Sean Strickland discusses life as CHAMPION, Adesanya fight & upcoming bout with Du Plessis

Sean Strickland reflects on life as the new Middleweight Champion, his fight with Israel Adesanya and his upcoming UFC297 fight with Dricus Du Plessis.
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[@APR702]

God please let this man stay champion for Atleast 2 more fights we NEED him

[@eachann7953]

He'll still be around even if he loses. He'll be a fan favorite like the Diaz brothers. No worries, his career is pretty much secured so long as he doesn't do anything too crazy like kill someone in a barfight or something

[@MaymunEjaz]

​@@eachann7953 somehow almost everyone is more mentally stable than conor mcgregor

[@Hacktheplanet_]

Strickland what a lad

[@chiquita683]

- dad leaving the room to find a cigarette 🚬

[@JohnJoatan]

Chad Strickland.

[@germanboy14]

Cry baby lady 😂

[@JohnJoatan]

@@germanboy14you said adesanya would beat Strickland 🤡

[@JohnJoatan]

@@germanboy14​​⁠you said adesanya would beat Strickland 🤡😂

[@bcsexpress2110]

Caroline Pearce is absolutely fantastic. She is positive, she asks great questions, and she listens well.

[@ettorebugatti9354]

Stop simping.

[@krulle.storyteling]

That accent is so lovely as well

[@johnstanley7874]

She tanked on this one though.

[@JohnCenaFan6298]

Simp

[@thomassmith6638]

@@krulle.storytelingbeautiful British accent

[@sachin5151]

poor sean...was getting easily distracted here 🤣

[@bahlsdeepe868]

Strickland is the man🇺🇸🥇

[@beaualoevv]

beta maIe sean

[@beaualoevv]

imagine the smell of him & his mouth… that woman did go backstage after that and threw up.

[@martyfakenewsman101]

@@beaualoevvwhy u concerned about that? u wana kiss him or something? just like dricus kisses his coaches on the lips? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JrE-il7cf]

​@@beaualoevvGay as heck 😂

[@jimmicrackhead12]

He needs 1 defence

[@TheOfficial_InsaneStang]

Dude is literally just that boy down the street… 😂

[@WhErEsFrAncIs]

I was too afraid to watch the video of him showing us his living standard because of how UFC pays it's fighters, but when he won the belt I went and watched it and it gave me inspiration. Hard work is easy work.

[@footballflag6866]

Ufc does pay his fighters

[@robbiejohnston2023]

@@footballflag6866no where near as much as they should

[@robbiejohnston2023]

@@lukethomasprteamhe’s a multi millionaire now. But he wasn’t rich at all a few years ago

[@GIBBO4182]

@@footballflag6866not well. And I’ll never understand why people stick up for Dana so much either! Francis already making way more money in boxing

[@ssj4goku18825theepic]

@@footballflag6866 they literally don’t. Masvidal was still broke and working a full job when he finally got the opportunity to fight for a title eliminator against Maia in 2017 it wasn’t until he fought askren or Diaz that he fully became a millionaire

[@xiMaarKo]

Strickland out here looking like the leader of a biker gang , Johnny klebitz comes to mind 😅. Stricklands a warrior , this should be a great fight 💪

[@heisenberg6142]

And Dricus about to do him same way Trevor done Johnny

[@Justin-gm2fi]

Man Dance MCC

[@feitanthegoat]

he gives me Happy vibes from sons of anarchy

[@xiMaarKo]

@@heisenberg6142 nah I don't think so

[@EraySolak-pk7zt]

Hahha he looks like.jhonny too lol

[@aduhmbased]

Sean is the champion America and the UFC needs for a long time.

[@collier6794]

I hope he wins against DDP Love him as the champion 🏆

[@MsChimaobi]

He is going to sleep.

[@Thomas-vd4hu]

DDP is a solid dude as well

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@MsChimaobi Yeah he'll get a good night's rest in the hotel room after he beats the brakes off Dricus

[@Watergunner]

@@MsChimaobiwanna bet?

[@Seether1975]

I actually don’t know any South African that doesn’t like Strickland

[@mr.e6748]

Yeah we like him but obviously we are backing Dricus

[@Seether1975]

@@mr.e6748 Yeah! 100% behind Dricus!

[@imthedevilkys536]

​@mr.e6748 thats actually wholesome, let's go Sean!

[@roycep1737]

Yea was rooting for Strickland against Adesanya, but got to back my own now🇿🇦

[@stn7172]

Strickland more African than dricus

[@jamesmcaffie]

Strickland, LFG🥊🇺🇸🏆💯

[@AfamKingo]

I really hope he pulls it off. There's something very loveable and honest about Strickland. He does struggle with big stocky guys, tho. Jared and usman both beat him. But i do think he beat jared. He just doesn't throw leg kicks, he's a head hunter. I think if he can start throwing a few more leg kicks then he'll start taking more decisions.

[@xiMaarKo]

I'm a huge fan of strickland and I have to agree , if he mixed it up more then he could of won a few of his decision losses. He just loves to hit people in the face 😆. He actually does have good kicks when he uses them , especially his front kick off both legs.

[@huhhuhhuh4069]

Best champion we've had in a long time.

[@dickiebotha]

Not for long 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@huhhuhhuh4069]

@@dickiebotha One thing about Desean is that he doesn't hype himself up and make himself out to be some invincible superstar like other champs. He knows it's just a fight and that he might lose. Very genuine guy.

[@wtfobiden]

The swearing amount is just right

[@wtfobiden]

It pays to not be politically correct

[@wtfobiden]

Impeach Joe the biggest Loser obiden and boarder crisis creating hiding Harris Now!!! Bring back Trump 2024 and fix the obiden inflation problem. Open the oil pipelines and close them boarders.

[@Thawhid]

The swearing amount is just right

[@monkofknowledgestan]

​@wtfobiden it's nothing to do with political correctness...

[@robbiejohnston2023]

@@wtfobidenit’s actually the fastest way to not get paid lmao. But it certainly gains respect because it’s refreshing to hear these days

[@Quizmstr]

Ddp is Gold and we 🇿🇦 are all in

[@dickiebotha]

My boet

[@traceychevreuil8516]

Go Strickland ❤ 🇺🇸

[@Justin-gm2fi]

Guaranteed Sean will repeat the coach thing over and over and over at the press conference

[@souryabanik0907]

That's what triggered dricus to go after sean in the first press conference as well.

[@ZacharyDarkes]

There's probably some truth to it that's why DDP got so offended.

[@dudleylandsberg1747]

Bullshit😂​@@ZacharyDarkes

[@User-79916_ue]

@@ZacharyDarkesthere’s always some truth to a joke/lie

[@lukemurray4950]

​@@ZacharyDarkesHe done it on camera. I don't think it can be denied.

[@parastheviper]

What time is the weigh in Toronto? it'll be my first UFC event live in person. I just don't want to miss out on anything and would like to get as much as possible out of this event, any suggestions or ideas?

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Yeah, ask Google

[@gerharddeale6506]

Hi from South Africa,, love both guys,, it's going to be a good fight

[@thebaddy564]

Loved this interview😂

[@julianace996]

Will be a good fight. Best fighter wins.

[@dThapa966]

Great interview

[@user-bd3bk2mp5h]

Go on Strickland! Like the way this guy keeps it real and says whatever he wants.

[@pujitjuneja5966]

Ong he is enjoying it i love him peoples champ!!!

[@sanctionedhi4294]

I LOVE HE IS HIMSELF! MMA IS THE BEST

[@crlclssic]

Legend

[@patoloquend0]

I call bs that he never studied Izzy’s fights

[@Username0708]

He didn’t but his coach did

[@justspacing9031]

His coach did and he follows what his coach tells him, so he can use the last braincells he has just for fighting

[@jamesy1]

Sounded like the basketball player from bedazzled, get in there and give 110 percent 😂 Strickland is the man

[@OliveCastle]

Anyone else catch that bedazzled quote? 😂

[@cuttheknot4781]

The interviewer is absolutely ADORABLE. Definitely wife material, there.

[@stevenbennett9756]

Im a DDP fan and supoorting him to win, but man, Strickland is hard not to like, should be a cracking match, whoever wins i hope they smash Izzy into retirement

[@samuellafit5435]

Wasn't expecting the bedazzled reference Lmao 😂😂

[@Loopylulu8]

"Heres the thing u guys" 😊

[@mega00760]

what a beautiful classy woman, UFC hire her

[@SabioSabugo]

2:03 Nice quote, i know we have the same age cause of this hehe....very good movie!

[@ytuser6091]

I love this dude

[@criticalsoles4102]

I like this dude a lot he’s a true American

[@Simmo07]

Strickland is the 👑

[@dickiebotha]

Only till he meets our African wonder 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@samueloverend3181]

Can we trade this lady for Nina ?

[@Ritzacracka]

More classy but nina nextdoor girl type of hot

[@samueloverend3181]

@@Ritzacracka very cringe to me but business is business from playboy to ufc well done Dana 👏🏻👏🏻

[@intraterrestrial5035]

Wynaut both?

[@samueloverend3181]

@@intraterrestrial5035 nina is too cringy for me but opinions don’t matter 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@beaualoevv]

@@samueloverend3181only lncels watch her, she also did surgery for some parts of the body because of ufc 😂

[@metaufc]

I want Sean Strickland to become President of America

[@specialwire123]

Damn that lady is an awesome interviewer.

[@Golden_writes550]

Nothing ever lives up to the anticipation. Only times of spontaneously are fulfilling. Deon Sanders said the day They won Super Bowl he went back to his room and said," Is this it? Is this all I been Pushing hard for?'

[@Fynny1976]

This is gonna be a bloodbath

[@GarudaLions.F.C]

Sean -and still

[@yungmophead]

2:24 🤣🤣😅

[@kevincampiou4056]

U can do it Sean. Dnt doubt it man. U tkoo'd the pearly man.👊

[@darthconquerus]

Honestly thought that was Vinnie Jones from the thumbnail

[@SithAssassinOfSkyrim]

is press conference today?

[@beaualoevv]

lol it’s always on thursday. friday is official & final weight ins. saturday is the fight

[@SithAssassinOfSkyrim]

@@beaualoevv i always forget

[@user-bd3bk2mp5h]

Strickland is big af! Packed on muscle for dracus malfoy

[@JrE-il7cf]

Thumbnail looks funny

[@AussieGgc]

This bird got humbled

[@ColmPadraig]

How? Lol

[@TheInnerSanctum434]

Great video! Sean will definitely be making history this weekend 💫 When he hands the belt over to The First African UFC champ to be born in Africa, train his entire life in Africa, and still reside in Africa. 🌍

[@olayinkaagoro6234]

Lol. Dricus trained in Thailand for months with Izzy and Volkanovski at Tiger Muay Thai.

[@davidjones8043]

​@@olayinkaagoro6234and still has nothing to show for it

[@hankthetank8039]

He's not handing anything over but an asswhooping Saturday night.

[@bandittool3693]

​@@davidjones8043We will wait and see. Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie.

[@dickiebotha]

Fucken "A" my b 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@notktm]

Sean definitely throwing du plessis off😂😂

[@LatrinaDeshawntey]

Here’s the thing guys, I’m going to jab 2, teep and do the man dance

[@outofthetrash5925]

Thought the thumbnail was Vinnie Jones

[@abhorrentheathen]

Strickland vs Whittaker would be a banger

[@charlesbrown4483]

Nah Whittaker is way too predictable. Dude's been doing the exact same thing for so long, Sean would piece him up.

[@ayoemmanuel4201]

Dricus Du Plessis will win for sure, I can bet my million on him.

[@dickiebotha]

Welcome to the African side of things 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@AmourDuly]

This blonde journalist has two serious arguments to get Sean attention

[@Mr73Baja]

If sean grew his hair out before the fight and all the sudden had the best hair in the devision ddp would be shook

[@dickiebotha]

Trust me...Strickland gonna need more than a haircut to save him 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@NorthVikingKing]

Lol

[@NorthVikingKing]

He would resemble Patrick Bateman from American Psycho lol

[@Mr73Baja]

@@NorthVikingKing and there is my point. Check your hairline cause that was pretty close over your head

[@anumanuva2431]

Damn i hope he stays afloat...

[@billnosworthy568]

Best he take the angry and focused DDP VERY SERIOUSLY!

[@ExoticHooligan]

Idk what it is but I love this blonde chick it's probably the accent and the blonde part but what a beauty 😍

[@MajorCB211]

Wpuld love a longer interview between these two! Caroline Pearce is amazing, so much better than Megan Olivi

[@Unflushablepiss]

that lady is a pro

[@canadiansensei]

Always entertaining! The only fighter who's interviews I never want to miss....reminds me of the days with the American Gangster💪

[@danemyburgh]

Go DDP 👍

[@dickiebotha]

One time my note 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@jackbadabing5609]

Can see him softening up i can imagine sean going on a losing streak

[@dickiebotha]

Trust me brother...after drikius he gonna be begging for privacy 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@charlesbrown4483]

Don't delete your comment

[@jackbadabing5609]

@@charlesbrown4483 i wont not that big of a deal if im wrong

[@dickiebotha]

@@charlesbrown4483 won't be deleting...will be saving it then savouring it...🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@FourLightsOfficial]

Looked like Vinny Jones on the thumbnail!

[@Jose404.]

That's exactly what i thought!. 😂

[@cici2716]

DDP 🇿🇦

[@dickiebotha]

One time 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@Zedaso]

Hope Sean wins I love the guy, but I don't think he will, DDP is tricky.

[@intraterrestrial5035]

I feel like DDP needs his range to be tricky, and Sean is just gonna make him walk backwards and force him to box, it'll be hard to use that range ... Am predicting a long night at the office for DDP

[@tuffneggah]

hope sean saw the twins

[@callumsmith7404]

Honestly, with that thumbnail….i thought that was vinnie jones

[@Talisman09]

I never previously noticed that this geezer looks like Vinnie Jones

[@johnfrench4137]

What was that bleeped out advice to Dricus at the end there?

[@dickiebotha]

Get me my freakin teeth😜🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@renierhaasbroek8251]

DDP bout to stomp this fool

[@dickiebotha]

Soo go soos Nou...🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@TheAngryPlayer]

Come on stickland mess him up

[@TraitsofGreatness]

Strickland got a bag and bought himself a jacket

[@FaLLeNReApEr13]

🤣🤣 my guy Lfg

[@Leave_Me-Be]

And new!

[@luzgeldres6464]

Strickland, dedicated and disciplined fighter 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@francisplatt93]

I think Dricus will take him down.

[@ViviaCoetzee-ve6tn]

I really like Sean but Dricus are going to knock him out before the third round, it's going to be a great fight 💪💯🇿🇦⌚💣

[@Youssef06_]

Nope Sean gonna give him a dose of stillknocks 💪🏻👨🏻‍🦲🇺🇸🦅

[@chiquita683]

​@@Youssef06_dont put a flag with him

[@dickiebotha]

I🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@dickiebotha]

If u have ever been in Africa u will know and understand...we don't take no bullshit 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@Youssef06_]

@@chiquita683 shut up 💪🏻👨🏻‍🦲🇺🇸🦅

[@chriswinspear7965]

Vinnie Jones look alike.

[@MrJojoringo]

He's gonna get slept this Saturday but still this was an entertaining champion for what it lasts🤷‍♂️

[@JohnJoatan]

Sean nearly slept Adesanya.

[@saywhat4675]

Sean’s a way better striker than dricus

[@chiquita683]

​@@JohnJoatannearly when he didnt

[@dickiebotha]

It's not how many times and how hard u get hit...it's standing up after we get hit that matters 🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@ItsameAlex]

cool

[@rl2204]

lol here comes his first poesklap

[@dickiebotha]

The clever converter l like to call it...clever to smelling salts 🤣😂😅🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@sarbjitsraw1428]

Well deserved champion

[@aidarsydykov4786]

Another hottie reporter❤

[@buzzedlightbeers]

money cant buy happiness lol yall mfers aint rich

[@frenchiesfrenchies2979]

Sean good fighter he is mind is like stupid

[@lusizompofu1478]

And the new

[@tonnet51]

He use to point out how decadent west is, how all are consumers. Now it sounds like the inportant thing for him is his bank account.... Dont get it:/?

[@pussyhammer6969]

MMA fighters retire at 38, he needs a big bank account just to survive and have options.

[@lucidniprogramer589]

Well what's the alternative in an immoral place like the west, chasing clout, status?

[@Charles-yf5bk]

hope strickland doesn't start crying at the press conference this isn't therapy session

[@dickiebotha]

🤣😂😅🇿🇦🎼🤙

[@ashleyhawkins8232]

Sean lost concentration for a sec no wonder she is pretty

[@mikehagquist5198]

Let’s go champ

[@Thawhid]

Black

[@TwerkForWork]

Pink!!

[@EdgyDabs47]

Yes. Sean and Dricus are black.

[@Shmeamel]

Desean Strickland

[@JohnJoatan]

@@TwerkForWorkBlack.

[@TwerkForWork]

@@JohnJoatan Black and Pink!!

[@LOL13262]

This is what the stereotype of an American should be haha

[@foreignwarren7361]

Strickland's going to get trashed 😂

[@will4881]

He is acting now...