LAS VEGAS – Sean Strickland’s first UFC title-shot fight week is going pretty much how company president Dana White envisioned it would.
Hours after Strickland (27-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) said in an interview with Fox Sports Australia that he punched a fan, White was quick to shut down any face-value interpretation of that story when he talked to reporters including MMA Junkie on Tuesday following DWCS 61.
“Do you know where the news came from that he punched a fan?” White said. “Yeah, (the news came from him). Yeah, he’s beauty. He played it up more than whatever and was jokingly. … The fan and him are cool. Going into this, I knew. I knew what this week was going to be like. Yes, we’re prepared for it and yes we have people around him now, so he won’t be punching people in the stomach anymore – for fun or not for fun.”
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