Amid the controversy surrounding his UFC 312 loss, Sean Strickland has been accused of all however “dismissing” nook recommendation given to him in his loss to Dricus du Plessis earlier this month, based on Eric Nicksick who was advised as such by former two-weight champion, Daniel Cormier.
Strickland, a former undisputed middleweight champion, made his return to motion earlier this month in Sydney, trying to regain the divisional title in a rematch with the incumbent gold holder, du Plessis.
Nevertheless, struggling his second profession loss to the South African star, Strickland discovered himself on the fallacious aspect of a largely complete unanimous choice loss to the defending champion, struggling a grotesque nostril fracture within the third spherical of his return.
And within the days following the loss to du Plessis, Strickland got here below fireplace from a number of commenters within the sport’s sphere, together with his personal head coach, Nicksick, who claimed he wanted to teach world champions sooner or later and would probably have to weigh up his state of affairs with the previous sooner or later.
Daniel Cormier involved by Sean Strickland’s method at UFC 312
Moreover, following Xtreme Couture technician, Nicksick’s feedback, Strickland boldly claimed he would probably relieve the previous from his cornering duties sooner or later past UFC 312.
“I like Eric. He’s a pal of mine and he’s gonna proceed to be a pal of mine. Will he in all probability be in my nook? Most likely not,” Sean Strickland stated in a video posted on his official X account. “We’ve got so many nice guys at Xtreme… We’ve got so many savages that I might like to nook me.
Nevertheless, it appears not solely Nicksick was involved with Strickland’s method to his UFC 312 return — with the previous claiming Cormier was additionally skeptical of the ex-champion’s method to taking recommendation on board.
I talked to DC (Daniel Cormier), and DC was like, “Man, he didn’t even—like, it felt like he was brushing you guys off,” Eric Nicksick stated of Sean Strickland throughout an interview on Verse Us.
