JOHANNESBURG - UFC middleweight world champion Dricus du Plessis returns home on Thursday.
He's the first South African to win a UFC world title.
But he's also courted controversy.
Du Plessis called the government 'the worst in the world'.
Those comments were deemed 'unfortunate' by Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa.
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