UFC 312 seemed to signal a community-wide awakening on Sean Strickland. After watching him go out with a whimper against Dricus Du Plessis (again!) it felt like everybody had kind of had enough of his bullshit. Sure, the visionaries on this podcast have been saying for AWHILE that what Strickland advertises prefight (a bloodthirsty maniac!) is quite different than what you actually get inside the cage (a careful point fighter, who came into this bout apparently having made like ZERO adjustments). After this one, however, it felt like fans knew it, other fighters knew it and even his own corner sort of seemed to know it. So, that feels like curtains for ya boi Sean. The irony is, of course, that Strickland actually DOES feel like a psychopathic lunatic in all other aspects of his life. Just … not when he’s fighting.
Plus, damn you can’t doubt DDP anymore. Except in his next fight against Khamzat Chimaev … surely he’ll lose that one … right? Also, are Dana White and Ari Emanuel about to try to “fix” boxing by going after the Ali Act? Well, shit, of course they are! Why didn’t we see that coming?
