“It’s crazy how a year ago I won the title with a record-breaking performance and complete dominance, but only finished in fourteenth place in the UFC P4P rankings, never getting higher than twelfth place. But everyone else, winning the title, immediately gets into the top 8. Even if it is a split decision, which the majority considers a defeat.”
Let us remind you that Du Plessis beat Strickland by split decision in the main fight of UFC 297 and became the new middleweight champion of the promotion.