Video: Middleweight King Sean Strickland, Dricus du Plessis Brawl Cageside at UFC 296

Sean
Strickland and Dricus Du
Plessis went at it near the cage while in attendance for the

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s last pay-per-view event and
card of 2023.

Strickland is scheduled to defend his middleweight strap in the

UFC 297 headliner on Jan. 20 in Toronto. As it turned out, the
two came too close for comfort at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for

UFC 296.

The two got into a dustup in the crowd, which ended with law
enforcement intervening and escorting the middleweight champ out of
the arena.

UFC lightweight Jared
Gordon, who was also in the arena, witnessed the scuffle and
claimed on his X account, formerly known as Twitter, that
Strickland jumped over seats to “assault” du Plessis.

Strickland and du Plessis also had a heated altercation during
UFC’s 2024 seasonal press conference in Las Vegas on Friday after
the champ teased a sexual relationship between du Plessis and a
coach.