MMA’s erratic bad boy and former UFC middleweight champion, Sean Strickland, spoke with Nice junkie about UFC 320and to discuss his own Fighting Future. During the interview, Strickland revealed that he had completed several rounds of training with current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in preparation for last Saturday’s main event. He described Pereira’s power as something that can end a sparring round at any time.
When the reporter brought up Magomed Ankalaev, who has trained with Strickland in the past, Sean dismissed any notion of conflict.
“Ankalaev is my boy,” Strickland said. “As far as ability and skill, he’s probably one of the best in the world.”
Strickland also gave his thoughts on the potential superfight between Jon Jones and Alex Pereira.
‘If there is anyone who can beat Jon Jonesit’s Alex. But Jon Jones? That guy can wrestle, dude. That level of black athletics, that man can wrestle. If you come from a background of D1 professional athletes, you move differently. “
He continued: “Alex is really hard to take down. His natural position is hips. He doesn’t react like most guys.”
As the conversation shifted, the topic turned to the reigning middleweight champion, Khamzat Chimaev.
Sean Strickland on Chimaev: “No one is going to beat him”
“He made me realize I had to wrestle,” Strickland admitted. ‘Which irritates me Chimaev Is that no one is going to beat him. Once you get past that first round, it turns into a kickboxing match. Once he realizes he can’t just outrun you, the fight changes. ‘
When asked who he believed had the best chance of beating Khamzat, Strickland told the media: “I can imagine and fluffy ‘Going It’ was the answer when asked who had the best chance of beating the new middleweight king.
Recalling a past training session with Hernandez, Strickland said: “I broke my arm and was training with him like two weeks later, and I beat him in wrestling. He’s really good at jiu-jitsuBro—like legit good—but here’s the thing about Jiu-Jitsu: you just don’t let it happen. If you take someone down and don’t pass warily or give you your arm, they were just lying on their back. Sometimes it’s even easier because they don’t try to get back up. “
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