Forward of his return tonight at UFC 312, incoming title challenger, Sean Strickland seems to be practising his wrestling — offensively, the truth is — with footage rising of the polarizing star throwing a number of children off a pier into the water in Sydney as he prepares to tackle Dricus du Plessis.
Strickland, the present primary ranked middleweight contender and a former undisputed titleholder, returns to motion tonight for the primary time since final summer time, taking up South African star, du Plessis in a rematch of their first pairing again in January of final yr.
Sean Strickland throws children off pier forward of UFC 312 title struggle
And forward of his title pairing with Pretoria native, du Plessis, Strickland was filmed sparring with some children and youngsters on a pier in Sydney — earlier than throwing them into the water under with extra challengers lining as much as try to push the title chaser into the water themselves.
Returning to the scene of his earlier title struggle success again in 2023, on that event ‘Downunder’, Strickland turned in one of many largest upset victories in title struggle historical past within the promotion, touchdown a shutout unanimous resolution win over former two-time champion and common-foe, Israel Adesanya.
And having fun with a to date spectacular run in Sydney, this week, Strickland claimed he felt “at home” within the area — citing the Australian tradition and life-style.
“If it wasn’t for the lack of freedom of speech and gun laws here, I could see myself living here,” Sean Strickland mentioned on the UFC 312 pre-fight press convention. “Tax is somewhat tough—you don’t actually get that a lot for it. But when it wasn’t for all the dearth of freedoms, I truly actually like this place.
“And you f*ckers, man, you guys are a bunch of f*cking degenerates,” Sean Strickland defined. “I walk down the street, and I see f*cking mullets and lifted f*cking trucks. It feels like I’m back home with my white trash buddies. And you know, man, I f*cking love it here. I feel like I’m a little Australian.”
