It didn’t take lengthy for Luke Rockhold to get a response from Sean Strickland.
Rockhold (16-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) lately criticized Strickland’s combating fashion and efficiency at Saturday’s UFC 302. Not solely that, however he went a step additional and stated he’d wish to get within the octagon and combat Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC).
Strickland took to X to fireside again. It appears to be like like he’s taken with combating Rockhold and would do it at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas fairly than the UFC.
“Couple issues… I sparred you 1 spherical, f*cked you up, and also you snuck away like a b*tch. This was witnessed,” Strickland wrote. “Additionally, we have been scheduled to combat. I stated, ‘Hell yeah, that’s a straightforward paycheck,’ and also you pulled out a number of weeks out… Xtreme? I’ll f*ck you up for enjoyable lol.”
Couple issues… I sparred you 1 spherical, fucked you up and also you snuck away like a bitch. This was witnessed
Additionally we have been scheduled to combat. I stated “hell yeah that is a straightforward paycheck”
And also you pulled out a number of weeks out…
Xtreme? I will fuck you up for enjoyable lol https://t.co/8QcDb3oZpj
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) June 5, 2024
Rockhold, a former UFC middleweight champion, is at present not with the UFC. He fought out his contract in 2022 after a Struggle of the Night time loss to Paulo Costa. Rockhold fought the next 12 months with BKFC and suffered a TKO loss to Mike Perry. After some interval of inactivity, Rockhold returned this previous April to choose up a KO win over Joe Schilling at Karate Fight 45.
Strickland, additionally a former middleweight champion, is coming off the break up choice over Costa, which put him again within the win column. He was outpointed by Dricus Du Plessis earlier this 12 months, shedding his UFC middleweight title.
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