UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland threatened to ‘stab’ Dricus du Plessis in a chilling video.
The 32-year-old spectacularly gained the belt in a dominant displaying towards two-time former champion Israel Adesanya final September. ‘Tarzan’ has but to combat since however is booked to defend his belt for the primary time towards rising star Dricus du Plessis on Sunday (January 21).
The pair have been embroiled in a bitter feud since Du Plessis, 30, not too long ago introduced up the abuse Strickland suffered as a baby by the hands of his father.
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The feedback by the South African MMA star understandably did not go down effectively with Strickland who attacked his opponent in a wild brawl on the UFC 296 pay-per-view final month.
Seated simply a few rows behind the champion, ‘Still Knocks’ flipped off the American who circled and jumped over a number of seats to ship a number of blows to his Du Plessis’ head. Since the ugly scenes in December, Strickland had a chilling menace for his opponent.
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During an episode of his podcast ‘The Man Dance’ that he hosts with team-mate and fellow UFC fighter, Chris Curtis, Strickland revealed the disturbing menace he despatched his rival’s approach. “Remember when I attacked Dricus? I actually sent him a message,” the UFC champion mentioned on YouTube.
“Dude listen, Dricus, we’re gonna go try to murder each other, but if you bring that sh*t up again, I will f***ing stab you”. The California native broke down in tears earlier this month when opening up about his trauma throughout a dialog with comic Theo Von on his podcast ‘This Past Weekend’.
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Strickland made no qualms concerning the lengths he’d go to ought to Du Plessis ‘cross the road’ once more. “I’m just saying that’s a line that when crossed, it transcends fighting. If I go to Canada and you bring that up, guess what? I’m gonna go to jail, they’re gonna deport me and we spent eight weeks of training for no f***ing reason,” he added.