Is Sean Strickland...GOOD?! | BREAKING DOWN STRICKLAND vs DDP!

IS SEAN STRICKLAND GOOD???
Tim "Red Hawk" Welch breaks down the UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland ahead of his title defense vs Dricus du Plessis at UFC 297!
0:00 Intro
0:32 Is Strickland Legit?
1:36 Strickland’s Philly Shell Style Breakdown
3:50 Can Strickland Keep His Emotions in Check?
4:13 DDP Breakdown
4:56 DDP’s Fatal Flaw
6:52 Who wins Strickland or DDP?
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[@ChiShinobi]

Mannnnn I hope stricky wins. I don’t even dislike dricus but after seeing what he did to Izzy i’m so amped to see him go on an absolute tear

[@josephlawrence7635]

my mans out here giving grown man nicknames

[@ChiShinobi]

@@josephlawrence7635 😂

[@teddyevans2869]

@@josephlawrence7635I was literally just gonna say. You actually calling another grown ass man stricky??! 😂🤣😂💀

[@emana.9954]

Stricky is crazy

[@patoloquend0]

He has a good chance at beating him imo as long as he can drag Dricus to deep waters.

[@billsmafia7769]

Everyone trolled Till for his loss to DDP but seeing how he just ran through Rob with ease shows how good DDP is. Darren was cracking him on the feet with nasty elbows that could wobble most middleweights and Dricuss ate them all. Some chin Dricuss has.

[@bjornhartmann6839]

+@billsmafia7769 Darren Till was actually a very good fighter, even when he was a little bit undersized in middleweight. He darailed his carreer because of an knee injury he somehow was not willing or able to fix. Hamzat talked about that somewhat 1 or 2 years ago.

[@billsmafia7769]

@@bjornhartmann6839 End of 2nd round vs Whittaker he got his knee stomped and that’s pretty much what he’s been dealing with. Since that fight he looked out of shape against Brunson/DDP. Sad story, because he had so much skill on the feet but the UFC pushed him so fast. Also he was a tweener, massive for 170 and not that big for 185. His striking was so fun to watch. Idk many fighters who could counter strikes with Elbows like him.

[@jakesaint6256]

Strickland doesn’t fight to finish though, he’s consistent and will jab DDPs head off in 3, 4 and 5. Strickland by decision.

[@billsmafia7769]

@@jakesaint6256 DDP has a great jab as well and from both stances, he floored Rob with it. I think Strickland has better defense. They both have ugly/awkward striking but effective. Should be a good scrap.

[@jakesaint6256]

@@billsmafia7769 rob has terrible boxing defense, as much as I love Bobby knuckles it’s always been his weak point along with his chin. DDPs jab floored him because Rob is chinny and he caught him mid-blitz. Strickland doesn’t open himself up like that. Definitely will be a war though.

[@pauldonegan5820]

Dude great video. I was so surprised, from the thumbnail pic I was expecting to hear Canelo’s thoughts on Strickland and was like wtf? But then it’s not canelo at all but his doppelgänger with a solid breakdown.

[@DC-bp8sx]

Tim this is great, really love your breakdowns. Keep it up bro, you’ll blow up even bigger than you are now.

[@Bigtap88]

Dricus is a phenom but man Strickland is so good with that Philly shell. Re Watched Dricus last couple fights and he does have pretty unique takedowns. He took down rob with like a bull dog choke grip toss which was interesting. But I think Sean’s wayy to defensively sound. In Sean we trust amen 🙏

[@Lord_of_the_Pies]

it's really not a philly shell though heh, that uses a bladed stance

[@beaubean13]

TIM!!! Your content arc is on fire right now, love the pod, love the jobins, and love the new content/edits - amazing work! Your editor deserves a raise 📈

[@louishaywood4999]

This is what makes UFC so awesome. You never know what will happen. How often do we get it so wrong.

[@oparisleclerc]

I remember O’Malley not giving any chance to Strickland before his fight with Adesanaya. Good for OMalley that his coach is much smarter than him and actually appreciates and sees how skilled Strickland is He is not a fluke.

[@dylanhoye9339]

Need more breakdowns like this, good shit Timbo

[@briandiaz6117]

Tim your the man! Hope recovery is going good brother 💯

[@bennyfitnessonthego5032]

He’s a Legend just like Suga

[@casgal2431]

​@@bennyfitnessonthego5032Suga wouldn't exist w/o Timbo

[@lanceanthony198]

Remember when Chael called this guy one of the greatest minds in MMA? I’m happy Tim’s prediction lines up perfectly with mine

[@solohans4740]

-Tim is such a funny chill back dude you almost forget how special of an mma mind he has for a second. Def enjoy this type of stuff .

[@jlang7705]

Awesome video- thanks

[@IntroduceAsgaud]

Love the breakdowns

[@caleholland]

Your intros are very well done. And not telling people to go subscribe before they even see the content is great.

[@CodyOnIce]

Thanks for the breakdown Coach

[@calinnevarez5885]

I’m loving these breakdowns and the fire editing as of late🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@PurplePooPz]

Well done with this.

[@damyengaldamez399]

Yooo Tim you are an awesome guy I love everything you’ve been doing and still doing. Very inspirational. Keep being you !

[@mikeymike2524]

Your the perfect guy for these type of prediction videos… I hate to say it but you especially fit the “odds” or betting side of mma lol keep up the breakdown videos and people will keep tuning in good stuff

[@yyoksetioxd]

loved your breakdown

[@marc-andrebrochu4431]

Nice one Tim, straight to the point and unbiased.

[@riversavage5608]

Excellent breakdown!

[@ReeseyCupp]

Uncle Red gotta tell you I’m loving the new video format, Godspeed brotha

[@In-decay]

Everyone needs a coach and friend like Tim.

[@user-fm7pq3ur6c]

Really enjoyed watching that

[@bontimms3113]

New video editing pretty dope brother 🤙🤙🤙 want more drum solo at the beginning though

[@liamburke8225]

yessssss these are the videos we need timbo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@brettbunke9096]

Nice breakdown man😊

[@dylanpalmer5067]

That was a great breakdown

[@user-yh8hx6wr9f]

good breakdown coach, do more of them

[@YouShotMeYSMWoody]

Sick edits brudda nice video !

[@AG-lg3ny]

Great video. Love the editing!

[@richkrupansky1339]

Nice breakdown

[@movementencouragedfitness5945]

Love your videos Tim. 👍🏾👏🏾

[@Fightingmoe886]

Great breakdown Timbo

[@drakehale7449]

Great breakdown from Tim the 🐐

[@srqnate]

Excellent breakdown my man 👌

[@slobro7398]

Great video

[@Jac0b69]

Let’s goooo brother,these types of videos are legit

[@themomofmemes467]

Love your shit Tim keep up the videos

[@evanbrown-modeste2228]

Nice video 👍🏾👍🏾

[@bennyfitnessonthego5032]

Great breakdown Tim 💪🔥

[@laurencedale3854]

Content game levelling up

[@makasoona35]

Love your insight Tim! I’m definitely rooting for Strickland

[@jewmail5395]

U gotta do more fight breakdowns. This a huge refresher from people like cejudo and chael

[@kyle7313]

good stuff man. you do the best breakdowns.

[@dirtymike5972]

good breakdown tim

[@heko7777]

Great breakdown. New Sub from Australia…👊🏼👊🏼 And fucken go Strickland….!!!

[@robertdumitru8675]

More of these buddy one of the greatest minds in the game

[@danielatilano3294]

great video man i love me some MR. Welch is good analyst love hearing this man speak truth !

[@binky777]

drikus opponents more tired after all the power punches to the face.

[@brianstone4302]

Pulling for the Champ💪I really want this first defence of the title.Same for your Boy Suga

[@TerryKerriganTKPerform]

You’re an excellent analyst

[@happytheatsz]

noticed the increase quality in the editing. keep it up team

[@SstefanKRCC]

the best yt channel behind timbosugga show

[@boefit77]

Love it Tim i thought the same thing sean 4-5 dec thanks Tim.....

[@mariobasha7335]

Great analysis That’s what i think will happen.

[@danielbaker1510]

great break down

[@clayharrell4723]

damn tim I'm beyond impresed with this vid. one of the best MMA breakdowns I've seen on youtube in a minute this is a van gogh compared to what triple c puts out there lmao

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I would love to see more breakdown videos of this style from you dude. You have great insight and i feel like u don't get to touch base enough on MMA in the podcast. Hope to see more content like this 🤘🏻 You're a awesome mind/coach in the MMA world dude. Keep up the great work. +This had great editing

[@theegonzo3325]

What Sean Strickland did to Izzy after losing the previous year by ko will go down in history, man built his legend

[@ShortFormProductions]

Fire vid 🔥🔥🔥

[@josephwillis9874]

Best channel ❤

[@DanielSmith-lv5ed]

In my opinion, one thing that sean does well, is that when he loses he comes back way better. He constantly improves tho

[@miltmichael]

I don't ever see the "blocky" "robotic" body type ever win for that long, that much blocky muscle always becomes slow. I like sticklands straight hands getting it done as long as it's not a wrestling match

[@typod9903]

I think sean's wrestling has gotten much better since moving up. There are clips of him doing well against ankalaev but then again training isn't fighting

[@ItsameAlex]

well i wasn't surprised at the end by your prediction, because you said a bunch of good things about sean, and a bunch of bad things about dricus. You didn't say a single positive thing about him.

[@driz156]

@@ItsameAlex shut up dummy

[@Zootedzah]

People forget Sean can wrestle he’s never been submitted In The ufc

[@JoshuaSmith-no9mn]

@@Zootedzahyeah rumor has it he ragdolls Ankalaev in the gym

[@BlessVibez]

Jheeez ISSA BIG MON TING 🚫🧢💪💪💯

[@grantsomething]

Tim, do you think the big blue LED light shining in your eyes is bad? I use blue blockers for working on my comp and I know you guys are all about red light therapy.... just something Ive been wondering with these color changing LEDs... love you, love the pods

[@wheelmanstan]

I think you nailed it.

[@ItsameAlex]

7 minutes? I was hoping for longer but let's see this video

[@ryannelson4280]

Solid pick.

[@EaGerTYryhMe_-.]

Your the man tim

[@randalljaeger]

I agree 100% with your breakdown. And yes I was worried about him fighting with too much emotion, but his coaches will have him ready, and Dricuss will get a wake-up call in this fight that to be the champ is not going to be that easy.

[@buckleysmouthpiece]

Hope you teach Sean to keep his emotions in check against Chito ...he must not lose that fight Tim 😢

[@shawnn1757]

Don't need to finish this to know how good he is.. But I always look forward to what you gotta say anyway! All love T!

[@jonescjify]

Not hater curious what nation from ? Great breakdowns A’ho

[@seanc2078]

🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 I don't dislike Strickland but as a South African... Let's go Dricus!!!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 You got this!! Bring the belt to Africa!! Yes... I mean Africa! The belt hasn't PHYSICALLY been taken by a person who STILL lives in AFRICA!! LETS DO IT!!!

[@HighCountryDirtBiking]

😂 let’s go rainbow nation of segregation

[@ItsameAlex]

well i wasn't surprised at the end by your prediction, because you said a bunch of good things about sean, and a bunch of bad things about dricus. You didn't say a single positive thing about him.

[@colinpp123]

@@ItsameAlex Best is to stop listening to American commentators they so biased it's borderline ridiculous not just with MMA similar with all other sports

[@seanc2078]

@@ItsameAlex ya the video was sorta one sided but that doesn't matter... Only the end result matters

[@knuckle-sandwichmma681]

man it would be horrible. after years of femboy dogmolester izzy we finally get a man champion. if he loses the belt to a homosexual i’ll lose my shi. is homosexuality even legal in south africa?

[@stephencawker1565]

Right on Tim...Well said, Love Sean...This one could be like the Alex fight, but i doubt it....

[@jamesbenton4123]

5 rds is that Man Dance! This one's going to be sick. I hope they both come out healthy and can run it straight back that way the division isn't held up for to long.

[@georgiaguidestones2999]

Bro why would dricus get a re match at all?? There will not be a rematch no matter who wins. Neither man deserves a rematch with a loss. Sorry son.

[@asAbsolute]

@@georgiaguidestones2999 pretty sure he means, they both can get future fights separately soon after this fight.

[@georgiaguidestones2999]

@@asAbsolute run it straight back is not the words you select if that's what you're trying to say.

[@asAbsolute]

@@georgiaguidestones2999 You have to understand the context of the whole message. How would them fighting for a second time together not hold the division up? It does exactly that; other fighters would be unable to fight for the title, therefore fighting a second time would be holding the division up.

[@markbrown-sb2zm]

Quite a good analysis. Maybe Sean will have his mind right but youre underestimating the power if Ddps mind.

[@Thecodmother]

Year of the Sean’s

[@Noob-dm8zf]

They are both great fighters. I hope both of them win.

[@brianb6689]

Our boy D'Sean!

[@rooibosvanille862]

What do you think on the 2 big lightweight fights and mcgregor chandler ?

[@SpokeyMcGreasy-oc7wc]

The motorcycle riding builds a lot of hand eye coordination and reading things quickly, probably helps a lot with his boxing. Just gotta not get wrecked but a truck.

[@federalgodson]

I actually think Strickland is better than average, just because he beat Izzy isn't enough, you got to defend the belt, that's the hard part.

[@MikkiDaRuler]

Great video title ngl

[@MikkiDaRuler]

And breakdown

[@Brian_Moser1118]

I think I agree with you. Sean’s style works for this

[@guyfromnj]

I agree bro.

[@jakesaint6256]

DDP definitely has bits and pieces of the style that gives Strickland trouble, heavy pressure style with primary boxing, heavy hands. However, Alex beat Sean by set-ups which I don’t think Dricus thinks about. I’ve never seen him feint, throw shots low to bring the guard low etc.. he also doesn’t have the wrestling pedigree nor the cardio that Usman does. This is definitely going to be a war though, I see DDP hurting Sean Strickland, maybe even taking him down and getting a close submission, but his boxing defense is a massive liability and Stricklands defense on the feet and the ground are probably going to be too much, and he’s gonna get his face jabbed off in the later rounds. Strickland by decision.

[@johnbenter3237]

Hey Tim, when is the best time for an ice bath? I prefer post workout but idk. Is that ok?

[@ruanniemann2604]

😂😂 ok. Lets pretend Bobby Knuckles never happened

[@RippinPacks4you]

Solid breakdown...Im picking Sean TKO in 3.👌...and also I like Sean's idea of lifetime ban for steroid users💪💪👊..liked and subbed 🎉🎉🎉

[@raymondaloni2309]

You know he's been popped himself right?

[@seanc2078]

If a TKO happens it's Dricus who wins. If it's 5 rounds it's Sean...

[@basicflip2060]

good fight breakdown, constructive criticism have the camera a little bit farther away from your face or zoom out.

[@casgal2431]

4:30 you missed his KO of Perez right below that Unc, that was DDPs debut

[@Zootedzah]

I believe both Sean’s will win by decision

[@Ethan-ct7uk]

Omg I thought this was nick sick in the first minute and got so confused

[@Stavros0216]

It’s going to be interesting to see if DDP pushes Strickland that way without getting countered to sleep. Strickland in 1st or 3rd. Nice breakdown.

[@EfodsMovies]

Love you too!

[@billiemook]

I'm wondering about du Plessis cardio, even after the nose surgery! He tired in the Whittaker fight even in victory. Five rounds makes a big difference! "If" Strickland can get passed round two I think advantage turns to him!