Dricus Du Plessis plans to “sleep” each Alex Pereira and Sean Strickland and he’s blissful to allow them to resolve which one goes night-night first.
After incomes a win over Strickland in January to win the UFC middleweight title, ‘DDP’ scored his first profitable protection final month, besting Israel Adesanya in Perth by way of a fourth-round submission victory by way of RNC.
Instantly following the win, Pereira, who held the 185-pound title earlier than shifting as much as gentle heavyweight, revealed his plan to maneuver again right down to middleweight one final time to problem Du Plessis. Whereas a rematch with Strickland is sort of definitely up subsequent for Du Plessis, the South African star is very happy to beat down each fighters.
As for who’s first, he doesn’t actually care.
“@AlexPereiraUFC you and also you boyfriend @SStricklandMMA can have a home dispute on who will get slept first,” Du Plessis wrote on X.
Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 is on the horizon as Pereira marches towards his third title protection of 2024
With Alex Pereira already booked for his third title protection of 2024 on October 5 and Strickland selecting to take a seat out till he will get his rematch with Du Plessis, the likeliest state of affairs is that we’ll see ‘DDP’ vs. Strickland 2 happening someday in early 2025.
The 2 first met final January at UFC 297 when ‘Tarzan’ entered the bout because the middleweight champion. The pair delivered an entertaining five-round scrap that noticed ‘DDP’ stroll away with the win by way of a really shut and extremely contestable cut up resolution.
Strickland lobbied for an instantaneous rematch however was pressured to return down the rankings and get one other win first. He did precisely that in June, defeating Paulo Costa at UFC 302.
