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<p>African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ??South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis.?CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.</p>
How South Africa got its first UFC middleweight champ

African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ??South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis.?CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.

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<p>African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ??South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis.?CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.</p>
How South Africa got its first UFC middleweight champ
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<p>In a special edition of?African Voices, we?bring you the best of?My Drive, a digital series where?celebrities?open up about?their?lives?while?driving?through their?hometowns. In this episode, the?Nigerian?music sensations?L.A.X, Majeeed, Chike, and Candy Bleakz,?and the?Ghanaian?star?Wendy Shay?share their personal journeys.</p>
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<p>South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, swimmer Chad Le Clos, hopes to defy the odds to achieve second gold at 32 in the 100-meter butterfly event. Moroccan B-Boy, Bilal Mallakh, aims to dazzle the crowds with his explosive moves in this year’s new discipline of Olympic Breaking. South?African?Skateboarding prodigy, Boipelo Awuah, withdrew from her event in Tokyo 2020 due to an accident and now is looking for Olympic redemption.</p>
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