UFC middleweight world champ Dricus du Plessis returns home

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.