The UFC 297 card in Toronto features twelve bouts, all of which will be previewed in this post. The card will be headlined by a bout for the middleweight championship between champion Sean Strickland (pictured top left) and challenger Dricus Du Plessis (pictured top right). Du Plessis is vying to become the first South African champion in UFC history. The co-main event will be a bout for the vacant women’s bantamweight title between former title challenger Raquel Pennington (pictured lower left) and Mayra Bueno Silva (pictured lower right).

All win probabilities are based off of a fighter’s Cage Calculus (CC) Rating and their place in the CC Rankings. The fighter’s name highlighted in green at the bottom of the panel indicates the editor’s pick to win. Also featured below their record and rating is their divisional rankings in the CC Rankings and the official UFC Rankings. Any fighter falling outside of the top 15 of their respective division is classified as NR (not ranked).

UFC 297 (Strickland vs. Du Plessis) Previews – January 20, 2024

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