TMZ Sports spoke to Dricus Du Plessis before he challenges Sean Strickland for the UFC middleweight title this weekend at UFC 297. The #2 ranked middleweight tells us how hell get the W on fight night and what it will mean to become the first South African champion in UFC history.

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