It didn’t take lengthy for Luke Rockhold to get a response from Sean Strickland.
Rockhold (16-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) not too long ago criticized Strickland’s combating fashion and efficiency at Saturday’s UFC 302. Not solely that, however he went a step additional and mentioned he’d prefer to get within the octagon and struggle Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC).
Strickland took to X to fireside again. It appears like he’s taken with combating Rockhold and would do it at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas fairly than the UFC.
“Couple issues… I sparred you 1 spherical, f*cked you up, and also you snuck away like a b*tch. This was witnessed,” Strickland wrote. “Additionally, we had been scheduled to struggle. I mentioned, ‘Hell yeah, that’s a straightforward paycheck,’ and also you pulled out a couple of weeks out… Xtreme? I’ll f*ck you up for enjoyable lol.”
Couple issues… I sparred you 1 spherical, fucked you up and also you snuck away like a bitch. This was witnessed
Additionally we had been scheduled to struggle. I mentioned “hell yeah that is a simple paycheck”
And also you pulled out a couple of weeks out…
Xtreme? I am going to fuck you up for enjoyable lol
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) June 5, 2024
Rockhold, a former UFC middleweight champion, is at present not with the UFC. He fought out his contract in 2022 after a Battle of the Evening loss to Paulo Costa. Rockhold fought the next 12 months with BKFC and suffered a TKO loss to Mike Perry. After some interval of inactivity, Rockhold returned this previous April to choose up a KO win over Joe Schilling at Karate Fight 45.
Strickland, additionally a former middleweight champion, is coming off the break up resolution over Costa, which put him again within the win column. He was outpointed by Dricus Du Plessis earlier this 12 months, dropping his UFC middleweight title.
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