Media Sean Strickland asks DDP for ‘Stand and Bang’ Pact, No Grappling or Wrestling

[Clark Rogers]

Funny Strickland thinks "this is going to make me look tougher," but he's really kinda just taking away something DDP is prob far better at than him.

Sounds like it's time for him to move to kickboxing.

 

[MMAFanCal]

It is MMA. Not boxing. People like Strickland, Poatan etc. need to understand that or go to boxing or kickboxing.

Dricus, please end this fight and finish him via submission. We need to see DDP vs Khamzat already.

 

[Karate Kid]

ah yes the old stand up and fight like a man trope, which is basically projecting your cultural asset onto another its just pure ignorance and I speak as a pure striker myself.

this is basically a loss of aura for Strickland who is in all forms, pleading with DDP and his paraphrase is basically:"bro pls dont go to the ground im begging you bro"

the stand up and fight like a man portion is almost always from someone who's MMA is built around his striking. you know, MMA, Sean, not kickboxing.

 

[caligari209]

Sean Strickland has always been more of an hit and run type of fighter, rather than a stand and bang.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

more like Stand and Jab

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Nighty night DeSean


U will tap like chicken

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

This is just crying designed to look like toughness, but that is pretty much Strickland's whole deal, isn't it?

 

[10000yearsold]

Dumbest shit ever

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Guy used to be cool.

Back when he sang for Creed?

 

[Last Falconry]

DDP has the chance to do the funniest thing in history after the fight

 

[188912345]

It is MMA. Not boxing. People like Strickland, Poatan etc. need to understand that or go to boxing or kickboxing.

Dricus, please end this fight and finish him via submission. We need to see DDP vs Khamzat already.

I don't recall Poatan ever whining about the grappling aspect of MMA. Strickland however.. this time I hope Dricus really goes for a finish on the ground.

 

[bobafett]

I bet even if Dricus agreed to it, he’d still stay back and throw a jab or two every minute and a half

 

[Fergelmince]

Du plessis should respoond with a demand of no stand up. Just wrestling, GnP and submissions.

 

[AmonTobin]

I thought he did the most damage in the first fight but…Asking your opponent to not grapple in a championship mma fight sounds more like an admission of weakness than a taunt. Just fight and try to keep your dumb ideas to yourself, Sean.

 

[Söze Aldo]

DDP has the chance to do the funniest thing in history after the fight

That would no lie probably trigger all sorts of childhood trauma in Sean. Costa himself seemed psychologically damaged afterward and it can be argued his career has never recovered following that moment.

 

[gentel]

Even when both fighters are down for "standup only" pacts I still hate them, it screws with the unpredictability that someone might mix in a takedown and steal the win with it

Just do/watch kickboxing if you want that

 

[Rataria]

DDP by Darce or RNC confirmed. Easy fight to call.

 

[Portland8242]

Those are broadly superfluous and some guys mark up easily.

The fact of the matter is Strickland never hurt him. Nobody got dropped, wobbled or even stunned.

Sean is one of the most notable and effective point fighters in the sport of MMA right now. To pretend he isn't going to teep body kick, shell up and jab is absurd. That is exactly what he will do. He isn't in multiple split stinkers by accident.

The correct approach to notorious point fighters is score on them. What Shavkat did to Garry. You score points on the point fighter so they can't get their game off.

Demonstrably false. He stunned DDP at the end of the 1st round with a good right hand. Go rewatch the tape buddy.

There is absolutely no conceivable way you can argue DDP did more damage to Sean in that fight, anybody with half a brain sees it.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

Smart move ?

I have another additional pact, no teep, no jab.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

This man is a fraud, I hope Dricus knocks him out this time.