Sean Strickland was warned by a former world champion that can be numbered on top of the UFC after a bad performance.
The former middleweight champion had broken his nose last night by Dricus du Plessis in the main event of UFC 312 after a year of building a rematch with the South African. He lost each round on all except one score card, which allocates him a point, and now stands for a tough fight back to title conflicts.
Although Strickland is a favorite with fans, his fighting style is very defensive and slow, which causes difficult fights to pay attention to the neutral and pay-per-view copper. In combination with his bizarre antics in the media, he has made a difficult figure to support the UFC buyer.
Sean Strickland warned UFC 312 with the end of his career at the highest level
The entire presentation that Sean Strickland offers, from his crazy character to his press conference, has made him one of the most fascinating figures in MMA. However, he tends not to support that with 'wars' in the octhoek and tends to combat a conservative and defensive style.
And former StrikeForce champion Josh Thomson believes that the whole package can make its path back to a shot on the belt very difficult, especially on this point in his career. Thomson spoke about the roads in Podcast: 'You don't get any other title shot.
'Not with the things that come out of your mouth, the things you said. All that structure, it no longer works if you just fight like that.
“It's done, now you'll be in the back of this division. And it can take a while, it will be years, two and a half, maybe even three years if he ever returns. “
Dana White joked that he is not enthusiastic about Sean Strickland-Headliner Pay-per-View events
The pre-Vecht STICKEN from Strickland have made him popular with the Core UFC audience, but regular news and even political figures are not so enthusiastic. His second headliner in Australia on a map that was funded by the budgeting of the tourism board, turned out to be controversial in New South Wales, where many called him to lose.
However, Dana White states that it is not so much the local government that Strickland wants from the main event scene. In fact, he joked during the press conference after the fight, if someone says 'not Strickland' before booking a large pay-per-view headliner, it himself is white.
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“I do that,” he then joked a media member asked if the government will ever try to influence a strickland Main Event. 'Are you joking? I do that! Everyone knows my attitude on this, we are going to take boys and girls who say and do many things.
“I am a strong proponent of free speech and it probably seems worse if you come here because your media are such weak people. I thought we had weak media, you will undoubtedly win. '
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