Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has nothing however disdain for Sean Strickland.
The 39-year-old is contemporary off a knockout victory over Joe Schilling in late April at Karate Fight 45. That win was Luke Rockhold’s first since a stoppage victory over David Department in September 2017. Within the years following that win, the previous champion suffered three straight UFC losses. Rockhold in the end retired after a loss to Paulo Costa in late 2022.
Nonetheless, plainly Luke Rockhold is able to make a UFC comeback. Earlier this week, the previous middleweight champion referred to as to face Sean Strickland in his return. For his half, ‘Tarzan’ is contemporary off a split-decision win over Paulo Costa earlier this month at UFC 302. It’s value noting that Rockhold and Strickland have a historical past, as former coaching companions.
The 2 have been additionally scheduled to combat at UFC 268 in November 2021, however Luke Rockhold withdrew as a result of harm. It appears that evidently the 2 middleweights have some unhealthy blood stemming from that bout cancelation. After Rockhold provided to face Sean Strickland earlier this week, the latter issued a scathing response on social media.
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Luke Rockhold slams former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland
Now, Luke Rockhold has responded to Sean Strickland’s feedback in a current interview with The Schmo. There, the previous UFC titleholder acknowledged that ‘Tarzan’ was a fraud, who favored to speak about combating to the dying within the cage. Nonetheless, as soon as really inside, ‘Tarzan’ simply plods ahead and doesn’t interact a lot.
“I’m not a fan of him.” Luke Rockhold acknowledged within the interview, referring to Sean Strickland. “He simply places on probably the most boring fights of all time, he’s a pretend, a fraud. I believe he’s f*cking performing up there. I’ve heard he’s acquired social media managers telling him what to do, and telling him what to say. Let’s attempt to be a bit extra actual boy!”
He continued, “…Sean acts like he’s all ‘I’ll f*cking go to the dying!’ after which places on this hillbilly f*cking right-wing f*cking bogan angle when he’s actually only a f*cking b*tch. You ain’t going to combat to the dying, you go on the market and put it on the road for the final 5 f*cking seconds of each combat. You sit there, and also you stroll round like a f*cking silly nut-cracker kicking and punching like an fool.”
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC middleweight champion? Do you need to see Luke Rockhold vs. Sean Strickland?