Dricus Du
Plessis recently revealed the mental framework that he believes
is key to being a champion.

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According to the middleweight champ, it’s a prerequisite for every
fighter to be willing to die going into every fight. The South
African believes it’s his willingness to kill, if need be, that
sets him apart as the champion. “Stillknocks” coldly declared that
he’ll be willing to mercilessly damage his opponent in front of
their family, for as long as the referee doesn’t stop him.

“The mindset that you have to be willing to die when you get in
there. You have to, but that’s a minimum requirement,” Du Plessis
recently told Mark Bouris. “The harder part is, can you kill
a man when you have to? Yes, I can. So I’m willing to die and I’m
willing to take that life. I know that. When I go in there, if the
ref doesn’t stop it, I’m not stopping. I can be sitting on you for
10 minutes, bashing your face and if the ref doesn’t stay, ‘Stop,’
I’m not stopping. And that is the question that me as a modern day
gladiator has to ask myself. Am I still willing to die? Absolutely,
that’s easy. It’s are you willing to kill a man in front of his
family? Yes, I am. And that’s why I’m the world champion. Because I
say yes to that question every single time.”

Undefeated in eight UFC outings, Du Plessis won the middleweight
title with a close split-decision win over Sean
Strickland at UFC 297 last year. He went on to defend his
throne against former champ Israel
Adesanya via submission at UFC 305 this past August. Meanwhile,
Strickland bounced back with a split-decision win over Paulo Costa
and remained adamant on a rematch against du Plessis. Strickland
now gets that chance to reclaim the crown against Du Plessis in the
main event at UFC 312
on Saturday at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

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