The wait is almost over for the UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2024.
On January 20, middleweight champion Sean Strickland looks to successfully defend his title for the first time against Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 297 in Toronto, Canada. The card also features a women’s bantamweight title fight between Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva in the co-main event.
Order UFC 297: Strickland vs Du Plessis
If UFC fans were asked at the beginning of 2023 who would be competing for the middleweight title at the beginning of this year, not many would’ve said Strickland and Du Plessis.