Sean Strickland is on the lookout for matchups that can get him to a title struggle. The previous middleweight champion believes he is the one one within the 185-pound division that may defeat champion Khamzat Chimaev.
The undefeated Chimaev (15-0) captured the middleweight title at UFC 319 in August, defeating then-champion Dricus Du Plessis in dominating trend. Strickland has skilled with “Borz” and doesn’t just like the Chechen.
Coming off a loss to Du Plessis, Strickland is ranked No. 3 however wants a top quality win to take care of his contender standing and put himself ready to get a title shot. He believes a win over No. 6 ranked Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez will just do that.
“I think about me and ‘Fuffy’ may be going at it,” Strickland advised MMAJunkie. “I do not know, dude. I might think about that is the struggle to make.”
“I wish to struggle that little Chechen whore, in order that’s sort of the place I am at. I wish to struggle anyone like Fluffy. Fluffy places me in title rivalry. Particularly him as a result of all he does, he is just like the American f**king Chimaev. So, you go and I simply out wrestle that f**ker for like 5 rounds after which it is like, alright, f**okay you whore. Go beat your cans after which let me know once you’re prepared. That is sort of what I am on the lookout for. I am on the lookout for extra fights that put me again in title rivalry.”
Attending to struggle Chimaev has turn into private for Strickland. He additionally believes that he is the one one within the division that may hand “Borz” a defeat.
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“I wish to struggle Chimaev. And you already know, plenty of it appears like a private vendetta as a result of I am the one f**king one which beats Chimaev. Chimaev is aware of this. His camp is aware of this. All people f**king is aware of this, dude. I am the one one which f**king beats you. I’ve wrestled with all the blokes that he will struggle and he is simply going to f**king steamroll them.”
“I can not stand f**king Chimaev,” Strickland continued. “I believe what annoys me about Chimaev, there’s no one that would beat him, you already know, as like I’ve skilled with all the blokes he will struggle. I’ve skilled with Chimaev.
“For one spherical, the man can grapple. For one spherical, dude. When you recover from that one spherical of scramble, he simply quits. It turns right into a kickboxing match like what he did with Gilbert [Burns]. When you, as soon as he realizes he cannot like f**king maul you and you do not give up, he quits and it turns right into a boxing match.”
“I simply do not know if there’s anyone at that division apart from me that like is aware of what it is prefer to grapple these f**kers. I have been coaching with these f**king cave dwellers my entire f**king life. These motherf**kers reside on this gymnasium,” Strickland added. “It sort of saddens me that, you already know, the Frenchman [Nassourdine Imavov] ain’t doing it. RDR [Reinier de Ridder] ain’t doing it.”
