Former UFC champion Sean Strickland has little interest in watching the match between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano on Netflix this Could.
Rousey will face Carano in an expert MMA bout on Could sixteenth. With each fighters rating among the many most influential fighters in ladies’s MMA historical past, this bout is bound to generate large viewership — even perhaps surpassing the upcoming UFC White Home card.
In fact, each Rousey and Carano are removed from their aggressive prime. Rousey, 37, hasn’t fought since being knocked out by Amanda Nunes in 2015. Carano, 42, hasn’t fought even longer. Her final battle, a knockout loss to Cris Cyborg, was again in 2009, 17 years in the past.
Strickland is named a skeptic about ladies’s blended martial arts and is rarely afraid to share her opinion on something. His principal criticism concerning the newly introduced Rousey vs. Carano battle on Netflix appears to be their age.
Strickland, one of many greatest stars within the UFC middleweight world, reacted to the battle announcement in an interview with Newsweek.
Sean Strickland crushes Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano
Sean Strickland is not occupied with Netflix’s Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano.
“Ronda goes to steamroll her. We simply watch two middle-aged menopausal ladies battle one another. Who’s going to say the (expletive)?” 😳#RouseyCarano #UFCHouston pic.twitter.com/IaadzVnqG8
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“Ronda goes to steamroll her,” Strickland stated. “You simply watch two middle-aged menopausal ladies battle one another. Who’s going to say the (expletive)?”
Strickland is scheduled to return to the Octagon this Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC Houston. He’ll face Anthony Hernandez in a conflict of prime middleweight contenders. He misplaced his final two fights by choice to Doricas du Plessis.
In contrast to Rousey, he solely held a title within the UFC for a brief time frame. After profitable the title from Israel Adesanya, he by no means recorded a protection and ceded the belt to du Plessis.
