Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya commented on the fight between current champion Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis, which took place on December 17 at UFC 296 in Las Vegas (USA).
As a reminder, Strickland and du Plessis will fight at UFC 297, which takes place on January 21 in Toronto, Canada.
Fully respectable champions and title challengers. That’s what they did. ‘Oh, Israel is so embarrassing as a champion. Goes in the cage, meh, meh, meh.’ Then this is what they do. He jumped over the chair, sucker punched him and they had a little scrap. I liked it. I like a s*** show. Don’t we all?
Israel Adesanya
Du Plessis last fought against Robert Whittaker this past July at UFC 290. In that confrontation, Dricus won by technical knockout in the second round. He has 20 wins and two losses on his record.
Strickland last stepped into the octagon against Israel Adesanya in September of this year at UFC 293. That fight lasted the entire distance and ended in favor of Sean by unanimous decision of the judges. He has 28 wins and five losses on his record.