwe yileli bhande walinika uSean Strickland waseMelika, okungumuntu uDu Plessis osewake wamnqoba kabili.
UDu Plessis ukleliswe endaweni yesibili esigabeni se-middleweight futhi ufuna elinye ithuba lokulwela leli bhande.
Kodwa utshele iphephandaba i-The Citizen ukuthi kumele enze okungaphezu nje kokunqoba u-Usman.
“Ukunqoba nje akungiqinisekisi ngempela ithuba lokulwela ibhande,” kusho yena.
UDu Plessis uthe udinga ukusebenza ngendlela engashiyi kungabaza ukuthi usengomunye wabadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni kwezokulwa.
U-Usman ukhuphuka esuka esigabeni se-welterweight ukuze alwele lo mdlalo, kodwa usengumdlali oyingozi kakhulu kwezokulwa phansi (wrestling).
UDu Plessis uchithe isikhathi esiningi sonyaka odlule ethuthukisa indlela yakhe yokulwa phansi ngemuva kokuthi indlela kaChimaev yokulwa imdalela izinkinga ezinkulu.
Utshele i-New York Post Sports ukuthi ukulahlekelwa ibhande kumsizile ukuthi abone ubuthakathaka emdlalweni wakhe.
“Ukube angilahlekelwanga, ngabe angikaze ngazi ukuthi nginazo lezi zinkinga,” kusho yena. “Ukulahlekelwa sekudlulile, kodwa engikufundile khona kuzongisiza kuphela esikhathini esizayo.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: UDricus du Plessis ebhekene no-Kamaru Usman.
Umthombo wesithombe: Dricus du Plessis/Instagram