Dricus Du Plessis (image via UFC/YouTube)

By FCF Staff

Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis went to war at UFC 297 as many expected would be the case. But, it was the latter who emerged with the middleweight title.

Following five rounds of constant and competitive action, which saw both men bloodied, two of the judges scored the fight for Du Plessis.

In the card’s other title fight, Raquel Pennington secured the vacant women’s bantamweight title, by recording a unanimous decision win over Mayra Bueno Silva.

Here are the complete results for Saturday’s card, which took place in Toronto, Ontario.

UFC 297

Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47)
Raquel Pennington def. Mayra Bueno Silva via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)
Neil Magny def. Mike Malott via TKO (punches) R3, 4:45
Chris Curtis def. Marc-Andre Barriault via split decision (30-27, 28–29, 30-27)
Movsar Evloev def. Arnold Allen via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Garrett Armfield def. Brad Katona via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sean Woodson def. Charles Jourdain via split decision (29-28, 28–29, 29-28)
Ramon Taveras def. Serhiy Sidey via split decision (29-28, 28–29, 29-28)
Gillian Robertson def. Polyana Viana via TKO (strikes) R2, 3:12
Sam Patterson def. Yohan Lainesse via submission (rear-naked choke) R1, 2:03
Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Priscila Cachoeira via submission (anaconda choke) R3, 4:21
Jimmy Flick def. Malcolm Gordon via submission (arm-triangle choke) R2, 1:17

Results via MMA Junkie.com.