‘Honestly terrifying’ – Scary first-person POV shows what it’s like to fight former UFC champion Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland has given fans stunning insight into what it's like to fight him ahead of his next fight at UFC 312.
Strickland takes on UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis for the second time in February 2025.
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🍌The 33-year-old was the former 185lb king, but dropped his belt to Du Plessis at UFC 297 in January.
♊Ahead of his main event clash in Sydney next year, Strickland has released unique footage of himself squaring off with a training partner in the octagon.
😼But the video isn’t the standard camera angle UFC fans are used to seeing, as his opponent is wearing a point of view camera.
🐲The clip is just over 30 seconds long and accurately displays the awkward, upright, orthodox stance that guided Strickland to UFC gold.
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MMA fans were quick to react to the sparring footage, with one fan even encouraging UFC President Dana White to implement the angle into official UFC events.
꧂“Honestly terrifying,” one user said. “It surprises me how [Alex] Pereira was able to deal with that psycho.”
Another added: “This is so cool.”
🍰While a third said: “Imagine a camera angle like that in the official events.”
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൲Strickland debuted for the UFC in 2014, but suffered three defeats in his first ten octagon fights.
He then went on a six-fight win streak, beating Brendan Allen and Uriah Hall in the run, before landing a No.1 contender bout with current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
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The Californian was brutally knocked out by Pereira in the first round of their bout at UFC 276, in a fight that led to Pereira being crowned the middleweight champ, after he beat Israel Adesanya in similar style four months later.
ဣStrickland then suffered a second successive defeat to Jared Cannonier, before earning first shot at a UFC title against Adesanya.
🦄He shocked the world when he came out and dominated ‘The Last Stylebender’ during their five-round main event clash at UFC 293, where he was deservedly crowned the winner via unanimous decision.
﷽However, it wasn’t long before a new king arrived in town, as the undefeated Du Plessis wound up submitting Strickland four months later in the latter’s first defence of the title.
⭕South Africa’s Du Plessis has since defended the 185lb strap against Adesanya and is set to rematch Strickland in the main event of UFC 312.
ꦜThe pair have gone back and forth in the past, and were both directly involved in a wild crowd fight at UFC 296.
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The Las Vegas card was headlined by Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington♛ and witnessed the former comfortably defend his welterweight title, winning the bout by unanimous-decision after five rounds.
🌌Strickland was escorted out of the T-Mobile Arena in December 2023, one month before his scheduled first fight with Du Plessis.
UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan๊ first announced the middleweight rivals has been scrapping in the crowd on the live TV broadcast.
ཧFootage of the incident was caught on camera by several people and uploaded to social media, before the brawl was played out on the broadcast after Edwards had defended his title.
൲The footage showed Strickland jumping over seats to attack Du Plessis, who he hit with several punches and elbows as many tried to intervene.
🌠After an almighty effort from security, both men were dragged away from each other and the card continued without any further issues.
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♔Strickland has found himself in hot water with fans over the years for releasing footage of his sparring KO’s, admitting he is a former Neo Nazi, and taking his trash talk way too far.
🤡Nonetheless, he remains a popular character in White’s roster.
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