Sean Strickland is among the enigmatic fighters presently within the UFC. No stranger to controversy, he has many followers but in addition many haters. The identical may be mentioned for Nick Diaz.
Contemplating their distinctive characters, it was fairly cool to see them seemingly cross paths for the primary time not too long ago.
Diaz and Strickland met at Excessive Couture in Las Vegas. Strickland was within the cage when Diaz arrived, however he paused his coaching to trade a number of phrases with the person he hailed as a UFC “legend.”
Like most issues lately, the interplay was captured on movie. See beneath (by way of Jake Shields).
UFC stars Sean Strickland and Nick Diaz move one another
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Each Strickland and Diaz are recognized for his or her willingness to throw up at any time, however their interplay was totally amicable.
When he discovered that Diaz was transferring to Las Vegas, a seemingly star-struck Strickland mentioned, “I’ve obtained to roll with you.” “Fucking legends right here, guys. Loopy. That is a fucking legend. Loopy.”
Strickland and Diaz then joked a bit concerning the latter’s age, with Strickland joking, “I am not attacking you.”
“I used to observe you after I was a child,” the middleweight later mentioned. “I used to be standing in my front room in my goddamn boxer shorts watching your deserted canine. It was superior.”
Diaz replied that he’s presently watching Strickland within the UFC. It was a extremely cool second.
Strickland is presently making ready for a high-stakes battle. He’s scheduled to face perennial favourite Anthony Hernandez in the primary occasion of UFC Houston on February twenty first. The build-up to the match is already attention-grabbing, to say the least.
Diaz is a former Strikeforce champion who fought twice for UFC gold, however hasn’t fought since shedding to Robbie Lawler in 2021. His subsequent most up-to-date battle was in 2015, when he fought Anderson Silva. The battle was dominated a no-contest after Diaz examined constructive for marijuana and Silva examined constructive for a number of banned performance-enhancing medicine.
