Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis, who are scheduled to headline UFC 297, clashed with each other last weekend at UFC 296. They already had a heated back and forth during the seasonal press conference that led them to get physical during the last PPV of 2023. Moreover, all of this happened around Gilbert Burns, who was with his family.

The middleweight champion has made several headlines due to his antics and frequent outbursts. However, this time, Sean Strickland went over the top with a brawl with Dricus du Plessis. Recently Burns’ wife revealed what went down during the incident in an interview with ‘MMA Fighting‘.

‘Tarzan’ texted Burns to check on his wife and kids

Gilbert Burns and his family were in attendance during UFC 296. They were there to support their fellow Brazilian Alexandre Pantoja in his fight against Brandon Royval when the brawl between the two aforementioned middleweights broke out.

Sean Strickland may have gotten carried away during the brawl, but he did not fail to check on Gilbert Burns and his family. The latter’s wife, Bruna mentioned during the interview that the middleweight champion sent a text message to the welterweight fighter to make sure they were unharmed.

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Bruna said, “[Strickland] texted ‘Durinho’ later apologizing, asking if something had happened to me and the kids.”

Gilbert Burns had both sons attending UFC 296. While Joshua got scared seeing the two middleweights fight, Pedro seemed to enjoy it. “Pedro was watching [the brawl] from front row. He loves it. He’s sitting there, the melee going on, and he’s watching it. Joshua was a bit scared,” ‘Durinho stated.

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Things could have gone wrong for not just Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis, but also for the people who were sitting around them.

Sean Strickland asked Gilbert Burns’ wife to move aside

When the brawl broke out at the arena between the two MMA stars, Bruna mentioned that ‘Tarzan’ asked her to move aside before jumping onto the South African and started landing some punches. She took to ‘X’ and wrote her opinion about the fight. Her words made it clear that she disapproved of Strickland’s bold demeanor and provocative language. But she also implied it was Du Plessis’s spontaneous challenge that fueled Strickland’s unrestrained response.

However, she spoke more in detail about the incident in the interview on ‘MMA Fighting‘. Bruna said, “[Sean Strickland] was like, ‘Excuse me, excuse me’, and I was like, ‘Alright then.” Gilbert Burns seemed to have already understood what was going to go down and, as such, asked his son Joshua to clear the path. “‘Durinho pulled [our son] Joshua and told me, ‘Get out of there, they’re going to fight,” Bruna further stated.

She also mentioned that she was saved by former champion Jamahal Hill, who was sitting beside her, as she and her family were looking at the big screen. Burns’ wife said, “We were looking at the big screen and didn’t see anything. Jamahal [Hill] pulled me as soon as he noticed they were going to brawl.” 

Thankfully, nothing serious happened during the brawl as people intervened quickly. It is apparent that things are getting heated up as we inch closer to UFC 297.

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