TORONTO – UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has continually stretched the imagination when it comes to insults hurled before, during, and after his fights. So his recent claims that UFC 297 opponent Dricus Du Plessis crossed lines were met with mixed responses. The short answer is that Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) does not care if this makes him sound like a hypocrite , as Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC ) and others claimed because he puts no weight into the court of public opinion. The longer answer he gave at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday, however, outlined the attributes of what Strickland considers to be fair play vs. off-limits. “I just simply said that’s a line that I prefer we didn’t go there,” Strickland told MMA Junkie and other reporters
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