Sean O’Malley is praising Sean Strickland for his win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302.
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It was simply final weekend, on Saturday June 1st at UFC 302 that noticed Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA) defeat Paulo Costa (14-4 MMA) by break up resolution within the co-main middleweight bout.
‘Tarzan’ is now again within the win column after beforehand dropping his middleweight crown to Dricus Du Plessis (21-2 MMA) in January of this 12 months at UFC 297 by means of break up resolution. Strickland now plans to play the ready recreation in hopes of a future title shot.
It was throughout a current episode of the ‘TimboSugarShow’ that bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley mirrored on final weekend’s battle and Sean Stricklands’ efficiency:
“His type is so candy. He’s primarily orthodox however he’ll march at you checking kicks into southpaw, throwing teeps from each stances. His eyes are so good, he’s exhausting to hit on his chin, until you’re Alex Pereira he hit him on his chin, however yeah that may be a nightmare battle. You could possibly inform on the finish of like going to the tip of the primary spherical you’re like, this isn’t good. This isn’t trying good for Costa.”
With the loss, ‘Borrachinha’ has the unenviable report of 4 losses in his final 5 fights inside the Octagon. Costa has been defeated by Sean Strickland, Robert Whittaker (25-7 MMA), Marvin Vettori (19-7 MMA) and Israel Adesanya (24-3 MMA) throughout that stretch, together with his lone win in that point coming towards Luke Rockhold.
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