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Dricus du Plessis became the new middleweight champion following a back-and-forth battle with Sean Strickland in the UFC 297 main event and he wasted no time calling for a showdown with Israel Adesanya afterwards.

Sean Strickland’s head coach Eric Nicksick discusses the fallout of Strickland’s in-crowd fight with Dricus Du Plessis, and how one conversation has helped change the middleweight champ’s mindset ahead of UFC 297.

UFC 297 predictions, preview, and analysis for the Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis-led ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) event on Sat., Jan. 20, 2024 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also featuring Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva for the women’s bantamweight title.

Combat Press 2023 MMA Awards: Coach of the Year - Eric Nicksick

Combat Press 2023 MMA Awards: Gym of the Year - Xtreme Couture

"Coach of the Year" candidate from 2023, Eric Nicksick, reveals it was giving controversial UFC 297 headliner, Sean Strickland, "a home" that allowed him to grow as a martial artist and win the promotion’s Middleweight belt.

The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani is back to preview UFC 297 with a stacked lineup featuring Julianna Pena, Eric Nicksick, Jim Miller, Rose Namajunas, Donn Davis, and more.

The Sean Strickland story is one of the most surprising in middleweight history.

Sean Strickland once got kicked out of a gym for being "disrespectful to teammates." Now his current training partners and coaches detail what it’s like to have the controversial UFC middleweight champion in the gym.

Ngannou will spend the next two months in Saudi Arabia preparing for a blockbuster boxing bout against Anthony Joshua in March.