Dricus du Plessis just lately linked up with F1 famous person Carlos Sainz and despatched followers right into a frenzy. In an Instagram publish, du Plessis shared pictures of them and confirmed his followers a glimpse of him coaching like an F1 driver.
‘Stillknocks’ is among the many most well-known fighters on the UFC roster immediately and is a former middleweight champion within the promotion. In the meantime, Sainz is a Spanish F1 racer who at the moment drives for the Williams Racing workforce. He notably raced for Ferrari till the 2025 season.
In an Instagram publish, the South African fighter shared a few photos with Sainz and wrote:
“What an unbelievable day studying from a legend like @carlossainz55.”
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Quickly after, followers flocked to the publish’s feedback part to specific their response to the 2 sports activities stars linking up.
Sainz replied to du Plessis’ caption and wrote:
“Nice to fulfill you!”
One fan wrote:
“SMOOTH OPERATORRRRR.”
One other fan wrote:
“That is so wild seeing UFC and F1 combo, like. my two personalities assembly one another fr fr.”
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Dricus du Plessis’ coach points replace on ex-UFC champ’s return to motion
Coach Morne Visser does not need his star pupil Dricus du Plessis to hurry again into the cage after his title defeat in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 in August. The veteran coach made it clear that du Plessis wanted to work on his wrestling and can be able to return early subsequent yr.
In an interview with Submission Radio, Visser shared an replace on du Plessis’ potential return and stated:
“So, he’s clearly going to take every week off, perhaps two weeks max. So that provides us, name it finish of August. Then I want 12 to 16 weeks, which is like three to 4 months, to type this downside [wrestling skill gap] out. I do not want health, I do not want power, I do not want conditioning, I need not repair his arise, I simply want to repair this downside, and it is a fixable downside. I want about 12 to 16 weeks to repair the issue after which return into camp instantly, a 12-week battle camp. So, we’ll be again early subsequent yr.”
Edited by Nishant Zende.

