4 months after winning the Middleweight UFC championship from Israel Adesanya, Sean Strickland entered the first battle to protect the belt. His opponent is Dricus Du Plessis, who has kept the achievement of winning since joining UFC. This is a match against the moment to the moment.
At the end of 5 rounds, each lasting for 5 minutes, both Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis could not end the opponent soon. That makes the match be determined to win and lose with the score from the assessment. The controversial result appeared when two-thirds of the Strickland judge lost 47-48, and there was a person who won 48-47.
Leaving the brass with the non -agreement score before Dricus Du Plessis made Sean Strickland officially return to the former championship. This is the result that is beyond the prediction of many experts, because Strickland is highly appreciated than the opponent before this match, especially when he once defeated persuasive Adesanya.
In addition to the match between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis, UFC 297 also witnessed many matches with a close score with no agreement from the assessment. Among them, the match between Chris Curtis and Marc-André Barriault was the most controversial. At the end of 3 rounds, Curtis was assessed by 2/3 of the three rounds (30-27), but the other person loses 28-29.
In the remaining belt match of the UFC 297 event, Raquel Pennington won with the point before Mayra Bueno Silva. The new champion at the Bantamweight Women's weight loser only lost 1/5 of the half, and won in the remaining 4 rounds. This is a meaningful victory for Pennington, the female boxer has turned 36.