Media Sean Strickland Talks Dricus Du Plessis loss and addresses his coach's criticism, says he had broken bones and a very tough camp

[Sean Chowdhury]

says eric nicksick probably won't be in his corner from now

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

less than 2 minutes in and he brings up the staph infection, broken bones, visa issues, we got a new big nog

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Portland8242]

All the excuses in the world won't change for him that as the fight was clearly slipping away he changed absolutely fuck all about the way he was fighting.

He was fortunate to get the title shot to begin with - lots of guys would kill for that, and not only that they'd certainly go out on their shield too to try and get that belt.

 

[podsox]

Sean… you fought exactly how you always fight. The problem was ddp figured out how to handle your jab and teep kick. You have no plan b

 

[613]

This is Diaz bros level of excuses

 

[Söze Aldo]

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[7 others]

And where's the yelling at the near end of the fights?

He yelled at jack, izzy when he was winning the point fighting but didn't yell when he was losing to both the DDP fights

 

[JustOnce]

lmao what a pos coward

Listen, if you spew hate, and vitrol, and mind you, even compared to Colby of them all, what this guy was saying seemed most hate-fulled, egotistic, acting-tough than what we've seen previously, and then you fight like you left your two balls back home in a jar in case your feelings may get hurt, in a title fight at that, then you talk about switching camps afterwards not to mention listing all the excuses in the world?

The most shameful display in MMA history.

 

[NoSmilez]

Eric is Las Vegas Edmund!

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Then maybe he should have postponed the fight?

To me, he looked like he was just there to get a check and leave. I saw no intensity or will to win from him.

I know he's generally far more defensive than offensive minded, but he did next to nothing in this fight, from start to finish.

I'd say they probably should just put him back on apex cards for a while. No more PPVs until he shows some fire to actually want to put on an entertaining fight.

 

[laleggenda27]

I'm no Strickland fan, but:

1. Nicksick was out of line with the Ariel interview. As a coach, you don't kick your athlete when he's already down.
2. I wouldn't blame Strickland for changing coaches.

That being said, Strickland's words and actions aren't congruent. He talks like a lion but fights like a lamb, which is a quick way to turn the fans (and UFC) off.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

My elderly father who recently went through a knee surgery would have put up a better fight and thrown more strikes than Strickland.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

My elderly father who recently went through a knee surgery would have put up a better fight and thrown more strikes than Strickland.

 

[m249viking]

What a turd

 

[bng]

Sean Excuseland

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Despite Sean's "reasonings" or "excuses" or whichever you want to go with I don't believe that fight would have went much different if he were 100%.

 

[Söze Aldo]

You knew he was defeated before the fight even started when he specifically went out of his way to show people he had staph, pre-preparing his excuses. An oozing, nickel-sized hole on my arm, time to go sleeveless at the presser!

 

[SamuraiBro]

No excuses … but anyway here’s my list of excuses.