UFC 312 AS IT HAPPENED: Sean Strickland's cheeky act after suffering dominant loss to Dricus du Plessis
UFC312 full fight card
Main card
Dricus du Plessis def. Sean Strickland via unanimous decision (middleweight)
Zhang Weili def. Tatiana Suarez via unanimous decision (strawweight)
Justin Tafa def by. Tallison Teixeira via KO (heavyweight)
Jimmy Crute drew wth Rodolfo Bellato (light heavyweight)
Jake Matthews def. Francisco Prado via unanimous decision (welterweight)
Preliminary card
Jack Jenkins def by. Gabriel Santos via submission (featherweight)
Tom Nolan def. Viacheslav Borshchev via unanimous decision (lightweight)
Wang Cong def. Bruna Brasil via unanimous decision (flyweight)
Colby Thicknesse def by. Aleksandre Topuria via unanimous decision (bantamweight)
Early prelims
Kody Steele def by. Zhu Rong via decision (lightweight)
Jonathan Micallef def. Kevin Jousset via decision (welterweight)
Quillan Salkilld def. Anshul Jubli via KO/TKO (lightweight)
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Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland. Getty
Never one for being subtle
Sean Strickland may have been dominated in his fight.
But he still had the energy to be cheeky, flipping off Dricus du Plessis before the decision was announced.
It was of course all in jest.
How's that nose?
The Aussie gets that bonus he was after
Chimaev's verdict
Could Dricus du Plessis face Chimaev next?
He wasn't that impressed by the fight.
The moment Strickland's nose broke
OF COURSE
Dricus du Plessis keeps his title!
He's the champion.
"I gave it my all ... thank you Sydney for showing me love ... Sean is an absolute animal, he's deserving of all the hype," he told ESPN's Daniel Cormier.
AND STILL
The fifth round has ended and so has the fight.
There's no doubt about it, Dricus du Plessis is still the champion.
Gutsy from Strickland, that was a lot of blood.
It's just a face of blood now
Sean Strickland will need a miracle.
His face is completely red.
Strickland's nose is broken!
Sean Strickland is on the back foot!
Dricus du Plessis has landed a massive blow and blood is rushing from the nose
"That's a bad a broken nose I've seen in a long time," Jon Anik said on ESPN.
"And it's very painful ... this is a terrible situation," Michael Bisping said.
Sean Strickland suffers a massive punch. Main Event
