December 11, 2024 9:30 pm ET
Chael Sonnen sees Sean Strickland popping out with an additional hearth at UFC 312.
Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) runs issues again with middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) within the Feb. 8 headliner at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).
Strickland lost his middleweight title to Du Plessis by split decision in a aggressive back-and-forth contest at UFC 297. Strickland is adamant that he received the struggle, however Sonnen disagrees.
“If there has ever been a man that seems to be one heck of lots higher than I knew he was, it’s Dricus Du Plessis,” Sonnen mentioned on “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Daniel Cormier. “The opposite aspect of that coin, Sean Strickland has talked himself up very a lot and has a excessive degree of confidence as a result of he believes he beat him the primary time. He believes he dominated him. That’s not what I noticed.
“As a matter of truth, I’m undecided Sean didn’t lose all 5 rounds on my scorecard. Very shut, actual tight, however on the finish of it, if you happen to acquired to go a 10-9, I’m undecided I didn’t give all of them to Dricus. The one cause I’m saying that is I don’t need Sean to essentially fall for what he’s believing. I need him to check this man, I need him to have a special sport plan for this man, I need him to essentially take Dricus severe.” With Strickland now the hunter not the hunted, Sonnen thinks that may deliver out further added motivation from him.
“I do imagine, Sean Strickland, when he was the champion of the world, didn’t care, or not less than that’s what he was saying,” Sonnen continued. “The second he misplaced that belt, boy that care meter went via the roof. And I do imagine Sean goes to struggle higher making an attempt to re-gain one thing than to defend one thing. That’s my very own perception, however that’s the struggle to make. Winner attracts in (Khamzat) Chimaev, I can drink to that.”
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