Off the again of his dominant choice win over Sean Strickland tonight, UFC 312 headliner, Dricus du Plessis has staked his declare for a brilliant battle with undisputed mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira — questioning if there’s anyone else to take him on at 185lbs.
du Plessis, the present undisputed middleweight champion, returned to motion tonight in the principle occasion of UFC 312 in Sydney, delivering a reasonably one-sided unanimous choice (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) victory over former champion, Strickland within the pair’s heated title rematch.
Dominating their pairing from the opening spherical onwards, du Plessis triggered some main concern for the title challenger — shattering his nostril with a shocking overhand proper shot, forcing Strickland to realign his snout within the ultimate minutes of the body.
Dricus du Plessis points problem to Alex Pereira after UFC 312
And efficiently defending his middleweight crown for a second straight event following a previous submission win over common-foe, Israel Adesanya — du Plessis appears to have plans for a light-weight heavyweight title cost — issuing a problem to Pereira, who corned former-foe, Strickland tonight ‘Downunder.
“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?”
Himself set to return at UFC 313 subsequent month, Sao Paulo star, Pereira appears to defend his mild heavyweight crown for the fourth time since his title ascension, taking up surging primary ranked challenger, Magomed Ankalaev in an enormous grudge battle in Las Vegas.
