Ron Perlman narrates the UFC 297: Strickland vs du Plessis cold open featuring two epic title fights set to take place in Toronto, …
bad blood in sports is a euphemism for heated rivalries yet bad blood in fighting means something far more it’s the chill in the air that makes the blood run cold a personal War so bitter that it transcends all civility oh my goodness and tips over into outright chaos leading to an epic and inevitable Showdown I was boiling and he St talking I’m like all right this guy one little sentence and the man loses his mind shows you how easily main he will be broken I will take your stool you understand you the 2023 fighter of the Year an underdog who shocked the world in September with one of the most dominant performances in UFC history oh we break the system oh my goodness Sean Strickland isn’t just the new middleweight King but Territorial and unhinged in the most beautiful ways the unrelenting force from South Africa isn’t only undaunted he is Unstoppable undefeated inside the Octagon a bludgeoning brawler with the longest active win streak in the division who just keeps coming sh is dy tonight as the UFC makes its return to the great North to one of mma’s great EMP centers Toronto Ontario Canada where some of the biggest fights in UFC history have taken place the blood Feud gets settled once and for all I’m going to walk through drus first the women’s bantamweight title is on the line and a new Champion will be crowned as one of the pioneers of women’s MMA is charging in on a five-fight win streak wow Rock Pennington a warrior who has landed more strikes than any other in bantamweight history who’s ready to seize the throne yet this Brazilian Contender isn’t just on the hunt for her first title but to become the new face of the division with three straight finishes and a vicious streak that won’t quit she is one of the deadliest submission Aces going and she’s one win away from tapping into Championship goal and there is the T byra Bueno Silva it’s time to put up or shut up as the Superhuman Powerhouse with the highest strike rate in UFC history is ready to take the middleweight Championship back to South Africa if he can overcome the Relentless pressure pace and Menace of the champion whose Reign has only just begun live from the soldout Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto Ontario Canada it’s UFC 297 Strickland versus dupi and it starts right now