Add Gilbert Burns to the list of fighters defending Sean Strickland’s performance at UFC 312. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) was criticized for his dominant unanimous decision loss to middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Strickland broke his nose in Round
Daniel Cormier understands Eric Nicksick’s frustration towards Sean Strickland at UFC 312, but disagrees with one thing. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) lost a dominant unanimous decision to middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in this past Saturday’s main event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Nicksick was bothered with Strickland’s lack
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-312-highlights-video-du-plessis-strickland-super-slow-motiontion-blood-spills-in-sydney-in-super-slo-mo February 14, 2025 4:20 pm ET With two title fights atop the card, there was plenty of anticipation for UFC 312 and the promotion’s return to Australia this past Saturday. And while many expected two
If you saw Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira sitting together in the front row at UFC 312 and thought to yourself, “I’d love to know what those legendary rivals are saying to each other,” you’re in luck. That’s because Friday, on his FREESTLYEBENDER YouTube Channel, Adesanya released a behind-the-scenes video of his experience sitting next
Kamaru Usman gave an honest assessment of Tatiana Suarez’s loss at UFC 312. Suarez (11-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was battered in a unanimous decision loss to strawweight champion Zhang Weili this past Saturday in the UFC 312 co-main event at Qudos Bank Center in Sydney. Outside of an early takedown in Round 1, Suarez repeatedly failed
Din Thomas thinks Khamzat Chimaev would struggle against UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained his middleweight title by defeating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) a second time in this past Saturday’s UFC 312 main event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Du Plessis wants Chimaev next, and has
LAS VEGAS – Jared Cannonier doesn’t understand the criticism towards the UFC 312 main event. Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained his middleweight title by defeating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) a second time this past Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Strickland received plenty of criticism for not
LAS VEGAS – Gregory Rodrigues expects the new wave of talent to pose problems for UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained his middleweight title by defeating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 312 main event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. But with the
Sean Strickland knows it will be declared as excuses, but he just wants to explain what happened prior to UFC 312. The first signs Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) might not be in peak condition for this past Saturday’s middleweight title rematch with Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC), which he lost by unanimous
LAS VEGAS – While many people in the MMA community trip over each other to get a negative word in about Sean Strickland following his title-fight loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, two prominent voices in the space are going the other way. During their media session ahead of filming “The Ultimate Fighter
Sean Strickland was irked by coach Eric Nicksick’s public criticism of his performance in this past Saturday’s UFC 312 title-fight rematch with Dricus Du Plessis. Nicksick, the head coach at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, has been the chief cornerman to Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) during his rise up to the middleweight division and
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/video-cold-hard-truth-about-sean-stricklands-ufc-312-title-shot February 12, 2025 6:20 pm ET How’s this for an “overreaction”? Sean Strickland should’ve never gotten a title rematch at UFC 312 in the first place. Heading into UFC 312, Strickland was adamant about being
