LAS VEGAS – Sean Strickland prides himself on being a “killer,” but Saturday he went the distance in Las Vegas – and that bothers him.
In the UFC Fight Night 200 main event, Strickland (25-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defeated perennial contender Jack Hermansson (22-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) by split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) to extend his winning streak to six. Strickland thinks he could’ve gotten a finish, but the pressure got to him instead.
“You know what it is, man? I let the pressure get the better of me,” Strickland told MMA Junkie at a post-fight news conference. “I knew I was better than him. You guys knew I was better than him. He was a guy that I should have, maybe not finished, but he should’ve been more bloody and messed up after the fight. But he wasn’t. That was because I took my foot off the gas. I just coasted through that fight. I don’t really even think I was trying that hard. I kind of sucked, but it is what it is. That’s what you get for being a p*ssy. No bonus for me.”
