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Social media reacts to Dricus Du Plessis’ bloody title win over Sean Strickland at UFC 297

Dricus Du Plessis’ rise through the middleweight division reached its apex on Saturday when he claimed the title from Sean Strickland in the UFC 297 main event.

Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) kept his undefeated octagon record in tact in the biggest moment possible with a split decision victory over Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) in their grudge match on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Du Plessis’ title win over Strickland at UFC 297.

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MMA Junkie

UFC

UFC

ESPN MMA

UFC

Josh Thomson

Kevin Iole

Megan Anderson

Terrance McKinney

Josh Thomson

Aaron Bronsteter

Jimi Manuwa

MacMally

Kevin Iole

MMA Mania

Teddy Atlas

X

Brian Kelleher

Alexander K Lee

Sodiq Yusuff

MS

Josh Thomson

Ant Evans

Cageside Press

Jeremy Kennedy

Michael Chandler

Belal Muhammad

John Makdessi

John Pollock

Alan Jouban

Brian Ortega

SportsCenter

Bloody Elbow

Dan Tom

Caposa

Luke Thomas

Matthew Wells

Josh Thomson

Brian Ortega

Belal Muhammad

Mike Harrington

SportsCenter

Nate Diaz

Ben Askren

Cageside Press

Kevin Iole

Sodiq Yusuff

Dustin Jacoby

Mike Bohn

Aaron Bronsteter

Shaheen Al-Shatti

Belal Muhammad

Brad Tavares

Derek Brunson

Terrance McKinney

Ben Askren

Khamzat Chimaev

MMA Junkie

Teddy Atlas

Jed I Goodman

Derek Brunson

Dan Henderson

MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie

Marvin Vettori

Johnny Walker

James Vick

Jamahal Hill

Jiri Prochazka

UFC

Khamzat Chimaev

Bo Nickal

Mike Perry

UFC

Megan Anderson

Johnny Eblen

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