UFC Champion Dricus Du Plessis’s Historic Win Celebrated by Desmond Koolen in TikTok Video

UFC Champion Dricus Du Plessis’s Historic Win Celebrated by Desmond Koolen in TikTok Video

  • Dricus Du Plessis made a historic win in the UFC and has left many South Africans beaming with pride
  • The athlete received a shout-out from South African viral kid Desmond Koolen aka Desi on TikTok
  • Online users' hearts melted over the kid who gave a warm message to the UFC legend Dricus du Plessis

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Dricus Du Plessis made waves in the fighting world. The new champion was in a nail-biting fight against Sean Strickland

UFC Champion Dircus Du Plessis gets praise from Desmond Koolen
A UFC Champion, Dricus Du Plessis, got a message from Desmond Koolen in a TikTok video. Image: @actually_its_adele / Chris Unger
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Dricus Du Plessis inspired Desmond Koolen, who went viral for praising the Springboks. Online users joined him in congratulating the new UFC champion.

Dricus Du Plessis get congratulations from viral child

In a video by @actually_its_adele, a kid known as Desmond showed people that the UFC champion was getting lots of love from South Africa. In the video, he said SA was proud of him.

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Watch the sweet message below:

Dricus Du Plessis has South Africa raving

Many people commented that Desmond should become a sports ambassador. People were gushing over his message for the fighter.

PreciousLav commented:

"South Africa is estatic..We are proud. They underestimate South Africa but DDP showed them what SA are all about..Well Done."

Kirsty_PorkysPickles wrote:

"You are such an amazing soul ."

Banutty added:

"Hear me out... but Desi should be our sports ambassador ! Obviously during school holidays only! We care about your education."

appleuser88689258 gushed:

"And we so proud of you."

LatinoWarrior added:

"Little Brother you are awesome, we're proud of you too."

DesCptUk gushed:

"You are such a an awesome kid."

Cheeky Goose was in awe:

"We love this kid."

@MsJazzyd1Cpt applauded:

"Desi, I hope Dricus sees this and you get to meet him."

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Briefly News previously reported that rapper and businessman, Cassper Nyovest, has alluded to taking his celebrity boxing campaign to the global stage. The Bana Ba Stout hitmaker shared on Twitter that he might be having two matches in the future, one of which being international.

While the details of the bouts have not been made clear as yet, Nyovi has stated that the matches would be later this year and that his focus is currently on making music, fashion, and business.

Fans reacted with happiness and praise at the news, with many calling for Nyovi to take on fellow hip-hop star Big Zulu. The two had been speculated to be the next headline fixture in Cassper's boxing events.

Source: Briefly News

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