Former middleweight champion, Sean Strickland has not taken too kindly to latest feedback from long-time head coach, Eric Nicksick after his underwhelming loss at UFC 312, claiming the Xtreme Couture tactician seemingly won’t be invited to nook him sooner or later.
Strickland, who headlined UFC 312 over the course of final weekend, dropping a one-sided unanimous determination loss in opposition to two-fight foe, Dricus du Plessis — for the second time since January of final 12 months.
And following his disappointing loss, Strickland’s head coach, Nicksick claimed he would want to speak with the previous relating to a plan for the longer term, and insisted he needed to teach championship-material fighters.
And in accordance with Strickland, following Nicksick’s feedback — by which he criticized him for showing on a podcast to debate his personal pupil, the previous insisted he knew many coaches who could be obtainable to nook him as an alternative of his long-time coach.
Sean Strickland set to ditch Eric Nicksick after UFC 312 loss
“I like Eric. He’s a good friend of mine and he’s gonna proceed to be a good friend of mine. Will he in all probability be in my nook? Most likely not,” Sean Strickland mentioned in a video posted on his official X account. “Now we have so many nice guys at Xtreme… Now we have so many savages that I might like to nook me.
“The one cause why I’m making this video is as a result of Eric needed to go do a f*cking podcast and develop into an influencer,” Sean Strickland defined.
Moreover, in the identical video posted on social media, polarizing contender, Strickland revealed he suffered a horrible camp and was compelled to bear stem cell remedy in Colombia after struggling an arm damage simply weeks out from UFC 312.
“This isn’t an excuse however that whole was only a wrestle of ‘I’m good’ realizing you’re not good,” Sean Strickland mentioned. “I used to be in Columbia eight or seven weeks out getting stem cells on a damaged bone. Once more, the bone healed positive. It’s not an excuse, nevertheless it simply type of weighs behind your head… All camp that is behind your head and also you simply maintain telling your self you’re good.
