Sean Strickland assaults Du Plessis in crowd as ‘psychopath’ erupts at UFC 296
Sean Strickland shockingly attacked upcoming opponent Dricus Du Plessis cage-side at UFC 296.
The middleweight pair are as a consequence of face one another within the octagon at UFC 297 on January 20, they usually provided a preview of what followers can count on as they brawled amongst the gang on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
UFC middleweight champion Strickland, 32, was the aggressor. Du Plessis, sat simply two rows behind, appeared to repeatedly goad Strickland, who finally turned spherical and requested members of the gang – together with a younger boy – to make method.
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He then unleashed a flurry of punches on the South African, 29, with followers and safety desperately attempting to tug the duo aside. Once they had been lastly separated, Strickland smiled and raised his palms, seemingly in celebration.
Fans had been left shocked by the scenes, whereas a commentator on ESPN branded Strickland a “psychopath”. Others questioned the logic of seating the pair shut to one another. UFC president Dana White admitted duty for the seating plan, as he addressed the dust-up later within the night time.
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“I do every seating assignment every week, yeah,” he advised the press convention. “How f****** stupid is that, seriously? Well, I don’t know what humans you can seat Strickland next to, but definitely not Du Plessis. I don’t even know how I missed that.
“This is the business we’re in. I jumped in there, told Strickland to relax and go to the back. He decided to leave so he left the arena. Du Plessis is good, I was literally just talking to him.”
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White added: “No, we don’t like this stuff. We do everything in our power to make sure that it doesn’t happen.”
Strickland took to X (previously Twitter) to deal with the altercation. He posted: “I go hard on everyone I know this, izzy mouth feeding his dog, Dricus kissing his coach and grabbing his cup. Omally talking about sharing his wife in a podcast. You’re a man, on a world stage doing this in public. And what do you pick? “You got abused as a kid ha”.”