Stats

24–3–0

26 professional bouts. Nine of the first ten inside the UFC won. Middleweight champion from January 2024 to August 2025.

How he wins

Submission 11

KO / TKO 9

Decision 4

Tale of the tape

Age

Height

6′1″ / 185cm

Reach

76″ / 193cm

Stance

Southpaw

Weight class

Middleweight

Team

Team CIT

Born

Welkom, ZA

Fighting out of

Pretoria, ZA

UFC fight history

Win

Kamaru Usman

Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night, 2026

Loss

Khamzat Chimaev

Decision (unanimous)

UFC 319, 2025

Win

Sean Strickland

Decision (unanimous)

UFC 312, 2025

Win

Israel Adesanya

Submission, R4

UFC 305, 2024

Win

Sean Strickland

Decision (split)

UFC 297, 2024

Win

Robert Whittaker

TKO, R2

UFC 290, 2023

Win

Derek Brunson

TKO, R2

UFC 285, 2023

Win

Darren Till

Submission, R3

UFC 282, 2022

Win

Brad Tavares

Decision (unanimous)

UFC 276, 2022

Win

Trevin Giles

KO, R2

UFC 264, 2021

Win

Markus Perez

KO, R1

UFC Fight Night, 2020

Titles

UFC Middleweight Champion

January 2024 – August 2025

EFC Middleweight Champion

Extreme Fighting Championship

EFC Welterweight Champion

Extreme Fighting Championship

KSW Welterweight Champion

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