Dricus Du Plessis established his rivalry with Sean Strickland on UFC 312 on Saturday evening and scored an extensive unanimous decision gain.
The pair crashed for the first time at UFC 297 last January in what is remembered as a completely non-winding fight, despite their pre-fighting criminals.
Although their first encounter was relatively unforgettable, this time Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland promised a more exciting matter and continued their words war in the press conference before the fight.
Du Plessis continued to keep his title in an extremely dominant way, managed himself as the middleweight champion and put a stamp on their rivalry.
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Dricus Du Plessis reveals what he told Sean Strickland Backstage after the main event
In the fourth round of their scrap, 'Still Knocks' landed a huge right hand directly on the nose of Strickland, which resulted in a break and much leaked blood.
Although the couple shared a lot of hatred for each other in the run -up to both fights, they embraced the last horn and even crossed paths backstage.
Usually that would be a reason for the promotion, but they remained respectful after sharing 10 rounds in the Octagon and the South African revealed what he told the 33-year-old.
“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 so ruined now,” said Du Plessis in the post-fighting pressure.
“He tried to break his nose back in the middle of the fight and for a strange reason I gave him the chance that I was, okay, let him get his nose (back in place) and then I was like no, no , Put this guy in the face while trying to do this, “he went on.
Dricus Du Plessis wants to fight Khamzat Chimaev in South Africa or Saudi -Arabia
After having successfully defended his title for the second time, there is 'Still Knocks' that now it is time for the UFC to finally bring an event to South Africa.
It seems that Khamzat Chimaev is the following in line for the middleweight title after Dana White hinted on that fight after UFC 312.
'Borz' has constantly encountered problems with regard to fighting in the United States, because he had difficulty reaching a visa, but Dana recently claimed that he will have no problems in the future, which shows that he in the States Will fight.
Nevertheless, Du Plessis wants to accept the Chechen in South Africa or in the middle.
“I don't care about PPVs, I care about taking names. (I would fight against him) In a fighting night in South Africa, no, no, I don't take any random fighting evenings, I will fight against him in South Africa on a fighting evening for sure.
“I certainly take it 100%on a PPV in Saudi. I even prefer that. To defeat him and to conquer another place, yes, perfect, “he said.
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