Dricus du Plessis thinks Belal Muhammad might be barking up the wrong tree. The UFC welterweight champion recently took a shot at the entire middleweight division, including champion du Plessis, telling Barstool Chicago,

Du Plessis and Muhammad both hold UFC gold. "Stillknocks" is the reigning 185-pound titleholder, while "Remember The Name" holds gold at welterweight. Muhammad has teased making the jump to 185 pounds. He even told Barstool Sports Chicago that, "185 is probably the easiest division."

One of the more promising prospects to break through the UFC rankings recently, Borralho (15-1) has won 7 in a row in the promotion, not far off from middleweight gold after battering last weekend's headliner Jared Cannonier to a bloody pulp in his last fight back in August.

South African UFC middleweight champion wants to face Khamzat Chimaev next, before moving up to challenge Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight title.

Coach Eric Nicksick assesses what he saw out of Sean Strickland at UFC 312 vs. Dricus du Plessis. Sean Strickland's coach Eric Nicksick can't begin to understand what went wrong at UFC 312.

Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland will finally run it back to determine who's the best middleweight in the UFC. This championship bout scheduled for five rounds is taking place Saturday, Feb. 9 (Sunday locally) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

Dricus Du Plessis expected to earn over $1 million for UFC 312 including bonuses and PPV shares. Sean Strickland projected to make up to $1.5 million for the fight, dependent on PPV performance. Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez will earn substantial purses for the co-main event at UFC 312, topping estimated earnings.

Dricus du Plessis discusses his latest UFC middleweight title defense over Sean Strickland, Belal Muhammad's recent comments, his game plan to stop Khamzat Chimaev and more.