Dana White noticed Sean Strickland erase his persona for a bit after his win over Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328, however he would not consider it is going to final.
On the post-fight press convention for UFC 328, the place Strickland regained the UFC middleweight title with a cut up resolution victory over Chimaev in Newark, N.J., final Saturday, Strickland spoke earnestly about how he was led to consider he was a nasty man and a nasty man, however preventing gave him a way of self-worth he by no means thought he might discover.
Following Sunday’s Zuffa boxing occasion, UFC CEO White stated we could have seen an anomol.
“I extremely doubt we’ll have a brand new and improved Sean Strickland,” White stated on Meta APEX. “If I see this, I am going to consider it, however I will not purchase it.”
Strickland has now overwhelmed the percentages twice to win the championship and pulled off two of the largest championship upsets in UFC historical past over Chimaev and Israel Adesanya. Alongside the way in which, Strickland gained a variety of consideration, each optimistic and detrimental, by selling the struggle and saying no matter was on his thoughts.
Regardless of Strickland’s spectacular win, the build-up to the struggle (which proved to be extra work than actual life), and all the pieces else throughout UFC 328 struggle week, White understands why rivals are falling right into a extra introspective state. However once more, White feels that is short-term for Strickland, though he hopes that does not occur.
“Given what each males went by way of main as much as this struggle, I feel all of the feelings got here out that evening after the win. And yeah, he broke his nostril within the first spherical,” White defined. “I don’t know the way lengthy that can final.
“If he is heading there now, nobody’s going to be happier than me. I promise you that. However I do not agree with that.”
