Tricus to Plessis Sanctified World Middleweight Champion from Ultimate Fighting Championship By yanking the belt from Sean Strickland at this Saturday, January 20 event UFC 297 The American was also crowned on a card held at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada Rachel Pennington.
The South African knew how to control the former champion from the first moment, even earlier hitting him with low blows that reminded him of his difficult childhood and his relationship with his father. Strickland He realized they were going too far and didn't want to ask again.
Already inside the war cage Du Plessis proved to be the best from the start He managed to dominate the fight against Strickland, who was not his best version and suffered a spectacular wound to the eyebrow that left him bleeding for more than half of the fight.
But neither fighter was going to give an inch, and in the final seconds it turned into a tussle where the American looked so tired he just couldn't.
Judges awarded Struggle against Tricus du Plessis in a split decision Two cards in favor of South Africa 48-47 and another with the same result gave Strickland the winner.
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