DRICUS YOU PLESSIS: UFC Champion followed by Sean Strickland Talk

In their first meeting in Toronto at UFC 297, Strickland had success with his jab in the early rounds and landed more strikes than you Plessis, but the South African cut Strickland’s eye in the fourth.

Strickland ended strongly and the match went to the judges scorecards, where you Plessis won 48-47, 48-47, 47-48.

The South African has studied footage of this meeting and changed his strategy as he seems to secure a ninth equal victory in the UFC.

“There are a lot of confidential, but of course we saw the mistakes we made and we made the adjustments,” he said.

“We saw areas where we are better than him and where we can do even better and he saw the same with us.

“So we had to resolve any mistake because they now know these mistakes so they will try to exploit it.

“With this fighting camp, what we worked with is everything I did to make it better, faster and more precisely, more precisely.

“I can’t make small mistakes. The margin for mistakes will be even smaller, so I have to be perfect on combat night.”