Legendary boxing trainer Teddy Atlas is very high on Dricus Du Plessis . Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) challenges middleweight champion Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 297 main event at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) . Du Plessis emerged as No. 1 contender when he finished former champion Robert Whittaker by TKO at UFC 290 which impressed Atlas. He praised the South African for not only physically imposing his will, but for having the fight IQ to go with it. “He is so big, he is so strong, he is so explosive, he is so devastating,” Atlas said on THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas
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