Sean Strickland has shed more light on his infamous brawl with Dricus du Plessis at UFC 296 in December.
The day prior to last month’s pay-per-view event, the pair featured as part of the UFC’s 2024 seasonal press conference. During the media event, heated words were exchanged by both sides, as du Plessis angered ‘Tarzan’ with comments targeting the childhood abuse Strickland suffered.
At UFC 296, ‘Stillknocks’ was seated two rows apart from the middleweight champion, and a brief interaction between them was all that was needed for tempers to flare. Dana White took full responsibility for the short-sighted decision to seat the pair so close together.
Now Sean Strickland has commented on White’s decision during an interview with ESPN MMA. He said this:
“I think the UFC set that up by the way”
‘Tarzan’ continued by confirming the rumor about him trying to bite Dricus du Plessis, adding:
“In my brain I’m like, ‘How can I f**k this guy up?’ I just gotta drop the downward strikes on the spine, maybe I get some damage. And then, in the video you’ll see it, I grab his head and I’m about to Mike Tyson [bite] this motherf***er. So I grab this dudes head and I think I even got a little hair in my mouth. There was a moment where I was about to take a f***ing chunk from him and I was like, ‘Sean, you can’t come back from this.'”
Catch Sean Strickland’s comments below (16:52):