Sean Strickland Wants Dricus du Plessis to Avoid Grappling at UFC 312
In a new clip posted on Full Violence, Sean Strickland suggested that he and Dricus du Plessis agree to ditch grappling for their upcoming rematch.
🚨 Sean Strickland wants to make a stand and bang pact with DDP. No takedowns. No grappling. Just striking.
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— Full Violence ™ (@Full_Violence) January 22, 2025
“Listen Dutchman, I’m going to need you to be a f*cking man,” Strickland said. “I’m gonna need you to stand up, not go to your knees, and we’re gonna need to strike like men. I know you like to wrestle and you like to f*cking choke people out and do some g*y sh*t, dude, but I’ll make a pact with you, you make a pact with me that we f*cking stand up like f*cking men and we settle this sh*t like men.”
It didn’t take long for du Plessis to catch wind of Strickland’s proposal, which has been shut down.
There are no pacts between Lions and men https://t.co/oLxMPwgqIq
— Dricus Du Plessis (@dricusduplessis) January 22, 2025
“There are no pacts between Lions and men.”
Following his first clash with Strickland, du Plessis had a successful title defense against Israel Adesanya, submitting him in the fourth round. As for Strickland, he earned a split decision victory over Paulo Costa. The general consensus is that the one judge who scored the fight in favor of Costa had an egregious score total.
