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Rugby World Cup 2023 winners Willie Le Roux, Retshegofaditswe “Ox” Nche and Jesse Kriel “weet hulle weet nie”! All of them despatched a message of encouragement and luck to Dricus du Plessis forward of his Final Preventing Championship middleweight title struggle towards the defending champion Sean Strickland at UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis on January 20 in Ontario, Canada.
“Hulle weet nie wat is weet nie!” That is the message that Jesse Kriel had for Dricus du Plessis forward of the most important night time of his blended martial arts profession.
Kriel was joined by fellow Springboks Willie Le Roux and Retshegofaditswe “Ox” Nche in wishing Du Plessis properly for his Final Preventing Championship middleweight title struggle towards the defending champion Sean Strickland. The competition will headline UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis on the Scotiabank Enviornment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, 20 January. The video message was accompanied by the shifting patriotic music “Ons Vir Jou Suid-Afrika” sung by the legendary and appropriately named Bok van Blerk.
Du Plessis was noticed within the VIP part of the Stade de France in Paris throughout the 2023 Rugby World Cup last between South Africa and New Zealand excitedly cheering the group on. He even interacted with different particular friends together with actor Jason Momoa, director Taika Waititi and tennis nice Novak Djokovic, sharing chilly beers as the stress heated up on the sector of play.
“Stillknocks” has loved a formidable MMA profession up to now, having gained and defended the Excessive Preventing Championship welterweight and middleweight titles. He made his debut within the UFC in October 2020, successful all six of his fights in that point.
He earned the appropriate to take a shot on the UFC middleweight belt after defeating Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 on 08 July 2023. Infamously, then-champion Israel Adesanya confronted him within the hexagon after the struggle, organising the opportunity of the 2 having a go at one another earlier than Strickland scuppered this by defeating the Nigerian-New Zealander at UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia.
UFC 297 FIGHT CARD
Sean Strickland vs Dricus du Plessis (title struggle)
Raquel Pennington vs Mayra Bueno Silva (title struggle)
Neil Magny vs Mike Malott
Arnold Allen vs Movsar Evloev
Brad Katona vs Garrett Armfield
Chris Curtis vs Marc-Andre Barriault
Charles Jourdain vs Sean Woodson
Gilliab Robertson vs Polyana Viana
Malcolm Gordon vs Jimmy Flick
Serhiy Sidey vs Ramon Taveras
Yohan Lainesse vs Sam Patterson
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Priscila Cachoeira
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