Toronto – UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis will take place on Saturday, January 20 at the Scotiabank Arena. You can watch the full episode of UFC 297 Countdown in the video above.
The main card at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT on Pay-Per-View. Prelims will be available on Sportsnet and TVA Sports at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The first prelims will begin at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT on UFC Fight Pass.
The event is headlined by a highly anticipated middleweight championship fight between Sean Strickland (28-5), who fights out of Corona, California, and is coming off his impressive UFC middleweight championship victory over Israel Adesanya in September . He will face No. 2-ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis (20-2), who fights out of Pretoria, South Africa, and who plans to dethrone Strickland by earning his ninth consecutive victory.
In the co-main event, a new women’s bantamweight champion will be crowned when No. 2 contender Raquel Pennington (15-8), representing Colorado Springs, Colorado, plans to stop Bueno Silva to claim the bantamweight belt. Fighting out of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1 1NC) hopes to add her name to the list of Brazilian UFC champions.
UFC 297 Fight Card – Strickland vs. Du Plessis:
Principal card:
Title Fight: Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis Title Fight: Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott Chris Curtis vs. Marc-Andre Barriault Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev
Preliminary card:
Charles Jourdain vs. Sean Woodson Brad Katona vs. Garrett Armfield Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Priscila Cachoeira Malcolm Gordon vs. Jimmy Flick
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