UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis was all enterprise in his first faceoff with challenger Sean Strickland as they met following the UFC 312 pre-fight press convention on Thursday.
Following a primary encounter that led to a razor-close cut up determination with du Plessis leaving as champion, Strickland has made it some extent all week that he needs his revenge and guarantees to not permit this battle to finish up as such a back-and-forth affair. In fact, Strickland additionally spouted off about du Plessis, Khamzat Chimaev and even his teammate Tatiana Suarez whereas continuously getting an increase out of the raucous crowd in Sydney, Australia.
For his half, du Plessis didn’t permit the boos to trouble him a lot as he continued to reply to Strickland however in the end the fighters even took time to go with one another throughout the query and reply session.
Within the co-main occasion, Zhang Weili places her strawweight title up for grabs in opposition to Suarez, who comes into the battle with an undefeated file and a perception that she would already be champion if not for a litany of accidents which have compelled her to overlook vital quantities of time throughout her UFC profession.
At her greatest, Suarez has been an absolute wrecking machine within the cage however it stays to be seen if she will be able to do the identical to Zhang, who has been a dominant champion since reclaiming the belt with a lopsided win over Carla Esparza in 2022.
Zhang additionally boasts a pair of wins over arguably the best strawweight champion in UFC historical past in Joanna Jedrzejcyzk however she’ll face a unique form of problem from a former Olympic wrestling hopeful in Suarez, who maintains one of many nastiest grappling video games within the sport.
UFC 312 goes down Saturday evening from Australia with the pay-per-view broadcast set to start at 10 p.m. ET.
