Off the again of his UFC 312 victory in a single day, Dricus du Plessis might get his want at a second title cost within the promotion, with present mild heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira providing the South African the prospect to take him on for his championship subsequent.
Headlining the promotion’s return ‘Downunder’, undisputed middleweight champion, du Plessis retained his divisional crown with a formidable unanimous resolution win over two-fight rival, Sean Strickland within the pair’s rematch, outworking and outstriking the problem over the course of 5 rounds.
And handing the title chaser some large adversity within the third spherical, du Plessis landed flush with an enormous overhand proper shot, fracturing Strickland’s nostril and sending blood gushing down his face for the remaining two championship rounds.
Driving out a call win over Strickland to rack up his second title struggle victory over the outspoken American challenger, du Plessis instantly switched focus to a pairing with the above-mentioned, Pereira — who cornered Strickland in a single day, in a bid to turn out to be a two-weight champion.
Alex Pereira open to Dricus du Plessis struggle after UFC 313 return
“This is another one of my Achilles [quotes], and since he’s standing across the Octagon, is there no one else?” Dricus du Plessis informed Daniel Cormier throughout his post-fight interview, whereas obvious at mild heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira. Is there nobody else?”
And through an interview with Full Ship MMA backstage following UFC 312, Pereira revealed that he has agreed with du Plessis to fulfill subsequent for his mild heavyweight crown — after he takes on Russian rival, Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 subsequent month.
“Let’s make it happen at 205… Absolutely, of course, we are focused for March 8th, but since this happened right now, we couldn’t let it pass, we shook hands, so we deal,” Alex Pereira mentioned of a future struggle with Dricus du Plessis.”
Alex Pereira simply known as out Dricus Du Plessis for a brilliant struggle at 205. He mentioned he bumped into him backstage and took challenge to his “Is there no one else comments” and mentioned “I’m here” and desires to make the struggle occur. #UFC312 pic.twitter.com/BV9oBRj4Ws
— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) February 9, 2025
