Sean Strickland, whose middleweight record is 17-0 has only lost fights in the welterweight division
Sean Strickland has taken the MMA world by storm in recent times with his unabashed attitude and fearless fighting style.
MMA on Point in a recent tweet shed light on an interesting fact from Strickland’s career. The American mixed martial artist is 17-0 in the middleweight division and his only 3 losses have come in the welterweight division.
Of the three losses, two have been via. unanimous decision – against Santiago Ponzinibbio and welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
The other loss was a brutal KO loss to a stunning spinning wheel kick from Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC 224.
This is proof that Strickland has found his home in the middleweight division and walks around healthy and confident. It will be fascinating to see how he fairs against elite competition in the middleweight division starting with Jack Hermansson this weekend.
Fan favourite Sean Strickland in his recent interview with Helen Yee touched upon his willingness to fight Marvin Vettori. He poked fun at the ‘ The Italian Dream’ by calling him ‘Marvina’ multiple times during the interview.
It will be fun to see how this friendly rivalry and potential match-up pans out in the future. The only thing certain is that the fans will thoroughly enjoy the fight and build up between the two.
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