Friday was quite the day for former UFC champion Sean Strickland. Just hours after he bloodied streamer Sneako and sent quasi-death threats to Jake Paul on X, Strickland engaged in another altercation – this time in-person with music star Machine Gun Kelly. Strickland and MGK crossed paths as spectators at a star-studded Power Slap event … Read more
![Dricus du Plessis: ‘This is not the end for me’ [watch]](http://www.thesouthafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dricus-1.jpg "Dricus du Plessis: ‘This is not the end for me’ [watch]")
UFC Middleweight World Champion Dricus du Plessis returned home to South Africa and was interviewed during a press conference in Kempton Park as seen in a video shared on Thursday, 25 January via X (the social media platform previously known as Twitter). HALALA! UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION RECEIVES A HERO’S WELCOME Dricus du Plessis made history … Read more
The UFC on Saturday returns to Toronto for the first time since December 2018 with UFC 297 at Scotiabank Arena. The first numbered event of the year features a title fight doubleheader. In the main event, Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) will attempt to defend the middleweight title against Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, … Read more
The UFC is back for its first pay-per-view of 2024, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 297 takes place Saturday at Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+. In the … Read more
