UFC 282: South Africa’s Du Plessis Earns Submission Victory Over Till

• Dricus du Plessis moved up to the top ten in the rankings of the middleweight division with his third-round victory
• Darren Till was forced to tap out in the third round to a beautiful rear-naked choke from South Africa's du Plessis
• Cameron Saaiman, du Plessis' teammate at Team CIT, also secured an impressive victory in his debut fight for the UFC

Dricus du Plessis is still undefeated in the UFC.

South African fighter secured a submission victory at UFC 282, beating Darren Till in Round 3.

Du Plessis came out swinging in round one and landed 60 unanswered strikes in the first few minutes of round one. Stillknocks was close to getting a stoppage win in the first round but Till got back into the fight a bit. Round 2 saw Till come back and start to land some sniping shots. Dricus went back to the ground game, landing a heel hook towards the end of the round. Till didn't seem to have a way out of it but the bell came to his rescue. The third round was a more subdued start for either fighter, as they tried to pick their spots. Du Plessis was landing more jabs before going back to the ground. He got Till's back and locked in a rear naked choke, forcing the British fighter to tap out.

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The win means Du Plessis moves up to the top ten of the rankings in the Middleweight division.

How Cameron Saaiman secured victory in debut UFC bout

Cameron “MSP” Saaiman was described as the future by UFC President Dan White, and it's easy to see why.

The South African secured a TKO victory over Steven Koslow in his UFC debut at UFC 282 in Las Vegas.

Saaiman and Koslow put on an instant classic in their early prelim bout, as each tried to finish the fight in style, Sports Brief reported.

UFC 282: Blachowicz and Ankalaev go to war in a split draw title fight

The UFC is still without a light-heavyweight champion.

Poland's Jan Blachowicz and Dagestan's Magomed Ankalaev fought to a split draw decision in the main event of UFC 282, Sports Brief reported.

The fight went to the judges' scorecards, but neither fighter could be separated. One judge gave the fight to Blachowicz while the other gave the win to Ankalaev. The third judge saw the fights as a draw.