Sean Strickland will defend his middleweight crown against Dricus Du Plessis in 2-24’s first PPV at UFC 297. Meanwhile, the two have already begun an extensive feud amongst themselves. Despite not having a long-tie rivalry, Strickland and Du Plessis have become new foes and seem to share a real bad blood.
It all started with the two brawling with each other during the UFC 296- Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington event in USA. Strickland and Du Plessis were in the arena when the challenger began to taunt the champion.
Per the video footage, Sean Strickland decided to respond back to Dricus Du Plessis by unloading a gruesome attack on him. Before jumping upon his upcoming opponent, Sean Strickland advised everyone on his way to get off to prevent children and women in the arena. Strickland described how the brawl began on is latest apparent to Theo Von’s podcast.
He said, “Like I’m at this press conference right and he’s like talking about like child molestation child abuse. Yeah like and here I am dude like now if I now I’m in this weird position where I can’t defend myself because say like, say I’m like hey f** you man like my dad never f**ed me but I’m gonna put my… if I if I would have followed up with it now what am I doing? I’m pretty much saying that like what you said by joking about like being abused or molested.”
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Sean Strickland Goes off on Dricus Du Plessis
The two engaged themselves in a physical rift before everyone else intervened and split the two. However, it seemed that Sean Strickland was the one to put more damage on his opponent. Several people offered mixed reactions to it a many people backed Strickland for the attack. Meanwhile, a few criticized the actions too.
It will all go down at UFC 297 when Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis will be officially charged to fight each other. With the 185 lbs UFC gold at stake, the matchup can become more intense. It will be Sean Strickland’s first UFC title defense while Dricus Du Plessis first UFC title attempt. It remains to be seen who gets the upper hand on the fight night.