Alex Pereira expected Sean Strickland to fight the title fight against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312

Sean Strickland has a lot of backup in his corner when he faces DRICUS DU Plessis in a remuneration entitled in the middle weight at UFC 312.

In addition to his regular coach crew, which also includes the Eric Nicksick head corner, Strickland receives additional advice from Alex Pereira, heavy heavyweight champion.

The Brazilian will be Strickland for his fight against Du Plessis after the corner actually fought in 2022. Since then, Pereira and Strickland have trained together and have become friends while they no longer compete in the same weight class.

Pereira is expected to act as the fourth coach in Strickland’s corner Pro Nicksick, who confirmed the news for MMA fights on Tuesday after unveiling his plans for YouTube.

Strickland tries to regain the middleweight title after losing his belt to Du Plessis in a close decision in January 2024. Since then, Strickland has defeated the several -year -old candidate Paulo Costa to be able to get another shot on the belt.

In the meantime, Du Plessis defeated the long -time enemy Israel Adesanya last August in his first title defense with an impressive submission victory.

After his victory against Adesanya last year, Du Plessis actually welcomed a future fight against Pereira after posting a photo on Instagram in which he was interested in returning to the middleweight to at least one further appearance against the new champion from South Africa take over.

The fighters exchanged a few more words about social media and through interviews, but an actual struggle between them never came into play.

Instead, on February 8, you can look over the octagon when he stands in front of Strickland and he will see how Pereira stares at him.