Coach Eric Nikcik weighed in on gymnasium rumors relating to Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev’s previous sparring classes.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has an opportunity at one other title shot after defeating Anthony Hernandez this previous weekend.
Strickland bounced again from his loss to Doricas du Plessis at UFC 312 with a dominant efficiency towards Hernandez within the UFC Houston headliner. He stopped Hernandez in the midst of the third spherical, incomes his first TKO victory since July 2023.
After UFC Houston, Strickland held a wild post-fight press convention by which he made a lot of claims about present UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev. The feud between Strickland and Chimaev has intensified in current weeks, with Strickland claiming in a press convention that he made Chimaev give up whereas they had been practising collectively at Excessive Couture, reigniting the hearth behind the feud.
Strickland’s longtime coach and former UFC middleweight champion have had an up-and-down relationship over the previous yr. His coach disagreed with the revelation within the post-game press convention.
Eric Nikcik responds to Sean Strickland’s claims about Khamzat Chimaev sparring
in a current interview submission radiocoach Eric Nikcik responded to Strickland’s feedback and shared his shocking stance on his longtime scholar’s claims.
“I believe what occurs within the coaching room ought to keep within the coaching room,” Nick Schick stated of Strickland.
“Coaching is coaching. Gamers ought to put themselves in additional disadvantageous positions to enhance themselves. We do a whole lot of sparring and coaching relying on the state of affairs. However once more, exterior of camp, I believe gamers ought to work on issues, discover new choices, develop new techniques and methods. I do not assume simply since you beat a participant within the coaching room, whether or not it is on the A facet or the B facet, you need to carry that into the match.”
“I believe what occurs within the coaching room ought to keep within the coaching room,” Nicksich continued of Strickland. “It doesn’t matter to me as a result of I believe they’re each nice rivals and nice matches.”
Chimaev defeated Du Plessis at UFC 319 final yr to win the UFC middleweight title. In the meantime, Strickland could have to win a minimum of another match, seemingly towards prime contender Nasouddin Imavov, to get one other shot on the belt.
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