Former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold gave a brutal assessment of the performance of Sean Strickland on UFC 312.
The attempt by Sean Strickland to become a double UFC champion middleweight was a shortage in the UFC 312 headliner. After five rounds of a largely dominant show by Dricus du Plessis, Strickland lost a unanimous decision to fall to 0-2 against the current middleweight title holder.
While Strickland was struggling to release a consistent activity level against Du Plessis, he suffered a broken nose after a huge shot of the champion. Wonder In addition, Strickland made it the full distance after resetting his nose in the middle of the action.
Fans and experts praised Strickland's grit and toughness after UFC 312. But a former title holder followed the opposite approach in the rays of Strickland because he did not live up to his promises from before fight.
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Luke Rockhold Reignites Feud with Sean Strickland Na UFC 312
During a recent performance on the Ariel Helwani show, Luke Rockhold responded to the performance of Strickland.
“If someone breaks your nose, you have to fight like finish – man and fire,” said Rockhold. “This m ––– – talks such a big game and then he B – and in fact puts in a fight after he has broken his nose.
“When does (Strickland) ever set f ——- puts his A on the line and f— —— Bijt and really go through a whole process of a fight, not just the last 10 seconds of a round? Look at him outside. (H/t MManceews)
At the moment Strickland has not responded to Rockhold's comments. UFC analyst Din Thomas also criticized the performance of Strickland, although his criticisms were more emotionally measured than those of Rockhold.
Sean Strickland could get a new rematch for UFC refuse after losing the second title
Strickland and Rockhold would rather meet each other in their promotional term on UFC 268. Rockhold withdrew due to an injury and did not make his long -awaited return to the Octagon a loss for Paulo Costa on UFC 278.
Strickland might be confronted with Israel Adesanya for his next fight, because the former rivals both come from recent losing skids. Earlier this month, Adesanya lost to Nassourdine Imavov in UFC Saudi Aarabia and despite the teasing of retirement has since been on that position.
Strickland remains the heat of fans and some of his colleague hunters feel after a second loss against Du Plessis on UFC 312. Although Rockhold and Strickland will probably never fight each other in the cage, a confrontation outside is not off the table.
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