UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus Du Plessis will be in action in the next few weeks against a fighter he knows very well.
on February 8 in Australia. Strickland lost the title to Du Plessis earlier this year by split decision after winning it against Adesanya in September 2023.The 33-year-old American will have another opportunity to reclaim the title that he lost to Du Plessis in a split decision in Toronto back in January.
One of Du Plessis’s most significant wins was against two-time champion Israel Adesanya in August. The 30-year-old made ‘The Last Stylebender’ submit in front of a packed crowd in Perth, Australia. “But there was a very big reason no contracts have been signed, and I’m saying this as an opinion. I agreed that I’ll fight Strickland, perfect — and that’s the fight the fans want. But if you go on what the fans want right now, it’s definitely not the Strickland fight,” he said in October.Singer Tyla who has been abroad for six months revealed that she went straight to Chicken Licken when she arrived in South Africa.
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