According to Dricus Du Plessis , Sean Strickland thought he lost their fight in its immediate aftermath at UFC 297. Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) dethroned Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) to become middleweight champion in a tightly contested main event in Toronto earlier this month. Days after their fight, Strickland said he thought he won , but Du Plessis revealed that that’s not what Strickland told him before the judges rendered their scorecards. “This is the first time publicly I’ll say this: He came to me in the cage directly before they announced me as the new champion. I went to him and I shook his hand and I said, ‘You’re a warrior. Well done – (that) was a great fight.’ And he said, ‘No, you definitely beat me,’” Du Plessis told SuperSport
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