UFC 297 -- Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis: Fight card, date, odds, location, rumors, complete guide

Date: Jan. 20
Location: Scotiabank Arena -- Toronto
Start time: 10 p.m. ET (Main card)
How to watch: ESPN+ PPV

Strickland and du Plessis come to blows for a second time at UFC 297

By Shakiel Mahjouri

Dec 28, 2023 at 12:55 pm ET • 1 min read

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UFC is headed to Canada for its first pay-per-view card of the new year. UFC middleweight champ Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis are on the marquee. The feud has quickly unraveled into chaos and comes to a head at UFC 297 in Toronto's Scotiabank Theatre on Jan. 20.

Strickland vs. du Plessis seemed incident-free upon its announcement. That all changed at a press conference held during UFC 296 fight week. The headliners got into a tasteless back-and-forth evoking homophobic slurs and banter about child abuse. The bad blood boiled over at UFC 296 when Strickland and Du Plessis brawled in the crowd.

Overshadowed by the drama is UFC 297's second title fight. Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva compete for the vacant UFC women's bantamweight championship. The title was vacated after former two-division champion Amanda Nunes retired following a successful title defense against Irene Aldana at UFC 289 in another major Canadian city, Vancouver. Canadians competing at UFC 297 include rising welterweight Mike Malott, two-time "The Ultimate Fighter" winner Brad Katona, Marc-Andre Barriault and Charles Jourdain.

Below is the complete fight card for UFC 297 along with the latest odds. Check back all week long for the latest news, features and other content around this massive event.