Dricus Du Plessis had one big problem to complain about in the aftermath of UFC 312.
The UFC champion middleweight hit the nose of Sean Strickland's pieces on its way to a crooked point win in their main event Rematch in the Qudos Arena in Sydney, Australia on Sunday morning local time.
'DDP' earned glowing praise from Joe Rogan and countless MMA fans because they look easy at UFC 312.
However, a couple of fans looked out of Cageside, expressed dissatisfaction by Booing during the five-rounder.
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Dricus Du Plessis responds to UFC 312 Angry
Dricus Du Plessis is proud of having a Gung-Ho-Vecht style that the UFC fans love.
However, part of the crowd did not like what they saw during his rematch with Strickland.
Loudly angry sporadic around the location and Du Plessis frustrated during his fight.
After he had lifted his hand, the 31-year-old suggested that Strickland was the fault of the Booing fans.
“I don't put on boring fights,” said Du Plessis Full Send MMA.
“I don't have the power because I don't know how to fight like that. When I heard the anger, they are 100 percent towards him in mind. And if it was on me, you're stupid, everyone who drags out.
“I went ahead all the time. In the stage when I heard the angry, it drove me crazy. I had something like 'come on, guy. Fight against me! “The first and second round I was on the head. In that third round he just avoiding.
“I became super frustrated because people pay a lot of money to be here and I want to give the fans a show.
“That annoyed me. That drives me crazy. I will have to view it again. If it was boring, I'm really sorry, that's not my fault. I went ahead. I wanted to fight. I know there were times when it wasn't a war, but it's not my fault. I went forward and I wanted to fight. “
Dricus du Plessis Details after the fight conversation with Sean Strickland
Du Plessis and Strickland clearly have a lot of respect for each other after sharing 10 rounds in the Octagon.
Yet that the middleweight champion did not hold on his rival in the aftermath of their UFC 312 fight.
“I told him he was ugly when we fought because he was not a beautiful person, but when I saw him afterwards when I hit him in the nose, I said:” Wow, I can't believe you're uglier “and he I thought, “Your nose is now so ruined,” said Du Plessis in the press conference after the fight.
“He tried to break back his nose in the middle of the fight and for a strange reason I gave him the chance,” he added. “I had something like that, okay, let him get his nose (back in place) and then I was like, no, this guy hits the face while trying to do this.”
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