Dricus Du Plessis battered and bloodied Sean Strickland’s nose en route to a dominant victory in the UFC 312 headliner on Saturday night.
The opening round was fairly conservative with Strickland looking to establish his jab while Du Plessis mixed up his kicks, targeting the challenger’s midsection and lead leg. Things pretty much went that way for much of the first four rounds as Du Plessis stayed in steady control of the scrap.
In the fourth round, things took a turn for the worse for Strickland after ‘DDP’ caught him with a nasty overhand right that connected clean and broke the challenger’s nose on impact.