UFC veteran and analyst, Din Thomas has bluntly hit out at Sean Strickland following his UFC 312 title struggle loss to Dricus du Plessis — claiming regardless of the challenger’s pre-fight demenure — he’s “not that guy” to again up such daring claims.
Strickland, who headlined UFC 312 over the course of final weekend — struggling a one-sided unanimous determination (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) loss to Dricus du Plessis within the pair’s title struggle re-run in Australia.
The defeat got here as Sean Strickland’s second profession loss to South African star, du Plessis since they first shared the Octagon in January of final yr.
And struggling a relatively ghastly fractured nostril — in apparently six completely different items over the course of his UFC 312 headliner, Strickland praised du Plessis for his efficiency, having claimed previous to the bout he could be going to “war” along with his previous foe ‘Downunder’.
“I f***ing love you guys, man. I thought, when that f***er broke my nose, I thought, oh, that doesn’t f***ing feel right. I popped it back in place, kept fighting for you. The Dutch Man is a bad motherf***er, he kicked my ass fair and square. Props to him. Take your microphone, DC, I’m leaving. But hey, you guys, I f***ing love you guys. You fuel me, and I would break my nose for you f***ers any day of the week. Have a good one, bye.”
Din Thomas claims Sean Strickland is “not that guy” after UFC 312 loss
Nonetheless, this night, the above-mentioned light-weight mainstay, Thomas has claimed that Sean Strickland’s usually outlandish pre-fight bravado fails to stay as much as billing — given the very fact in his opinion, the previous is portraying a facade.
“He’s (Sean Strickland) exactly who, he knows who he is, he’s just not telling us that,” Thomas informed Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “…And that’s what fighters do, is that as a fighter, your job is to virtually sort of conceal who you actually are, as a result of within the moments once you struggle, you go on the market and attempt to do your factor, however you recognize who you actually are.
“[Sean Stickland] knows who he is. He’s just not telling us that…
As a fighter, your job is to almost kind of conceal who you really are… he couldn’t hide from it this time.
The real you will expose itself when the lights hit you, and that’s what’s happening to him. He’s… pic.twitter.com/foozQOEmrv
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 10, 2025
And I feel he, you recognize, he couldn’t cover from it this time,” Thomas defined. “…Well, the difference is the spotlight. You know, the lights, man, when the time the lights hit you, is the real you shows up, the real you will expose itself when the lights hit you.And that’s what’s happening to him, is that he’s not that guy.”
