According to the New Zealand Nigerian, this blow from the American caused him a lot of problems in the September fight, which ended with the latter winning by unanimous decision.
“Dricus will try to fight. He will start in a standing position and act arrhythmically. He may be caught off guard by Shawn's jab, and then he will be forced to completely switch to wrestling. Sean's jab is underrated. I never took him lightly, but that's how it is.
It didn't take me long to realize this. In the fight, I had to face a problem that I couldn’t calculate,” Adesanya said on his YouTube channel.
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Du Plessis turned to Whittaker
Let us remind you that the fight between Strickland and Du Plessis will take place on the night of January 21 at the UFC 297 tournament in Toronto.