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Dricus du Plessis to return to the UFC octagon! Here’s when and where

A match-up between American Chris Curtis and South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis has been scheduled for UFC 273 on 9 April 2022.

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A match-up between American Chris Curtis and South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis has been scheduled for UFC 273 on 9 April 2022, sources confirmed to the MMA Fighting website.

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Curtis (28-8) will look to continue his winning ways after emerging as one of 2021’s best stories with his underdog UFC run.

The 34-year-old veteran made his UFC debut with back-to-back short-notice victories over Phil Hawes and Brendan Allen.

Despite being a heavy underdog in each bout, Curtis won both via highlight-reel knockouts.

Du Plessis is unbeaten in his UFC career

He’ll now face another highly-touted prospect in Dricus du Plessis (16-2), a 28-year-old middleweight who has also won his first two UFC bouts via knockout.

“Stillknocks” has finished all 16 of his professional victories. He holds a notable 2018 win over current KSW two-division champion Roberto Soldić.

Dricus du Plessis was due to fight Brazil’s Andre Muniz on the UFC 269 card in December 2021, but was forced to pull out with an undisclosed injury.

UFC 273 is set to be headlined by a pair of title fights featured featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and The Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, as well as the long-awaited rematch between bantamweights Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan.

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UFC 273 currently features the following bouts:

Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Chan Sung Jung – for the UFC featherweight championship

Aljamain Sterling (c) vs. Petr Yan (ic) – for the UFC bantamweight championship / title unification bout

Aspen Ladd vs. Irene Aldana

Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott

Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nassourdine Imavov

Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura

Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos

Pat Sabatini vs. Gavin Tucker

Darian Weeks vs. Ian Garry

Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel

Dricus du Plessis vs Chris Curtis