SYDNEY – Sean Strickland agrees with his boss Dana White and other Israel Adesanya performance critics coming out of UFC 293. Something did not look right to him.
Following his odds-defying unanimous decision win, Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) indicated he thought Adesanya’s shortcomings in the cage may have stemmed from a lack of motivation.
“Goddamn, dude. I feel like the guy didn’t even try,” Strickland told reporters including MMA Junkie at a post-fight news conference. “There were times where he was throwing punches and I was like, ‘Am I fighting an amateur, right now? What the f*ck is going on?’ But yeah, I think I run my mouth a lot and people forget I can fight. But here we are, you guys. You’re going to have to talk to me a bit longer. Sorry about that.”
