PBP UFC 297 Strickland vs. Du Plessis: Main Card PBP Discussion - Sat 1/20 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT

[jko1355]

Strickland round 1

 

[Gigaton Punch]

DDP's striking is bowling shoe ugly
I know he hits very hard and is a good finisher but yuck it's so rudimentary

 

[Unheralded Truth]

Sean with his usual point fighting, and success with it

 

[Actualized174]

Round 1 - Sean

 

[Couch Ninja]

Mostly responsible round. Lotta respect. Feeling each other out, getting comfortable, making reads and learning the distance. Sean's jab is a real weapon, an he cracked him with the right there at the end too

 

[Tapatio]

Strickland timing is impeccable

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

Close round slight edge to strickland

 

[AmonTobin]

R1 Strickland 10-9. Dricus huffing and puffing.

 

[Milenkovic]

1-0 Sean

 

[DrRodentia]

DDP's corner saying Sean is already tired is just a lie.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

1-0 Strickland.

Strickland's long guard is doing great work but DDP is getting close with those head kicks. That final blitz was interesting because DDP clearly wanted to switch it up but didn't get past the defence.

 

[Hdfi]

10-9 Strickland
DDP needs more takedowns

 

[FightsFTW]

Sean up 1 round. Awesome striking and defense. Dricus not winning a 5 rounder.

 

[jmboyd24]

Was in the exact same spot

If they dropped down to $250 I'd be there right now. Instead the UFC kept the tickets at $500+ and didn't sell them

 

[2009lurker]

Feels like Strickland is gonna pick apart DDP from range until round 3 and then he’s gonna pour it on and pressure DDP and trap him near the cage.

 

[Herwald]

Tense first round.

 

[RUSFANHERE]

DDP high kicks land

 

[Jon's Drug Dealer]

Easily 1-0 Strickland.

 

[cooljay1622]

ddp needs to go crazy. make it a dog fight and he will win.

 

[TGArthur]

Do you give the round just from that TD?