Sean Strickland may have a number of big-fight choices on the desk if he regains the middleweight title from Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, however there’s one he desires above all.
Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) will rematch Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the principle occasion of the Feb. 8 card at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+), and has the whole expectation he’ll take again the strap he misplaced by break up choice simply over one yr in the past at UFC 297.
If that’s the case, Strickland could possibly be taking a look at a number of potential matchups for the primary title protection of his second reign. A trilogy with Du Plessis may come into play, a matchup with undefeated contender Khamzat Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), or maybe a rematch with Israel Adesanya if he beats Nassourdine Imavov in Saturday’s UFC Combat Night time 250 headliner.
Strickland minced no phrases about which a type of potentialities is most compelling for each private and monetary causes.
“Massive C*mshot (Chimaev),” Strickland informed MMA Junkie on Wednesday. “He’s a Chechnyan f*cking whore. Anyone who fights that man goes to get a f*cking paycheck, dude. The f*cking Chechynyan whore.”
UFC CEO Dana White informed MMA Junkie following UFC 311 that he expects Chimaev to problem the Du Plessis vs. Strickland winner after UFC 312.
The hype round “The Wolf” is at a excessive after he dominated Robert Whittaker for the 2024 Submission of the 12 months at UFC 308 in October. Strickland doesn’t suppose Chimaev is all that, although, and would relish the possibility to indicate that to the world contained in the octagon.
“He went exhausting and he fought a f*cking man who got here out actually f*cking flat and doesn’t give a f*ck,” Strickland mentioned. “Rob is thought to both be a f*cking celebrity or a f*cking can, and he was a f*cking can. He was simply met with an excessive amount of strain. After I’m finished with f*cking Chimaev he’s fucking to return to peddling f*cking crypto scams.
“Can Chimaev struggle? Yeah. He can struggle. However you’re not a f*cking man. I do know you’re not a person. you’re not a person. The entire world is aware of you’re not a f*cking man.”
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