Media Sean Strickland refuses to climb ladder "if the MW shot isn't for me, I start boxing"

Strickland beat 8x division champion Adesanya, then lost a split decision to Dricus in his next fight. He's the only guy in the division with a win over either of them.

What other fight would anyone expect Strickland to take other than a rematch with one of those guys?
 
MDoza said:
then lost a split decision to Dricus
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MDoza said:
He's the only guy in the division with a win over either of them
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the only guy to completely outclass Izzy in MMA besides Poatan, arguably beat DDP by expert boxing, 87 more significant strikes landed, and the people can't appreciate talent, because, because, because he's MeAn!!! HeS A HyPoCrit3!!!!! Like any MMA fighter is a man of morals, principles, and has never ever ever contradicted himself before. modern fans are pure garbage, they can't stand someone like Sean Strickland, don't understand how he's popular, why is that? because he contradicted himself? because he cried for 1.5 seconds on theo vonns podcast? new fans are the worst. blinded by "tEH M3SSaGe" and can't fathom someone going against the grain.
 
He'd probably be better off in boxing. I like Sean but his style is frustrating to watch.

I don't understand guys in MMA who basically do nothing but box. You do realize you are in MMA right? Granted, he does throw the occasional leg kick but it's mostly philly shell boxing. JDS was the same way. Just go box at that point...
 
I wonder if Sean's willing to officially revise his position on the title not mattering to him.

I also wonder how he'll feel about being the promotion's prostitute, which he has declared he is in comical fashion, when the UFC steps in and blocks him from boxing. I guarantee it'll be the last time we hear him making jokes about it (or at least jokes that aren't tinged with resentment).
 
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So the guy that likes to call everyone a pussy-cat for not fighting won't fight now?

So sick of these entitled divas ruining the sport.
Love or hate whittaker, the guy at least will fight everyone to get his shots.
 
MDoza said:
Strickland beat 8x division champion Adesanya, then lost a split decision to Dricus in his next fight. He's the only guy in the division with a win over either of them.

What other fight would anyone expect Strickland to take other than a rematch with one of those guys?
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Cannonier rematch
 
If Sean fought with as much passion as he tweets with then maybe he wouldn't have lost razor close decisions multiple times
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
He'd probably be better off in boxing. I like Sean but his style is frustrating to watch.

I don't understand guys in MMA who basically do nothing but box. You do realize you are in MMA right? Granted, he does throw the occasional leg kick but it's mostly philly shell boxing. JDS was the same way. Just go box at that point...
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Worse than that, he basically just throws a jab and very rarely a half-assed right hand behind it. He's not exactly the master boxer he claims to be. A decent jab by MMA standards though, no doubt about it. Arguably the best in MMA.

He just never seems to be able to get out of sparring mode during a fight. Doesn't really have that second gear in him to respond to being plain outworked by his opponent.
 
JoeRowe said:
Cannonier rematch
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Why though? Same could be said about a Whittaker fight.

Strickland is the only guy in the division with a win over Izzy or Dricus.

He’s firmly at the top of the list of next possible contenders. Cannonier has already lost to Izzy, and Whittaker has lost to Dricus and Izzy.

Unless Dricus beats Izzy and the UFC decides to go with Dricus vs. Cannonier, there is no other option than Strickland. And if they do that, Strickland should still wait and take a rematch with whoever wins that fight.
 
That's not very blue collar of you Sean you are sounding like a little entitled Diva rn. imho
 
IloveTHIS said:
Yea this trope that he only picks off past prime mma fighters needs to die. He's a legit competitor. Would love to see him start fighting actual boxers in the rankings down the road but why bother when he's making so much money already


Lol. I would bet money you said he'd get wrecked by most the people he fought and beat
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In the interest of preserving fact, those first two things can be true at the same time. He certainly seems to be a legit competitor, and it’s also inarguably true that he hand picked a series of past-prime mma fighters, so it’s not some imagined ‘trope’ lol. To think that context should die is to think people shouldn’t acknowledge reality, unless you think Askren, Andy, Woodley, and Nate weren’t post-prime mma guys. In that case, I’ve got a beautiful beach house to sell you in Nebraska
 
He got gifted a title shot for beating 2 unranked MWs at the time, so he has never actually “climbed the ladder”
 
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