With both fighters being deceptively difficult to kill, their first encounter back at UFC 297 ended up being a tactical, back-and-forth battle that saw Du Plessis narrowly scrape out a split decision win on the scorecards to become the new champion at 185 pounds.

Jared Cannonier sees why Sean Strickland didn't throw caution to the wind at UFC 312 - how can you, when you're facing Dricus du Plessis? The UFC middleweight champion picked up a thing or two from his first fight with Strickland at UFC 297,

If there was any lingering doubt, Dricus du Plessis shut it down for good in his UFC 312 rematch with Sean Strickland.