Both Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis bashed Israel Adesanya at the UFC 297 pre-fight press conference. Former champion Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) predicted that middleweight champ Strickland will lose his belt to Du Plessis in Saturday’s main event at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Both Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) were asked about Adesanya picking the South African fighter to win by submission, and both were quick to fire back. “Israel Adesanya is irrelevant right now,” Du Plessis said at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference
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