Robert Whittaker thinks the scuffle between Strickland and DDP was staged

[Royce's Gi]

If DDP wasn't in on it, it wasn't fake.

Some things in life are real. I believe this is one of them things.

Dana and Sean was in on it for sure

Wrassling moves

 

[weedreference]

Nah. Sean is just a legit psychopath and doesn't care. If it was anyone else, maybe.

Quite the opposite. Strickland is currently the second most kayfabed MMA fighter behind Colby. If anyone would do it, it's him. Also, as Whittaker said, the punches looked like Flair vs. Hogan. You have to override your muscle memory to throw like that if you are a pro fighter. If he was actually trying to hurt him it would have looked way different.

 

[13Seconds]

Dana and Sean was in on it for sure

Wrassling moves

If not every party was in on it, it was real.

If you plan to beat me up, and do it, I still got beat up.

 

[Shogun515]

It seems staged to me too to be honest. Dana's acting saying it was his fault doesn't look legit to me.

 

[kalabula]

It’s honestly frightening how desperate ppl are to find a conspiracy.

 

[bongwater]

it looks staged because strickland throws the wimpiest punches. the punch he threw look like a wwf punch

 

[BigSexy444]

Whittaker exposing the business FFS

 

[lefthighkick01]

most scuffles are to generate hype...

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

He's probably part of the fools who were thinking that the beef between Masvidal and Colby was fake... Until the later got assaulted and pressed charges, I guess it was all staged too.

 

[SCTwins]

Stone Cold vs DDP it is

The Stunner vs The Diamond Cutter

Match sells itself.

 

[Question]

DDP said no

I love the part of him explaining how both him and Sean got the Burns and Pantoja's family out of the way so they wouldn't get hurt before brawling lol

 

[Prick_Flair]

Maybe. Maybe not. I don’t know. Do you know? Sean knows. Maybe ask Sean. Or DDP. Maybe DDP knows. Perhaps.

 

[Copper Burner]

This. If they DID set it up, NO WAY the seat kids near them. Or wives. The seating plan says this was real and organic.

Right, the UFC would've filled that area with a bunch of meat heads if they were going to do a fake skit. That wouldnt look suspect at all. Wow dude.

WWE does skits in crowds in almost every show. They appear much riskier too.

Vince is back in business.

 

[AmonTobin]

The only thing that looked spontaneous was the kids in between them that Dricus had to wait for Sean to shoo away to safety.
If those were Pereira's kids, and one happened to get hurt, you can bet there would've been a real 3 way war.

 

[HolmeZy55]

But Dana sitting them so closely together, and having cameras pointed at them from just about every angle just in case something did happen was 100% deliberate.

Absolutely, I laughed so hard when DW was trying to explain how it was his fuckup and he couldn't believe he made that mistake, sure Dana, a mistake....

 

[Yep]

Now what benefit would he gain if it was staged and he said yes???

Horrible action movie roles

 

[Oz.Pride]

Stone Cold vs DDP it is

Stunner > Diamond cutter

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Stunner > Diamond cutter

Where does the RKO fit into all this?

 

[samuelsoncast]

I said this in previous threads.
They were clear WWE forearm strikes. It was not remotely convincing.
Dana purposely sitting them that close.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

It was like watching high school on my TV.