UFC 312 was a shutout, in which Dricus Du Persis Sean Strickland -Pilaar defeated to post for a unanimous decision victory.
Du Plessis has now built a solid middleweight CV, with victories over three former champions in Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker and Sean Strickland (twice). However, his rematch with Strickland was expected to be a close struggle, with their most important event result at UFC 297 very controversial.
Nevertheless, Du Plessis was prepared, stuck Strickland's puncture, surpasses him and broke his nose. His nose half fight in a gnarly highlight reset strickland.
The official score cards of the UFC for the fight tell a simple story.
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Sean Strickland won only one round on three scorecards from jury members against Dricus du Plessis
The official UFC 312 Scorecards for Du Plessis vs. Strickland show a unanimous score for the South African. Strickland was not close to stealing the game and only got one round on all three score cards: the second round, in the opinion of Ben Cartlidge.
It shows the lack of adaptation of Strickland, because he was holding on to the same game plan as the first fight in 2024. The alleged Staph infection of Strickland could also be the cause, but 'Tarzan' did not make that excuse after the fight.
Score cards for fan for Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis are even more damaging
100 percent of the media members scored the fight for Du Plessis. 20 of the 26 members had Du Plessis who won all five rounds, according to MMA decisions. 98 Score cards for fan were submitted to the website and just over five percent of users scored the struggle for Strickland, with an overwhelming 92 that gave the fight to 'DDP'.
Du Plessis has agreed to fight Alex Pereira somewhere in the future, but first wants to remove Khamzat Chimaev from the undefeated ranks.
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