Dricus Du Plessis battered and bloodied Sean Strickland’s nostril en path to a dominant victory within the UFC 312 headliner on Saturday evening.
The opening spherical was pretty conservative with Strickland trying to set up his jab whereas Du Plessis combined up his kicks, focusing on the challenger’s midsection and lead leg. Issues just about went that means for a lot of the primary 4 rounds as Du Plessis stayed in regular management of the scrap.
Within the fourth spherical, issues took a flip for the more serious for Strickland after ‘DDP’ caught him with a nasty overhand proper that related clear and broke the challenger’s nostril on affect. That prompted Strickland to instantly retreat as Du Plessis went into headhunter mode.
To his credit score, Strickland fended off Du Plessis’ assault and made it to the fifth and remaining spherical. Sadly, Strickland wasn’t in a position to put up a lot of a combat all through the ultimate 5 minutes, main to a different dominant victory for the reigning middleweight world champion.
Official End result: Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland by way of unanimous resolution (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)