Sean Strickland’s Coach On his Fighter’s Recognition
Throughout an look on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour,” Eric Nicksick regarded again on the time he knew Sean Strickland entered a brand new degree of fame.
“Once we have been in Toronto on the [UFC 297] presser, Chris [Curtis] and I have been strolling and a few man yells, ‘Sean Strickland, inform me what to suppose!’” Nicksick advised MMA Preventing, laughing. “I bear in mind Chris Curtis seems to be proper at me and goes, ‘Oh, God, no. Inform me I didn’t simply hear that.’ He’s simply obtained this following now, the place this man goes, ‘Sean, inform me what to suppose!’ And I simply bear in mind seeing Chris Curtis’ face, and Chris is rather like, ‘What’s occurring? We are able to’t have this. We can’t have this. Please.’”
Strickland ended up shedding the UFC 185-pound gold to Dricus du Plessis by way of break up choice at UFC 297. He’ll be trying to rebound when he shares the Octagon with Paulo Costa within the co-main occasion of UFC 302. Strickland is a betting favourite going into his conflict with “Borrachinha,” and he hopes to show the oddsmakers proper when he steps contained in the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.