South Africa's Dricus Du Plessis claimed a landslide decision victory in his title rematch with Sean Strickland to retain his UFC middleweight title in Sydney.

With both fighters being deceptively difficult to kill, their first encounter back at UFC 297 ended up being a tactical, back-and-forth battle that saw Du Plessis narrowly scrape out a split decision ...

Dricus Du Plessis already had a win over Sean Strickland going into UFC 312 ... and expressed confidence in the rematch. He failed to get much going, however, and was essentially a sitting ...

Dricus Du Plessis met Sean Strickland again in a title fight in the UFC 312 main event, but there was no controversy on the cards this time.

Du Plessis has now built himself a solid middleweight resume, with wins over three former champions in Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker, and Sean Strickland (twice). However, his rematch with ...

Du Plessis took the belt from Strickland in ... Cruz retires as ‘complicated’ injury derails final fight Sean Strickland sparks backlash ahead of UFC 312 after launching insults at Australia ...

The South African was around a 2-1 favorite heading into the rematch with ... and while Strickland did have success during the early going it was du Plessis that continually threw his strikes ...

Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland face off ahead of their rematch at UFC 312. / (Zuffa LLC) "It was just uninspired fighting to me," Nicksick said of Strickland's performance on The Ariel ...