Dricus Du Plessis thinks he has a good suggestion what the UFC will do with Sean Strickland after he fell quick of their rematch.
Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) didn’t recapture the middleweight title from Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) on Saturday with a unanimous resolution loss within the UFC 312 principal occasion. The consequence pushes him distant from the title image, and which means matchmaking will get trickier.
Du Plessis thinks the subsequent transfer for Strickland is a no brainer, and it needs to be a rematch with fellow former champ Israel Adesanya, who additionally had his place as a contender diminished with a second-round knockout loss to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Struggle Evening 250.
“I do know what’s going to occur subsequent,” Du Plessis advised reporters post-fight at UFC 312. “I can nearly assure you what’s taking place subsequent: Is there any bets that he’s preventing Adesanya subsequent? I simply considered that. … I believe the Adesanya rematch will likely be superb. That’s what’s going to occur. It’s going to be a Struggle Evening principal occasion. I do know it.”
Strickland defeated Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) by unanimous resolution in his lone UFC title victory at UFC 293 in September 2023. He went on to drop the strap to Du Plessis in his first protection, and Du Plessis submitted Adesanya in August to kick off his title reign in a optimistic method earlier than beating Strickland once more within the rematch.
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