Sean Strickland might have gotten in contact together with his “interior Izzy” after having to place down his oldest pal.
Taking to social media, the previous middleweight world champion provided his followers an unlucky replace, revealing that he needed to put down his 14-year-old four-legged pal. After all, Strickland couldn’t ship the information with out placing his personal colourful spin on the in any other case unhappy announcement.
“Needed to put down a 14 12 months outdated canine…. My first canine,” Strickland wrote on X. “My oldest pal Man I’ve been crying like a child on and off for 8 hours Eyes swollen and overies hurtin haha.”
It didn’t take lengthy for one fan on-line to recall some somewhat nasty remarks Strickland had made concerning the pet canine Israel Adesanya had misplaced forward of their UFC 293 scrap final summer season.
“My canine was my finest pal… izzys canine may of been his gf lol,” he added in a follow-up publish. “That being mentioned I would of been slightly insensitive… lol”
Sean Strickland solidifies his spot on the high of the rankings
Strickland claimed the 185-pound crown with a lights-out efficiency towards Adesanya late final 12 months in Australia.
Sadly, Strickland’s reign on the high was lower quick after he surrendered his title to Dricus Du Plessis 4 months later at UFC 296. With the bout ending by way of a really shut and considerably controversial break up choice, Strickland lobbied arduous for an instantaneous rematch.
As an alternative, he obtained saddled with the division’s No. 7 (now No. 8) ranked contender, Paulo Costa. Squaring off within the UFC 302 co-main occasion, Strickland delivered one other dominant efficiency, although it was inexplicably dominated a break up choice by one inept decide who has since acquired a scathing evaluation from UFC CEO Dana White.
Regardless, Strickland got here out on high, solidifying his spot on the high of the rankings and establishing himself as the following man in line—as soon as Adesanya and Du Plessis deal with some long-gestating enterprise first.
