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Sean Strickland made a lot of promises before his revenge match against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312.
In the weeks and days preceding the event, Strickland promised to fight to death with plans to bring a war in Sydney, to leave no doubt after losing a heartbreaking fractional decision during their first meeting. But in the end, Strickland lost in a even more unbalanced way this time and he has never really changed about his approach, except to absorb much more damage.
After the fight, the former average weight champion faced a lot of criticism for a dull exit, including the UFC analyst, Din Thomas in eruption while saying that “Sean Strickland is not what ‘He says he is “and” It is not the guy who will go to death “when he fights.
Matt Brown retired from the UFC, Matt Brown, can’t help but wonder if Thomas or someone else turned upside down against Strickland just won all this time.
“Many people Dogging Sean not to” fight to death “or go to war or something else,” said Brown in the last episode of The fighter against the writer. “What I want to know is when we started to listen to what the fighters say?” In particular what Sean Strickland says?
“He is an obvious good fighter, an elite fighter. What he did it led where he is. Why would you suddenly change it and why would we expect it to suddenly change that in the fifth or fourth or other? That’s what he does. That’s who he is.
As much as Strickland could ensure that the crowd is in energy by declaring that he will fight to death, Brown knows that it is nothing more than a promotional fanfaron.
The biggest factor to consider here is the story of Strickland where he has largely displayed the same style in almost all the fights he had in UFC. Brown says that anyone who really believed that he was suddenly throwing into a sort of wild fight has no one to blame but himself for what happened at the UFC 312.
“We know what he’s going to do when he goes there and fights,” said Brown. “It’s a safe style and it’s a good style to win fights on decisions. Again, this is what the UFC has done – I spoke about it several times – what they have done better than any sport in history is that they have amplified The personalities of those who contribute. We totally buy this and we love it. This is what the UFC markets.
“The UFC has never marketed Sean Strickland’s combat style, but they have absolutely marketed who it is as a person. With social media these days, it agreed even more and the UFC will simply amplify this more and more. There are a lot of guys like that.
Brown does not criticize in Strickland for having made crazy affirmations before competing because this is what most of the fighters do so that people are sufficiently interested in dropping $ 80 on an à la carte payment of the UFC.
To contact himself suddenly, Strickland has pretty much fought how he is still fighting that some people do not pay attention.
“What is it supposed to say?” Said Brown. “Do you expect him to beat the fight by saying,” Yeah, I will enter and make him fuck for five laps, everyone connects! ” No, he tries to beat the fight and take an interest in everyone and it works.
“Everyone buys in this propaganda or this rhetoric or something else and everyone buys and wants to look. Now everyone is talking about it. Everyone is so shocked that he did not go to war and try to be willing to die for that. When did it become his thing?
It may not be what some fans or analysts want to hear, but Brown knows that most fighters throw all kinds of nonsense to arouse interest in an event.
It’s nothing new and Strickland has done nothing wrong by subdoor the bizarre claims made during interviews or a press conference before the fight.
“We have to remove the things they say,” said Brown. “It’s difficult to do because there are so many public relations on these guys and we get to know them. You don’t see these kinds of things in other sports. We are based on statistics and measurable objectives. This sport, everyone buys in personalities and clown spectacle for some people. The Colby Covington Clown Show. Things like that.
“(Sean Strickland) can believe in his mind that he is fighting to death. If it was a real death fight, it was not a time limit, it could be able to do it, and I have no doubt that he would do it. But it’s a sport with rules. Much of what we can see is objective. Objectively, he never fought in this way. Why would we touch that he suddenly fight this way? »»
