Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis fought in the middle of spectators during UFC 296, one month before their fight scheduled for January 21 for the under-84 kilo belt of the American organization. Between the two, tension rises at each press conference, during which the South African tries everything to destabilize his future opponent.
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While Sean Strickland will defend his under 84 kilo belt against South African Dricus du Plessis on January 21, they gave the public a taste of their future duel. During UFC 296 on the night of Saturday to Sunday, December 17, the two men sadly made a spectacle of themselves and fought in the middle of the audience.
In the images broadcast by the American organization, we see Sean Strickland in a white t-shirt, jumping on du Plessis, seated a few rows behind him, after having kindly asked the children who were between them to move back a little. All following some slight gesture provocations from the South African.
Explosive press conference the day before
A fight following an explosive press conference the day before. The challenger for the belt took the opportunity to provoke the champion about his childhood marked by violence suffered by his father. “ Do you think your father beat you? You’re going to see what it’s like to be beaten. Your childhood memories will come back “, he said.
In an interview with UFC Hot, Du Plessis returned to the incident: “ I don’t care if I touched it. He says what he wants, and I can say what I want. There is one thing that is a sore spot, a trigger for him. And now we no longer have the right to say anything? Man, if you want to do this job, you have to be able to handle it. […] I can’t believe it was so easy to reach him mentally “. The face-to-face weigh-in before the fight promises to be explosive.