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Sean Strickland is speaking out about his brawl with Dricus Du Plessis.
Earlier this week, Strickland seemed bothered by Du Plessis bringing up his dead, abusive father during the UFC 2024 season press conference.
“Why are you so angry? You think your dad beat the sh– out of you? Your dad doesn’t have sh– on me…every childhood memory is going to come back when I’m in there with you.”
@maclifeofficial Dricus Du Plessis makes things very personal with Sean Strickland #ufc #dricusduplessis #seanstrickland #beef
On Saturday night, Strickland attacked Du Plessis while the two were sitting close to each other at UFC 296.
what a nice guy Sean Strickland is. asked Gilbert Burns family to move before jumping on Dricus #UFC296 pic.twitter.com/BV3nINHLeL
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) December 17, 2023
After the brawl, Strickland took to social media to blast Du Plessis for talking about his abusive father.
I go hard on everyone I know this, izzy mouth feeding his dog, Dricus kissing his coach and grabbing his cup. Omally talking about sharing his wife in a podcast.
You're a man, on a world stage doing this in public
And what do you pick?
"You got abused as a kid ha"
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) December 17, 2023