The final event on the Ultimate's 2023 calendar, UFC 296, divided fans' attention between the excellent fights taking place inside the octagon and the brawl between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis in the front rows of the T-Mobile Arena. According to witness Gilbert Burns , the entire commotion was premeditated by the middleweight champion (up to 83,9 kg).
During an appearance on the 'JAXXON' podcast, Durinho, who saw his own family become an important supporting player in the fight, with Strickland asking his wife and son to step away before attacking Du Plessis, revealed that the middleweight champion had already warned him about the possibility of starting a brawl during the event.
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“They were my wife and my son. When Sean (Strickland) got to the arena, he kind of looked at the guy (Du Plessis). I think he’s already thought, ‘Man, what s***. You brought your wife and children’. I answered yes. He said, ‘Yeah, this f***ing guy is here. Maybe I’ll do something with this guy’. That was before the fight! When he arrived, he already had everything in mind. He warned me that if he was going to do something, he would let me know. When things started to escalate, the guy (Strickland) kind of looked at me and said it was time,” said the Brazilian.
Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis will face each other, this time officially, in the main event of UFC 297 , on January 20th, in Toronto, Canada, for the middleweight title (up to 83,9 kg).
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