Sean Strickland‘s coach Eric Nicksick seemed unimpressed after Strickland was defeated by Dricus Du Plessis for a second time at UFC 312. This time around, the fight wasn’t as shut as Du Plessis walked away with a straightforward unanimous determination victory after narrowly profitable through break up determination of their first match.
was Sean Strickland Unmotivated?
Sean Strickland’s coach, Eric Nicksick, mentioned the struggle to lengths and went in concerning the lead-up and Strickland’s coaching. He mentioned how throughout struggle week sparring periods went nicely and believed Strickland was well-prepared going into the struggle. Regardless of getting staph an infection, Nicksick believed Strickland dealt with the antibiotics nicely because it confirmed in his sparring and preparation throughout struggle week.
Of their first struggle, Strickland put the strain on Du Plessis the primary few rounds and appeared like he had management early on. That wasn’t the case within the second struggle as Strickland appeared to return out a bit flat and never as aggressive as he was of their earlier matchup. Even Nicksick was a bit shocked concerning the strategy as he didn’t need Sean Strickland to lose rounds as the primary struggle was razor-thin.
“Is he flat, or is he collecting data? I didn’t like—there was a part of me that was like, “Oh, do I need to get on him, get on him?” However I didn’t wish to lose rounds.” -Eric Nicksick
After the struggle, Nicksick acknowledged he needed to “coach world champions” publicly criticizing Strickland and his motivation from the struggle. The intent was to encourage and inspire Strickland however was perceived in some ways as folks felt like that ought to’ve been a personal dialog between the 2.
Will Nicksick proceed teaching Strickland?
After the assertion Nicksick made about Strickland, many could marvel if he’ll proceed to educate him and if the 2 wish to proceed to work collectively. He admitted to creating a calculated error about his assertion saying, “What I was trying to do in a roundabout way, was to challenge my fighter to perform better the next time out…”
Sean Strickland ended up combating a bout with staph an infection and sustained a damaged nostril later within the struggle however continued combating. Regardless of the error that Nicksick acknowledged, he has respect for Sean Strickland and gave him reward for combating by means of a damaged nostril and having a champion mindset.
