Sean Strickland didn’t want to wait until UFC 297 to get his hands on Dricus Du Plessis.
After engaging in a heated verbal confrontation at Friday’s Seasonal Press Conference, things came to a boiling point while the reigning middleweight world champion and his first challenger were on hand at T-Mobile Arena for UFC 296. Both fighters were shown on the big screen during a segment promoting their impending title tilt and everything appeared to be going to plan.
Moments later, chaos erupted as Sean Strickland calmly asked a family to move out of the way before leaping over a row of seats and laying into Du Plessis with a series of strikes before being separated by security.