Sean Strickland gives statement following ’embarrassing’ KO loss (Video)

Sean Strickland was incredibly candid about his knockout decline at UFC 276.

Sean Strickland went into his UFC 276 battle towards Alex Pereira with a large amount of assurance. It was noticeable he believed he could stand and bang with Pereira, but boy, was he incorrect about that. It took just in excess of two and a half minutes to see Strickland get dropped and dropped difficult in a person of the most amazing knockouts in latest memory.

Pereira is on a further degree as a striker, and he’ll before long be hopping many a person to get a shot at the middleweight championship sooner relatively than later. Strickland found out about Pereira’s electric power firsthand but manufactured no excuses.

In a video clip posted to Instagram, Strickland begun off by precisely describing how his evening went. “Well, that sucked.”

He then went on to further elaborate, “You in no way want to be someone’s highlight, but that’s the video game you perform,” he ongoing. “During the spherical, I saved wondering this was going to be an effortless fight. I see every thing this guy’s throwing, I’m obtaining the better of the exchanges. I’m gonna beat this person up for 3 rounds”.

He completed it off by congratulating Pereira, “Hats off to Alex, he’s a f–king killer.”

What is subsequent for Sean Strickland soon after UFC 276?

Strickland took the reduction in stride and didn’t appear also phased by the decline. When he was on a 6-fight winning streak, Strickland has shed in advance of, so no 1 should really be expecting him to implode from this fight. He ought to be equipped to get back on observe rather shortly and get again into the title hunt.

UFC 276: Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier can take place on Saturday, July 2, 2022, live from the T-Cell Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Adhere to together with FanSided MMA, who is on-website, for all your news and highlights.