UFC can’t afford to let Dricus Du Plessis fight Sean Strickland

Outspoken UFC veteran Chael Sonnen believes the promotion cannot afford to grant Dricus Du Plessis the first shot at Sean Strickland for the middleweight championship.

Sonnen feels that the UFC don’t want Du Plessis to challenge Strickland.

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UFC can’t afford to let Dricus Du Plessis fight Sean Strickland 

He believes that if Du Plessis captures the title from Strickland it will make things difficult for the UFC.

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Sonnen insists that Du Plessis as champion will make it tough for the UFC to make the fight everyone really wants to see in the division which is Stillknocks vs The Last Stylebender Israel Adesanya.

“Du Plessis could get the opportunity. He’s just not gonna be the one they want to give the opportunity (to),” Sonnen said on his Youtube Channel. 

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“There’s not anybody on the decision-making level of the UFC that’s gonna go, ‘Okay Du Plessis, we’re gonna give you an opportunity to compete with a guy who is willing to compete against a guy (Adesanya) in an opportunity that was supposed to be yours and you declined.’ That isn’t how it works.

“Not to mention, you would have a much bigger problem if Du Plessis was to win,” Sonnen added.

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Biggest fight  

“A really big middleweight fight right now is Du Plessis versus Adesanya… If you were to put Du Plessis against Sean Strickland and Du Plessis wins, you’re now gonna have a hard time making Du Plessis versus Adesanya. Getting Adesanya back to the belt in a fashion that doesn’t go through Sean Strickland isn’t going to be the ideal path.”

Du Plessis himself has insisted that he will do the honourable thing if he defeats Strickland and will grant Adesanya a shot at him ‘in Africa’.