Dricus Du Plessis Bloodies and Batters Sean Strickland En Route to Dominant Victory – UFC 312 Highlights

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 seeking to set up his jab whereas Du Plessis combined up his kicks, concentrating on the challenger’s midsection and lead leg. Issues just about went that method 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 severe for Strickland after ‘DDP’ caught him with a nasty overhand proper that linked 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 capable of put up a lot of a battle 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 determination (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)

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