Former middleweight champion, Sean Strickland has not taken too kindly to current feedback from long-time head coach, Eric Nicksick after his underwhelming loss at UFC 312, claiming the Xtreme Couture tactician seemingly won’t be invited to nook him sooner or later.
Strickland, who headlined UFC 312 over the course of final weekend, dropping a one-sided unanimous choice loss towards two-fight foe, Dricus du Plessis — for the second time since January of final yr.
And following his disappointing loss, Strickland’s head coach, Nicksick claimed he would want to talk with the previous concerning a plan for the long run, and insisted he needed to educate championship-material fighters.
And in keeping with Strickland, following Nicksick’s feedback — during which he criticized him for showing on a podcast to debate his personal scholar, the previous insisted he knew many coaches who can be out there to nook him as an alternative of his long-time coach.
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Sean Strickland set to ditch Eric Nicksick after UFC 312 loss
“I like Eric. He’s a friend of mine and he’s gonna continue to be a friend of mine. Will he probably be in my corner? Probably not,” Sean Strickland mentioned in a video posted on his official X account. “We’ve got so many nice guys at Xtreme… We’ve got so many savages that I might like to nook me.
“The only reason why I’m making this video is because Eric had to go do a f*cking podcast and become an influencer,” Sean Strickland defined.
Moreover, in the identical video posted on social media, polarizing contender, Strickland revealed he suffered a horrible camp and was pressured to endure stem cell remedy in Colombia after struggling an arm harm simply weeks out from UFC 312.
“This is not an excuse but that entire was just a struggle of ‘I’m good’ knowing you’re not good,” Sean Strickland mentioned. “I used to be in Columbia eight or seven weeks out getting stem cells on a damaged bone. Once more, the bone healed effective. It’s not an excuse, however it simply sort of weighs at the back of your head… All camp that is at the back of your head and also you simply hold telling your self you’re good.
