Media Strickland claims he's not ducking Chimaev at all, but needs title shot before

[Unheralded Truth]

After Chimaev has been open lately about his interest in a Strickland fight, while not getting any response from the otherwise loud man,
fans have started to question and push the latter for a stance. In social media, Strickland decided to bring forth his thoughts:



So what do you say, is this likely to happen in the end? Will they fight later on as Sean says?

 

[dildos]

He can’t be ducking canzat when he is already too busy ducking bobby knucklez.

 

[Urluberluu]

Everybody is ducking someone

Only Whittaker fight everybody

 

[Luthien]

Hard to duck a guy that doesn't even fight

 

[blaseblase]

Chimaev is ducking the weigh ins.

 

[Harlekin]

Fighting Khamzat:
a) His Visa issues
b) Fighting in his backyard
c) He doesn't make weight
d) You fight him having a weight advantage
e) You fight someone else
f) he gets ill
g) he gets injured

Pick 4

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Strickland isn't ducking Khamzat at all.

He is ducking Whittaker though. 1 win doesn't get you a title shot.

Edit: After being replied to about 5 times about this, let me change my sentence. What I meant was "1 win shouldn't get you a title shot".

 

[Mike]

Strickland isn't ducking Khamzat at all.

He is ducking Whittaker though. 1 win doesn't get you a title shot.

Unless the ufc says it does. Hell, they've given them out to guys coming off of losses.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

As a fighter, I'd never sign to fight Khamzat. The guy doesn't show up, it if he does it's drama.

 

[chinarice]

I mean if you're gonna fight pullout king Costa, you can fight anyone.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

As a fighter, I'd never sign to fight Khamzat. The guy doesn't show up, it if he does it's drama.

I have to agree with this. Khamzat should be told to be in shape and ready to make MW on short notice. No sense booking him for a fight months out. spending money on promotion, having an opponent train to face him and then have him pull out, miss weight badly or get pulled by the commission after the weigh ins.

Let him step up as an injury replacement a few times to prove he can make 185 reliably and if he wins 3-4 book him in against a top 10 MW.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

I mean if you're gonna fight pullout king Costa, you can fight anyone.

They should book Costa vs Khamzat at Openweight. One or both could still miss but it is less likely.

 

[chinarice]

They should book Costa vs Khamzat at Openweight. One or both could still miss but it is less likely.

They already booked this fight and pullout king Costa pulled out. lol

 

[Contempt]

Strickland isn't ducking Khamzat at all.

He is ducking Whittaker though. 1 win doesn't get you a title shot.

When it was a bullshit split decision title fight loss and it should have been immediate rematch anyway, it should.

...and what was it Sean has said before... I never say no, I say how much?

He wasn't going to fight Costa on short notice either, sufficient money changed that opinion in no time flat.

 

[HunsonAbadeer]

Strickland isn't ducking Khamzat at all.

He is ducking Whittaker though. 1 win doesn't get you a title shot.

unless you are Izzy then you don't even need win

 

[Doughie99]

After Chimaev has been open lately about his interest in a Strickland fight, while not getting any response from the otherwise loud man,
fans have started to question and push the latter for a stance. In social media, Strickland decided to bring forth his thoughts:



So what do you say, is this likely to happen in the end? Will they fight later on as Sean says?

I don't personally care at all about Chimaev and who he may or may not fight.

However I do care and WOULD like to see the UFC give Strickland the winner of the Adesanya / Dricus title fight which takes place in Australia next month.

Sean has beaten and dominated Adesanya and he has also had a very close fight with Dricus so he SHOULD be the next to get a 185lb title fight.

Am pretty certain both Adesanya and Dricus would also want Strickland as an opponent again.

Ps. War Dricus in Perth! Hope it's an epic and entertaining fight.

 

[OldBoy91]

It's convenient when you never fight to say the reason why is because everybody is ducking you.

Yet, whenever he DOES have a fight booked, it always seems to be Khamzat that pulls out or self sabotages by missing weight etc.

Pulled out multiple times against Leon, turned Leon down outright for UFC 300, pulled out against Whittaker etc, retired twice.

 

[m249viking]

Sean “Duck” Strickland

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Unless the ufc says it does. Hell, they've given them out to guys coming off of losses.

Look, you're right, I should have said "1 win shouldn't get you a titleshot."

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

When it was a bullshit split decision title fight loss and it should have been immediate rematch anyway, it should.

...and what was it Sean has said before... I never say no, I say how much?

He wasn't going to fight Costa on short notice either, sufficient money changed that opinion in no time flat.

I don't think it was a bullshit decision. A lot of people thought DDP won that fight, Not every decision you don't agree with is BS.