UFC middleweight Sean Strickland isn’t going to let the vicious knockout he sustained at UFC 276 keep him from running his mouth about the champ, Israel Adesanya. With a title fight between Adesanya and Alex Pereira – the very man who knocked Strickland out at UFC 276, as well as Adesanya himself back in 2017 – looking inevitable, Strickland shared his prediction with The Schmo.
That prediction is that Israel Adesanya will take the win and keep his belt, but he’ll still be, in Sean Strickland’s words, “a b****”.
Strickland Backs “Twinkle Toes” Adesanya To Beat Pereira
“Let me tell you something, just cause you can fight doesn’t mean you’re not a b****. Don’t forget that. Ask that to Izzy. Just cause you can fight, don’t mean you’re not a b****. And I think Izzy’s gonna beat Alex. I think Izzy’s gonna stand there and Izzy’s gonna bounce around and outpoint Alex for five rounds and we’re all gonna say Izzy’s the best in the world. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s a b****.
He’s gonna float around and win but at the end of the day, no one remembers how you win, they just remember that you win. So even though he’s gonna f****** dance around on his little twinkle toes, he’s still gonna win. I hope he doesn’t, but I still think he’s gonna win.
F****** Izzy.” As for his own loss to Alex Pereira, Sean Strickland has had plenty of time to think about it, and come to his own conclusions about where he went wrong.
“It sucked, but you know, man, nothing different. At the end of the day, I said would stand and bang with anybody. I didn’t say I was gonna win (laughs). But nah, I would do nothing f****** different besides keep this f****** [right] hand up.
I said I’d stand and bang with ‘em, and I’ll f****** stand and bang with ‘em and if I ever fight him again, I’m gonna stand and bang with the big motherf***** except I’m gonna have my [right] hand right here [against my head] the whole f****** time.”
Sean Strickland conceded his #4 middleweight ranking spot to Pereira when he lost at UFC 276, and will be looking to redeem himself in the near future. Whether that’s with a Pereira rematch, or a matchup against a top-ranked opponent to attempt to secure for himself a title shot, is unclear at this point.
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