Alex Pereira tried to warn us.
Again in July, ‘Poatan’ said that the middleweight on the UFC roster most capable of handing a defeat to Israel Adesanya was Sean Strickland and late on Saturday night time (or early Sunday morning relying in your timezone) that prediction got here to cross when the brash American fighter conclusively outpointed and outstruck the now-former middleweight champion throughout the bulk for 5, five-minute rounds.
And chatting with the media in Sydney after successful his first-ever world title, Strickland mentioned that folks typically overlook precisely how harmful he’s within the cage due to how uncommon he’s exterior of it.
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“I feel I’m the most effective strikers on this planet,” he mentioned. “Anytime you’re doing the person dance you’re one punch away from being knocked out, however I can spar with any world champion boxer and get the higher of them. I don’t know, I simply suppose I’m the most effective strikers on this planet.
“Let me say this, I watched [Adesanya] combat Kelvin [Gastelum] and he was like, ‘You don’t have a chin like Kelvin. You may need his cardio.’ I’m like, chin like Kelvin, motherf*cker, final time I sparred Kelvin the coach jumped in and made us cease. You haven’t any f*cking concept. I’ve seen the fellows you’ve beat and you need to see me spar the fellows you’ve beat motherf*cker, no concept.
“I simply suppose generally I run my mouth a lot that folks neglect that I understand how to combat.”
