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MMA Fighting has UFC 297 results for the Strickland vs. du Plessis fight card, live blogs of the entire UFC 297 main card, and more from the event Saturday night at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland will make his first title defense against Dricus du Plessis. Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva will clash in the co-main event for the vacant UFC women’s bantamweight title. Check out UFC 297 results below. Two Titles Up for Grabs at UFC 297! Watch Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis, more – LIVE HERE…
UFC 297 kicks off the pay-per-view schedule for 2024 with two title fights, including a middleweight championship main event that has the likelihood to feature chaotic results — and you can watch the cold open for the UFC’s return to Toronto below. In the main event, Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis battle for the 185-pound title. Strickland captured the championship with a dominant 25-minute decision win over two-time champ Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in September, while du Plessis looks to remain undefeated in the UFC octagon and build upon the momentum of a stunning second-round finish of former…
Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis will battle in the main event for the UFC middleweight title of UFC 297 in Toronto on Saturday, the promotion’s first pay-per-view event of 2024. While the card as a whole isn’t anywhere near comparable to the UFC’s next three pay-per-view cards, the Strickland vs. du Plessis matchup is doing a lot of heavy lifting as the anticipation continues to build. Ahead of the event, and the 185-pound title fight, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, and Eric Jackman preview UFC 297, Strickland vs. du Plessis, the potential of the winner turning around for…
Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis are ready to end the talking and get to the fighting. Strickland and du Plessis are set to collide in the main event of UFC 297 Saturday night in Toronto for the UFC middleweight championship. After a roller coaster build that saw everything from personal trash talk, to an in-the-crowd skirmish at UFC 296, to eventually exchanging pleasantries during fight week, the headliners went face-to-face one last time — with Strickland not even stepping on the scale, and du Plessis being held back — at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins before giving their final thoughts on…
UFC 297 takes place on Saturday at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Headlined by a middleweight title fight between Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis, the card also features a vacant women’s bantamweight title fight between Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva, as well as 10 other fights worth watching. Let’s take a look at the best bets available this weekend. As always, all odds are courtesy of our friends at DraftKings Sportsbook. Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Straight Bets Dricus du Plessis, -102 This is a razor-close fight, and if you think Strickland is going to…
One of the wildest moments of Thursday’s UFC 297 press conference saw an excited fan rush onto the stage to shake the hand of middleweight champion Sean Strickland — but how did he break free to get there? In a video that was posted on the Verdict MMA Twitter page, the unidentified Strickland supporter is shown juking an usher, running to a balcony, scaling it, then thwarting a security guard before getting to one-half of Saturday’s headliner in Toronto. The fan was then taken away by security. Check out the full trip made by the fan, from the cheap seats…
Dan Ige has a new opponent for his next UFC bout. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Ige will now face Andre Fili at UFC Vegas 86, which takes place Feb. 10 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. MMA Junkie first reported the new booking. Fili will step in to replace Lerone Murphy, who was forced to withdraw from the scheduled featherweight bout due to an undisclosed injury. Murphy’s scratch was first reported by Violent Money TV. Ige is set to make his 16th octagon appearance, and looks to bounce back from…
Vadim Nemkov is no longer the Bellator light heavyweight champion. On Wednesday, Bellator officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Nemkov vacated the 205-pound belt with plans to only focus on heavyweight moving forward. He’s already booked his next fight with a showdown scheduled against ex-PFL champion Bruno Cappelozza at the upcoming PFL vs. Bellator card on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia. MMA Junkie initially reported the news. As of now, the Bellator light heavyweight title remains vacant but a new champion will be crowned sometime in 2024. Undefeated in 10 fights with Bellator, Nemkov ran roughshod over the light heavyweight…
Sean Strickland had the Toronto crowd eating out of the palm of his hand at Thursday’s UFC 297 press conference ahead of his title defense against Dricus du Plessis. With a victory, where could it propel Strickland in terms of being a top draw for the UFC moving forward? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck reacts to the wild pre-fight presser in Toronto, how over Strickland was with the crowd, and his approach to a gentleman’s agreement for an all-out war with du Plessis. Additionally, topics include multiple fighters missing weight for UFC…
Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis are set to be the main event for the UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2024. At Friday’s official morning weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC 297 event at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Strickland was first to step to the scale, coming in at 184.75 pounds for his first defense of the middleweight title. Challenger Dricus du Plessis successfully weighed in at 184 pounds. In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington (134.8) and Mayra Bueno Silva (135) also successfully made weight. They battle one another for a vacant bantamweight title. While the main card weigh-ins went off without a…