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 📈

[@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.

[@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

[@louishaywood4999]

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

[@dylanhoye9339]

Need more breakdowns like this, good shit Timbo

[@calinnevarez5885]

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

[@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

[@ReeseyCupp]

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

[@caleholland]

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

[@damyengaldamez399]

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

[@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 .

[@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

[@marc-andrebrochu4431]

Nice one Tim, straight to the point and unbiased.

[@liamburke8225]

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

[@IntroduceAsgaud]

Love the breakdowns

[@bontimms3113]

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

[@kyle7313]

good stuff man. you do the best breakdowns.

[@AG-lg3ny]

Great video. Love the editing!

[@riversavage5608]

Excellent breakdown!

[@Jac0b69]

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

[@movementencouragedfitness5945]

Love your videos Tim. 👍🏾👏🏾

[@CodyOnIce]

Thanks for the breakdown Coach

[@srqnate]

Excellent breakdown my man 👌

[@user-yh8hx6wr9f]

good breakdown coach, do more of them

[@PurplePooPz]

Well done with this.

[@jlang7705]

Awesome video- thanks

[@YouShotMeYSMWoody]

Sick edits brudda nice video !

[@brettbunke9096]

Nice breakdown man😊

[@bennyfitnessonthego5032]

Great breakdown Tim 💪🔥

[@danielatilano3294]

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

[@yyoksetioxd]

loved your breakdown

[@ahmadmustafa6926]

Great breakdown Timbo

[@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

[@drakehale7449]

Great breakdown from Tim the 🐐

[@user-fm7pq3ur6c]

Really enjoyed watching that

[@makasoona35]

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

[@themomofmemes467]

Love your shit Tim keep up the videos

[@In-decay]

Everyone needs a coach and friend like Tim.

[@dylanpalmer5067]

That was a great breakdown

[@heko7777]

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

[@slobro7398]

Great video

[@jewmail5395]

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

[@evanbrown-modeste2228]

Nice video 👍🏾👍🏾

[@richkrupansky1339]

Nice breakdown

[@binky777]

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

[@happytheatsz]

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

[@ShortFormProductions]

Fire vid 🔥🔥🔥

[@dirtymike5972]

good breakdown tim

[@boefit77]

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

[@laurencedale3854]

Content game levelling up

[@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?

[@robertdumitru8675]

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

[@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

[@brianstone4302]

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

[@mariobasha7335]

Great analysis That’s what i think will happen.

[@TerryKerriganTKPerform]

You’re an excellent analyst

[@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

[@buckleysmouthpiece]

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

[@theegonzo3325]

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

[@josephwillis9874]

Best channel ❤

[@SstefanKRCC]

the best yt channel behind timbosugga show

[@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

[@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.

[@stephencawker1565]

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

[@ItsameAlex]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@markbrown-sb2zm]

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

[@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.

[@BlessVibez]

Jheeez ISSA BIG MON TING 🚫🧢💪💪💯

[@ryannelson4280]

Solid pick.

[@EaGerTYryhMe_-.]

Your the man tim

[@wheelmanstan]

I think you nailed it.

[@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.

[@ruanniemann2604]

😂😂 ok. Lets pretend Bobby Knuckles never happened

[@Noob-dm8zf]

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

[@rooibosvanille862]

Do you think izzi prime is better as anderson silva prime ? Because you said best middleweight of all time. Imo i would pick anderson silva over izzi but i would like to hear your opinion on that. I trust a lot in your words about fighting. Greetings from germany. Keep up your work ✌️

[@Brian_Moser1118]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@villalyon7681]

DDP is so strong, i think he can put strickland out. But what you say makes a lot of sense also, kinda what happend with abu magomedov ( by the way, my favorite stricklands fight so far)

[@damonarchary1582]

Dricus is not like abus tho..hes a much higher level guy tbh

[@matsutendai]

Abus currently isn’t UFC quality. He’s one loss from being cut.

[@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

[@rooibosvanille862]

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

[@keananshawn5213]

unranked strikers did a better job and landed more strikes than izzy, i think its fair to say that izzy did not show up for striklands style.

[@givenchyoverall]

Do you know how hard it is to get a striker off their rhythm like that? Thats like holding Steph or bron to 5 points in 48 minutes

[@realeyesrealizereallies6828]

There is a reason why 32 years of age is considered a fighter's peak, because so many peak right then, like Strickland..Izzy looked himself 100%, so I don't buy that argument..

[@keananshawn5213]

@@realeyesrealizereallies6828 even dricus said izzy is off before he even stepped in the cage, everything got to izzy and he was planning to fight dricus so he without a doubt underestimated sean. every fighter has made sean bleed but suddenly the best striker in the division couldnt even land a descent strike, ya izzy was off that night.

[@Call_Me_PP]

@@keananshawn5213 "eVEEn DriCUS SAiD iT" loool that isn't an argument you troll. Dricus is smack talking. Nothing more. Israel showed up - he just got his boxing exposed. Cope.

[@keananshawn5213]

@@Call_Me_PP dont no how that is smack talk when he wasn't booked to fight sean at the time. i dont care that izzy lost, i just believe that strikland is over rated and got lucky, he aint elite.

[@sanchezjesus]

i wanna see sean win and i think he can biggest thing imo is draccus' gas tank... yeah he had his surgery should imp. cardio but i think like u said, he just uses alot of energy w his fight style

[@Ethan-ct7uk]

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

[@brianb6689]

Our boy D'Sean!

[@johnbenter3237]

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

[@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!

[@realeyesrealizereallies6828]

I would like to see Strickland pull it off and defend his belt atleast once..There is a possibility that DDP over powers Strickland, like Usman did many years ago at Welter Weight..Since DDP's first fight in the UFC, I thought for him to be successful he would need to slim down some and get better at the technical side of fighting, for cardio and success in striking..But, the one thing you can't really measure is will and determination, which is why DDP shocked the industry every single fight..When a guy can out muscle other fighters to the ground, hurt them with jabs and enforce his will at will, you just never know..Wouldn't bet on this one..

[@Zayosrs]

Strickland jabs are pretty steep to man

[@realeyesrealizereallies6828]

@@Zayosrs Styles really do make fights and there is no way to really gauge the way these two unique styles will play out in the octagon..

[@Zayosrs]

@@realeyesrealizereallies6828 ddp goes brawls our drops his guard and just throws and strickland is always pressuring plus his Philly shell it'll be great to see