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Consensus 67 picks · conf 75/99
du Plessis 13
54 Whittaker
FPLAST pick du Plessis
Tale of the tape the matchup, side by side
DPdu Plessis 23-3 VS 27-9 WhittakerRW
6'1" height 6'0"
185 lb weight 205 lb
76" reach 74"
32 age 35
Switch stance Orthodox
Recent form last five, most recent first
du Plessis23-3
L KC Chimaev Decision · R5 Aug '25
W SS Strickland Decision · R5 Feb '25
W IA Adesanya Submission · R4 Aug '24
W SS Strickland Decision · R5 Jan '24
W RW Whittaker KO/TKO · R2 Jul '23
Whittaker27-9
L RR Ridder Decision · R5 Jul '25
L KC Chimaev Submission · R1 Oct '24
W IA Aliskerov KO/TKO · R1 Jun '24
W PC Costa Decision · R3 Feb '24
L DP Plessis KO/TKO · R2 Jul '23
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RU RotoWire MMA / UFC picks Robert Whittaker “my pick is Jalin Turner I Dricus du Plessis think DraftKings Dricus du Plessis plus 370 Robert Whittaker is better than Dricus du Plessis” $4.70
TM The MMA-Holes picks Robert Whittaker “I'm picking Robert Whittaker by decision”
MH Max Holloway picks Robert Whittaker VALUE “I can see a hundred percent decision”
JR JrBlessed picks Robert Whittaker VALUE “Robert Robert Whittaker he should win this fight he should dominate this fight”
RW Ryan The Champutee Wallace picks Robert Whittaker “so I think Robert Whittaker is going to keep the game and Remains the guy if there wasn't the guy Robert Whittaker by the suit”
ZP Zlatan's Fight Picks picks Robert Whittaker “I'm gonna pick Robert Robert Whittaker in this fight because realistically Robert Robert Whittaker should win this fight but jerkus duplicity is one of those guys that will be able to somehow pull these victories out and he's really impressed me with with how he digs down and finds a way to win somehow some way and granted he's been beating guys that Robert Robert Whittaker can easily beat but and he is to Percy is making it close so I mean realistically Robert Robert Whittaker is the better fighter but Rick is duplessy has been stepping up his fight game every single time he fights so he fights accordingly I think to the guys he's fighting so he might be able to step it up the only chance for a duplicate to win this is to catch Whitaker and knock him out that might happen that might not happen I mean I'm gonna pick Robert Robert Whittaker for the for this uh decision I mean fairly high confidence that he should win this but I gotta admit duplicity has shown um abilities of rising up to the opponent so if he does that it makes a competitive fight he I mean it wouldn't surprise me if he squeezed out a victory somehow and I don't even know how he's going to squeeze it out but he just manages to do it so I mean I'm just guessing Robert worker might be too much for him so Robert Robert Whittaker is the pick”
UM Unchained Minds picks Robert Whittaker “got Robert Whittaker versus Dricus du Plessis but this is a good fight this gets me Yoki massive rubber Robert Whittaker fan but I do think the Dricus du Plessis is a good fighter and you've got all the stuff with the Addison him saying he's the real African fighter in the UFC and there's all that bad blood so adesanya wants to place these things he wants to slap the [ __ ] out of him he said he said there's some seriously there's some seriously no I think there's enough bad blood that if they see each other like it could I think I decide who might lose his head but you've got to get past the Robert Whittaker I don't think he is in a three-round fight either in a free round fight Robert Whittaker's takedown defenses unbelievable and people don't realize that they think he can't wrestle the guy was uh Australian in the Australian National wrestling team yeah you see his takedown defense against Joel Marrero uh and that was when Joel Monroe was Yoki”
TP The False 9 Podcast picks Robert Whittaker “I think Robert Whittaker gets it done in two rounds”
RA Ringside Report Network - Combat Sports Authority picks Dricus du Plessis “I have a feeling it's going to be uh duplicitous is like gonna take this fight so I'm going for a reflexes with the win”
AF Against The Fence picks Robert Whittaker VALUE “I think Robert Whittaker Whittaker I think that's a result I'm picking” $1.24
AF Against The Fence picks Dricus du Plessis “I don't see him taking Rubble Whitaker down or if he does rubble Whitaker's so good again back to his feet” $4.10
SD Santino DeFranco picks Robert Whittaker “I think Robert Whittaker is going to slow it down”