Sean Strickland has admitted to biting Dricus Du Plessis during the pair’s ringside brawl in December, ahead of their middleweight title fight this month.
Strickland will defend the belt against Du Plessis in the main event of UFC 297 on 20 January, but it will not mark the first physical encounter between the middleweights. At UFC 296 in December, Strickland leapt over a seat to attack Du Plessis at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
