Sean Strickland doesn’t need Dricus du Plessis to combine the martial arts after they combat once more at UFC 312.
The previous titleholder issued a problem to the present middleweight king on social media, telling du Plessis he desires to strictly meet within the standup with no grappling. Du Plessis defeated Strickland to win the belt at UFC 297 in a essential occasion bout that was contested totally on the toes.
Regardless, Strickland felt compelled to make his calls for anyway. Watch beneath.
Sean Strickland desires to make a stand and bang pact with DDP. No takedowns. No grappling. Simply placing.
Assortment goes dwell tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/n6yvhNq8tW
— Full Violence ™ (@Full_Violence) January 22, 2025
“I’m going to want you to be a f*cking man,” Strickland mentioned. “I’m going to want you to face up, not go to your knees, and we’re going to want to strike like males. I do know you wish to wrestle and also you wish to f*cking choke folks out… however I’ll make a pact with you, you make a pact with me that we f*cking arise like f*cking males and we settle this shit like males.”
Of their first assembly, du Plessis narrowly out-struck Strickland to take a break up resolution on the scorecards. The South African star is thought for his grappling, having overwhelmed opponents with ground-and-pound prior to now, and having scored a submission win over Israel Adesanya in his most up-to-date outing.
Du Plessis later took to social media to shoot down Strickland’s supply.
“There aren’t any pacts between lions and males,” du Plessis wrote on Twitter.
Du Plessis seeks his second consecutive title protection when he rematches Strickland on Feb, 8 in Sydney, whereas Strickland appears to be like to change into a two-time champ coming off of a convincing resolution win over Paulo Costa.
