TORONTO — American Sean (Tarzan) Strickland will make his first middleweight title defence against South Africa's Dricus (Stillknocks) du Plessis at UFC 297 in Toronto on Jan. 20.
The matchup of two hard-hitters was one of three planned bouts in the New Year announced Monday by UFC president Dana White in a social media post. Strickland confirmed the time and place in a separate post.
Strickland won the 185-pound title in September when he upset Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in Sydney. That appears to be a reference to a fight between American Raquel Pennington and Brazil's Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant UFC women's bantamweight title that reportedly will also be on the Toronto card.His social media post featured a pro-U. S. raunchy music clip from the 2004 adult puppet film"Team America: World Police" made by the South Park creators.
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