Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland meet within the octagon yet another time with the middleweight title once more on the road in Saturday’s UFC 312 fundamental occasion. Watch MMA Preventing’s UFC 312 Timeline video above to see how their rivalry has raged on since their first assembly over a yr in the past.
At UFC 297 in January 2024, Strickland was set to defend his title for the primary time towards du Plessis, who had but to lose within the UFC. The South African standout stored his good file intact, successful a slender break up choice over Strickland, setting the stage for a future assembly if each fighters might keep on observe.
Certain sufficient, Strickland stored up his finish of the cut price with a call win over Paulo Costa the next June, and du Plessis settled his grudge with two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 in August, submitting “The Final Stylebender” within the fourth spherical. It didn’t take lengthy for the UFC to e book a championship rematch between du Plessis and Strickland.
Can du Plessis put his rival down for good, or will Strickland recapture UFC gold and presumably arrange a trilogy bout?
