It seems Alex Pereira may have added motivation to nook Sean Strickland at UFC 312.
Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) challenges middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a title-fight rematch, which headlines Saturday’s occasion at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).
Strickland revealed that Pereira isn’t too massive of a fan of Du Plessis.
“I feel Alex is an indignant motherf*cker,” Strickland mentioned in an interview with UFC Information. “Like Alex is indignant and for some motive dude he hates Dricus. Like I don’t know what you probably did to him, however he f*cking hates you dude. so, it’s like the way in which he appears at Dricus generally I’m like, ‘Dude, I’m preventing him dawg, prefer it’s me dude.’ However yeah no, Alex, he simply has that hate in his coronary heart, and he’s an excellent dude so, he’s on the market, I used to be like, ‘Let’s come on, let’s get it in.’”
Pereira and Du Plessis have angled to battle one another up to now, with each fighters keen to maneuver weight courses to make it occur. Du Plessis not too long ago praised “Poatan,” but additionally has plans of changing into a two-weight UFC champion like him down the road.
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