NEWARK, N.J. – Sean Strickland is dead set on his next fight being a UFC middleweight championship bout, and nothing else will do.
Following a split decision over Paulo Costa on Saturday, Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) said he thinks he’s done more than enough to get a shot at gold. Strickland, who defeated Costa (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 302, plans to sit out and wait while the UFC arranges Dricus du Plessis’ first title defense – which is expected to be against Israel Adesanya.
“I’m going to wait,” Strickland told reporters at the UFC 302 post-fight press conference. “I f*cking paid my f*cking dues. I got robbed in dirty f*cking Canada (at UFC 297). I got robbed there. We all know I got f*kcing robbed, so I’m going to sit on my ass in the gym, and I’m going to be a team player, and I’m going to f*cking wait.
