Du Plessis to Bring Hammer Down on Strickland

We have Strickland vs Du Plessis props available for the UFC 297 headliner between the feisty middleweights.

The title is on the line this Saturday and there is excellent value available with UFC odds.

Scotiabank Arena hosts the fight where bettors get value odds for the underdog.

KO Looms for Du Plessis

UFC rankings have Sean Strickland at the top of the division, and despite beating Israel Adesanya, he wasn’t asked to do much to win the title.

Adesanya had all but given up on fighting and Strickland was the beneficiary. However, Du Plessis has been laying in wait and he’s ready to take the title.

Boasting a significant power and effort edge, Du Plessis looks set to score a win by knockout, and we can’t turn down the value odds.

Strickland has well and truly lost the plot, so we’re not sure he’s in the right mind space for this fight.

“If I had a gun on me at that UFC fight — if I had a gun on me, bro, there was a chance, bro,” Strickland said. “There was a chance. Again, I don’t want to throw away my life for something dumb, and that’s why I’m always like, ‘Hey guys, let’s just be nice to each other.’”

Du Plessis is +250 to win by KO or TKO, and we don’t think he’ll win by decision over five rounds.

The South African has more knockout power than Strickland, having knocked out the likes of Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson, and Trevin Giles.

Winning by KO headlines our Strickland vs Du Plessis props, so include the +250 in betting picks.

Du Plessis in Round 2

We expect Strickland to avoid getting knocked out in the first round, but he might not make the third.

A lot of people are underrating Du Plessis’ power. We think he could have knocked out Adesanya given the chance, but Adesanya is typically more elusive than Strickland.

Strickland stays in the pocket and throws recklessly, or he tries to go for a takedown, and Du Plessis should see that coming.

He defeated both Whittaker and Brunson in Round 2, including getting the better of Brunson with one second left in the second round.

We can’t turn down the UFC fight night odds of +750 for Du Plessis to finish the fight with either a KO or submission in the second round.

Going the Distance?

We can’t see the fight going the distance, and Strickland vs Du Plessis props betting markets agree.

Despite being a five-round fight, the current line is -260 for no. The total rounds line is 1.5, which is very low considering Strickland is favored to win.

He’s more of a five-round grinding type, so the market doesn’t quite make sense. However, we expect the fight to be over in the first three rounds, so include -260 in your UFC odds and parlays.

We expect money to come for no throughout the week, so take the odds before they firm.

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