E276 - Dricus Du Plessis defeats Sean Strickland, what’s next? | UFC 297 recap podcast

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UFC 297 was a card that happened. It wasn't a great card, really not even a good card. But it happened. The main event saw Dricus Du Plessis edges Sean Strickland over five rounds and take the UFC middleweight title. This sets up that long(ish)-awaited matchup with two time former champion Israel Adesanya. Dricus Du Plessis is the second fighter born in Africa to win a UFC title after Francis Ngannou. His run in the UFC has been meteoric. At 7-0, he is now the middleweight king. Who do you want to see Dricus Du Plessis to fight after UFC 297? Next on the card was Raquel Pennington's win over Myra Bueno Silva for the vacant women's bantamweight title. If there was a fight that encompassed UFC 297, this was it: a stinker. But at the end of the day, Raquel Pennington became champion and has big crosshairs on her back. Neil Magny also showed up in rare form at UFC 297. He took on Mike Malott, the surging up and comer, who really gave Magny a hard time. But the 29-11 experience came through as Neil Magny pounded out Mike Malott as time expired in the third round to win the fight via TKO. Chris Curtis, teammate of Sean Strickland, also returned. He took on Marc-Andre Barriault in a relatively fun fight. We talk about Curtis hitting the body and how I don't get why fans hate him. I find Chris Curtis to be quite an entertaining fighter. Speaking of entertaining, Movsar Evloev is not that. He defeated Arnold Allen via unanimous decision but it wasn't an exciting one. If it wasn't for Myra Bueno Silva and Raquel Pennington, this would have been stinker of the night. Regardless, Movsar Evloev snagged the win at UFC 297 and will now see a top five berth. Other fights we talk about are Sean Woodson beating Charles Jourdain, Gillian Robertson being awesome and knocking out Polyana Viana, and Jasmine Jasudavicius defeating number one cheater Priscila Cachoeira. What did you think about UFC 297? Is Dricus Du Plessis long as the middleweight champion? Will Ronda Rousey return to claim the title from Raquel Pennington?