Sean Strickland sends Dricus Du Plessis a warning forward of UFC 312.
Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) runs issues again with middleweight champion Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) within the Feb. 8 essential occasion at Qudos Financial institution Area in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).
The previous middleweight champion is adamant that he was robbed in his cut up resolution loss to Du Plessis at UFC 297, and plans on marking up the South African’s face once more of their rematch.
“It comes all the way down to what I stated earlier than about f*cking Dricus on that quick bus,” Strickland informed MMA Junkie. “I respect him for it. He goes f*cking full ship – full f*cking ship, and I respect him for that. However you recognize, you’re a wrecking ball, I’m a f*cking scalpel.
“It simply comes all the way down to who’s higher. I believe I used to be higher final time, I believe I’m higher this time. I believe I’m going to f*cking piece you aside. Your face will look the very same after, if not worse.”
Strickland insists issues aren’t private with Du Plessis, however thinks the judges have been swayed by the mistaken issues of their first battle.
“I really feel like extra I bought robbed,” Strickland stated. “I really feel like that headbutt modified issues. It modified the optics, the dynamics. It’s not private within the sense that I hate Dricus. It’s simply private within the sense that we have to battle in a f*cking five-round battle and see what occurs.”
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 312.
You should definitely go to the MMA Junkie Instagram web page and YouTube channel to debate this and extra content material with followers of blended martial arts.