UFC 297 headliners Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis went toe-to-toe in Las Vegas this past weekend, getting into a cageside brawl during UFC 296 at T-0 Mobile Arena. , everything happened around Gilbert Burns’ wife and children.
The UFC welterweight contender watched the event with Bruna Barnes and their children, Pedro and Joshua, to cheer on his good friend Alexandre Pantoja ahead of his co-main event title defense against Brandon Roybal. Meanwhile, Strickland and du Plessis were seen on the broadcast.
The middleweight champion, who will defend his title in the main event of UFC 297 on January 20, jumped Du Plessis after a brief exchange of words. Strickland motioned for Bruna and her children to move aside before the ambush.
“He was like, ‘Excuse me, I’m sorry,’ and I was like, ‘Okay then,'” Bruna Burns told MMA Fighting. “‘Durinho’ pulled Joshua aside and said, ‘Get out of there, they’re going to fight!'” We were looking at the big screen and couldn’t see anything.Jamahal [Hill] As soon as they realized there was going to be a scuffle, they pulled me over. ”
Du Plessis was already in attendance when the Barnes family arrived at T-Mobile Arena, and Strickland arrived later that night. “They were fine, they didn’t shake hands or anything, but there was no other interaction between them,” Bruna said. According to her, “[Strickland] I then texted Durinho to apologize and ask if anything happened to me and the kids. ”
“Pedro was watching. [the brawl] From the front row,” Burns said with a laugh. “He loves it. He’s sitting there, there’s a scuffle going on, and he’s watching it. Joshua was a little scared. ‘Aren’t they going to fight anymore?’ is happening? I said, “Oh, son, he called him to fight there, and he went for it.”
The whole family was safe. After the incident, Strickland was escorted from the arena and du Plessis remained for the remainder of the card.
Gilbert Burns is scheduled to re-enter the Octagon on March 9th when he returns to Miami for UFC 299, and his family is also expected to be in attendance. Bruna, who had also competed in amateur MMA matches and other martial arts at the age of 18, refused to corner “Durinho” one day. But she plans to keep shouting instructions from the crowd, and she’s hoping for a submission win against her hopeful Jacques Della Maddalena in March.
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