Sean Strickland talks UFC 171 debut fight as favorite against Bubba McDaniel

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[@handsomefatboy]

400,000 thousand sparing sessions later dude turned into a maniac champ!

[@_munkykok_]

*40k

[@snubdawg1386]

thousand hours of acting class

[@arthurtats]

And now he’s Middleweight Champion of the world 🙏🙏

[@shibafujiwatches2808]

Yep.

[@JoeBidementia]

No shit

[@kanethesevenfootmonster868]

​@@JoeBidementiaBruh.......😂😂

[@stevekennyufc]

He is! Wow! What a Rocky story! I’m happy for Sean!

[@mikehansen7610]

Of the ufc, not the world.

[@caiomucio9237]

Incredible that he's only 23 at that time. Crazy how time flies.

[@blockaderunner]

he looked very disturbed then😁

[@DayMedia1990]

He was normal back then. Before he got hit in the head too much

[@H.K.5]

@@DayMedia1990 He’s the same person nowadays, he just isn’t afraid to speak his mind anymore.

[@DayMedia1990]

I wish he was.@@H.K.5

[@snubdawg1386]

@@H.K.5 nah it seems he plays a character now....not even speaking with his real voice anymore

[@nocap6540]

He was definitely shy those times , can’t believe he’s the Middleweight champ now gotta respect the grind 🫡

[@mamamia5668]

More like didn't have permanent brain damage back then

[@DKwildrift]

The middleweight champ.

[@Blake19d]

The way this interviewer stares into his soul 😂

[@Pclub4ever]

I like interviewers like this tho. He's really on his job and pays full attention.

[@Mikehowarth1988]

This is the guy that made De Sean uncomfortable with eye contact

[@insanity4224]

9 years later he dominates Izzy for the belt. Unbelievable!

[@alcottdevalte7440]

This kid is always nice, humble, polite, kind and down to earth.

[@Senseibadman]

You sound like Dana lol

[@stevenmitchell6491]

😂😂😂

[@heroe1486]

What they always say after someone does crazy shit like mass murder

[@handsomefatboy]

Who isn’t when they’re young and it’s for their job 😂.

[@Genericwhitemale_]

What a nice young man. I can see home being champion one day.

[@_munkykok_]

*homie

[@SAMI5849]

One day this guy gonna be World Champion.

[@NoPrivateProperty]

nah

[@OLBK]

That is so cool that you predicted that!

[@bmwbavaria3991]

Sean as the definition of never give up or never back down! Congrats on being middleweight champ

[@koollio9724]

now youre a champ you did it man

[@_munkykok_]

His younger self can't hear you.

[@ADSUPINTHIS]

Everyone saying he's acting now are idiots. This was his first UFC fight. People get more outspoken once they find their place and get comfortable. Even in this interview he showed tiny glimpses of cockiness. Nobody shows up on the first day of work at a new job and is going full bore goon. That might happen now days cuz the UFC is like WWE and shit talking sells fights just as much as skill.

[@ok_jaja]

He’s actually coherent here even his voice isn’t rahdahaharraa here

[@ADSUPINTHIS]

@@ok_jaja He's been punched in the head a lot since this fight.

[@heroe1486]

​@@ADSUPINTHIS Probably has nothing to do with that, he's still coherent in some interviews, he just wants to promote himself, without this trash talk he probably wouldn't even have got a title shot against Adesanya

[@ADSUPINTHIS]

@heroe1486 👌🏼Had nothing to do with the champions fighting ability.

[@bobbyr2972]

CTE bro but gotta love the champ

[@MrDioXIII]

He's a lot more "woo look at me have no filter" now but he is as candid then as he is now. Always liked his frankness.

[@blockaderunner]

that's hard livin don't know how you can keep it up all these years, I give him 3 more years of competitiveness MAX

[@gged]

Now he’s a superstar and champ

[@WboofW]

Now his champion

[@jundialhaqiqa9907]

I have been watching him fight since he came into the UFC, and nobody cared about him until he started talking. He could give Colby some pointers.

[@atvbass10]

What? Lmao

[@joemiguel5202]

Difference between Strickland and Colby is that Strickland stayed true to himself the whole time without no shitty gimmick which shows you don’t need one to get by and he doesn’t go after people’s kids and have sheep fanboys sugarcoat him.

[@Val_Smith]

​@@joemiguel5202 so calling Jorge a bad father is going after kids. Freaking bandwagon casuals.

[@joemiguel5202]

@@Val_Smith No, Its fucking sheeps like you who sugarcoated it and then Masvidal’s kids have to deal with bullies calling out their private family life when in reality we don’t know shit about any mma fighters personal life. Dumbass colby fanboys. Swear to god, bunch of keyboard warriors and they’ll bend over anything Colby says just like the MAGA cult.

[@JG-nx3jg]

​@@joemiguel5202well he's nothing like his current persona in this video, so not sure how you can say he's genuine

[@robertg305]

And he's champ now!

[@guitaristut]

Here's the thing guys, this is the world champion!

[@AfrikanGod1]

9 years back , respect!

[@michaelkhuvung981]

The man

[@muthurajaramachandar4762]

Sean Strickland has a raspy voice now. How times change

[@mighthookya2637]

Yea he smokes a half pack a day now

[@j.2391]

Bro hes 33😂 he ain’t a kid no more

[@817_.nathan8]

Nah his motorcycle accident happened then he started talking crazy

[@naturalianoss]

@@817_.nathan8boooooolshiiiit it is all an act

[@Djangorechained12]

​@@817_.nathan8and won a championship

[@PauIdenino]

I didn't realize Sean had 19 fights in the UFC before his championship fight against Israel Goatsanya. That's the definition of never giving up. 🙏 Like and leave a comment, any comment, if you agree Izzy is the MW goat.

[@Swaze742]

Izzy isn't the goat

[@-plskn7327]

Gaynosanya

[@TheMMAKasual]

K-9sanya

[@Real_uMMActually]

The last dogbender

[@daniel18923]

Izzy doesn't touch SIlva lmfao

[@MrBartman002]

Before the cauliflower ears

[@kb24rd]

Well listen you guys

[@ASMRAdix]

Sean is so handsome here what the heck???

[@JonDoz-es1xm]

Shaved head, age & weight gain will change ur looks lol

[@michaelblue7852]

Crazy the champ haha. Wow.

[@teamvolkanovski]

UFC champion 😮

[@suj1201]

Ahh simpler times.

[@ajax1472]

Chad

[@uncleangie9597]

😂 fucken right

[@SantasWarehouse]

At at some point he just completely stopped caring

[@americanmmawear4612]

Must be something in the water over there at Millenia...

[@Slippinjimmymcgill]

Did you find out what it was ?

[@DanielSilva-bc5zv]

Is that @theschmo312 back in the day?

[@SonOftheBattleCry]

Why was this all in our recommended?

[@dn-pp5ny]

He had a tbi from a motor cycle accident

[@404duck6]

How you know

[@dn-pp5ny]

@@404duck6 look at his interviews before and after it

[@TWEpwnz]

Exactly. Wouldn't be surprised if that significantly changed his personality. (Impulsiveness, more outspoken, rage in sparring and on the road, etc.) But I'm no doctor.

[@LaurenAtTenn]

@@dn-pp5nyjust because he talks raspy?

[@timothyk6363]

@@dn-pp5nyyou’re not a doctor, Mr. SpongeBob profile pic. So why don’t you shut the fack up instead of spread rumors on the internet about people’s personal lives? Or tell me where you live and maybe I can offer you a tbi

[@SincereSentinel]

💪

[@AfamKingo]

All these people trying to diagnose this guy based off one interview. It was probably one of his first ever interviews. 9 years is a long time for a person to change and become more confident in themselves and the new surroundings he was in. Jeeez i know im not the same person i was only a few years ago.

[@mags6946]

He was still a kid in this interview. When you become a man and start to EARN enough money to provide for family, you start to talk like a man. Someone who don't care what people think of him

[@heroe1486]

​​​​​​​@@mags6946 No it doesn't have anything to do with that, you have successful people who are still shy, or just naturally cautious, some who don't even have families and even some who are cocky for nothing, even as kids. And most people care about what other think and are also even hypocrites, even as adults, that's just a fact these days, even for some of those claiming the opposite. Here it's just a young fighter vs someone wanting to make a bit of self promotion, without that self promotion he won't even have fought Adesanya for that matter. You seem a bit brainwashed to be fair, those leftists made you crazy and you thus try to reach for the extreme "opposite" with over manly discourse, just ignore w*kes and have coherent discourses

[@mags6946]

@@heroe1486 man, you say it like Strickland is some BUM who can't climb his way up the rankings lol. This what you don't understand, fighters like Weidman and Rockhold became champs and they didn't do any self promotion like Colby did. They basically climbed up the rankings and are not a boring decision wrestler like Colby. Pretty sure Strickland on the same spectrum as Rockhold and Weidman when it comes to fighting skills so he definitely can fight for the title even if he didn't have a sellable personality. Just so you know, nobody was available to fight Izzy when Dickus pulled out. Strickland himself just came off of a fight. UFC didn't want him to have a shot because of his personality but Izzy himself said he CONVINCED the UFC to let the fight happen by saying Strickland have NO shot of winning.

[@mags6946]

@@heroe1486 you seem a bit full of yourself to think ALL people are the same lol. Yes we have people who have CONSISTENT personalities since childhood but there are a LOT of people who have to behave ACCORDINGLY so they don't have to get kicked out of school or get fired at work. And when they start to be. a man of their own, they just start to SPEAK what's in their mind rather than BEHAVE accordingly like they used to when they were kids.

[@user-jb7rl4kc6y]

His voice was quite high...

[@supernovacaine10]

Here’s the thing guys……

[@MrStiwan46]

🏆

[@jsbpwr]

9 years later he’e the MW champion.

[@robertwilliams5618]

No

[@saynotothegreatreset]

His voice changed so much

[@brandohelferich916]

10 years later he gets a title shot

[@hassanmasana3016]

10 years later he’s champion

[@brandohelferich916]

@@hassanmasana3016 🇺🇸🦅

[@user-zc9cl1rx2l]

If you just hear the interview without video you would think Luke Rockhold is speaking

[@TheAnimalWolverine]

That is actually funny but Luke stutters a lot more and talks way awkwardly so yeah

[@22volavola]

Tell’Em Steve Dave.

[@kombatcamera]

yeah he did the colby thing, they start pretending to be scott steiner to get a push

[@lccody1537]

The People’s Champ!!!

[@nickb.6726]

How come he is not dropping an F bomb every 2 secs?

[@user-sk3tn2ek8q]

why is he so different did he have an accident? here he is calm etc

[@qase8070]

ya

[@toji8302]

motorcycle accident

[@user-sk3tn2ek8q]

Thanks@@toji8302

[@christianlucero9057]

Champ 🏆

[@JESUSHernandez-ss3tw]

& D'Sean Was Born...I absolutely Love It...❤❤😂😂

[@frankiecal3186]

Here's the thing guy's.......

[@javiera3223]

Even his voice change lol

[@alfredeneuman4947]

haha i love to hear that Lorenz Larkin was beating up sean, and sean is right Lorenz is one of the best in the world but for some reason the promoters dont show him the respect he deserves. But hopefully her can get a big fight next since he just took out that undefeated russian dude. but bellator management has gone to shit and needs to hurry up and sell because so many fighters like MVP and others that wanna fight more often but bellator doesnt give them fights but 1-2 MAX per year. its a shame

[@crazypato3752]

It's because they don't have enough fighters for them to fight

[@alfredeneuman4947]

@@crazypato3752 nah bro there is plenty of fighters, just not enough shows. go look at the top 10 of any division they have and you will see that many of the fighters havent fought in almost a year or longer because bellator doesnt give them fights. MVP has said multiple times that he has been wanting to be way more active but bellator wont give him fights

[@crazypato3752]

@@alfredeneuman4947 I think bellator wants to give MVP fights that makes Sense not just any New comer. Something similar happens in the UFC. Whittaker is ranked top 5 and has fought pretty much everybody but UFC Will not book him against a newcomer they would try to book.hik against someone with similar rank

[@alfredeneuman4947]

@@crazypato3752 i agree but ive been following MVP very closely since 2017 and even back then he was talking about how he wanted to fight at least 3-4 times per year and on multiple occasions he said bellator just isnt giving him enough fights. thats why he started doing boxing fights because bellator would tell him " we dont have a fight for you until 8 months from now" so he would go do a boxing match in between mma fights for a few years. lol i was a hardcore MVP fan i literally watched every interview, and even watched all of his boxing fights, and ive seen every single mma fight he has ever had. i just love his style of fighting and i was always so curious to see how good he really can be. thats why i hope he comes to UFC now but we will see what happens. i also would love to see MVP vs Jake paul but i think MVP needs to go to the UFC first to build his brand a little bit more.

[@crazypato3752]

@@alfredeneuman4947 I would like to see MVP vs Doumbe

[@charleschi843]

Sean unleashed is much more exciting.

[@astheskylarksings]

Just like Colby

[@wall_flow]

He’s doing a better act than colby

[@eaglemma1020]

What? Hes still the same clown

[@joooanit0224]

@@eaglemma1020 You're definitely a clown.

[@TWEpwnz]

Or his motorcycle accident that gave him a TBI and CTE significantly changed his personality.

[@DoubleD144]

Colby can actually fight though

[@eli.0006]

​@@DoubleD144hug

[@syedasharimam]

So this video getting more views after 9 years? Lol

[@anttheman6370]

How come he was normal here?

[@idontknowwhattoputformyuse1104]

I wonder if him and tate fought in 2014 who would win

[@drmo108]

All talking about hie he got better after this? 😂nooooo way!!!! Now he has CTE from all the sparing and now he tries to sound more like a guy playing a character in WWE 🤣🤣🤣 there’s only 1 Don Fry

[@ralphnaber]

Whoop

[@karlosman6265]

His voice is completely different, proves this new Strickland is just a act

[@vasheldiablo507]

Lol his voice is literally the same just less aged. He just turned up his personality. That’s called self promotion.

[@karlosman6265]

@@vasheldiablo507 If you think his voice here compared to now is the same I think you need to take yourself to an audiology specialist

[@disappointmentyes6387]

How's it an act?

[@heroe1486]

​​​​@@karlosman6265 That's called aging, maybe even smoking or whatever, also a basic mic vs pro ones 10 years later + post processing etc. And someone acting won't necessary do it by "changing" his voice, doesn't even make any sense unless you're obviously trolling with your accent 24/7 like Conor or just from time to time when imitating someone but that's normal, your initial logic is actually dubious

[@karlosman6265]

@@heroe1486 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@26155101]

When the CTE kicks in you go balls to the wall Eh?

[@AWCTB]

Look up his motorcycle accident, everything changed there.

[@dr.loomis4221]

Proof that he's playing a character these days...just like Colby

[@heroe1486]

95% of people's interview at the age would be like that : shy because it's the first time you talk into a mic

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

To be fair at work I'm known as a pretty mellow guy. In real life I'm damn near unhinged with my sense of humor and personality but I keep it bottled up because I can't let the real me out at work. Sean's a big enough star that he can just be himself.

[@Jose-rc3dl]

He used to be so handsome 😂

[@kevinbond3656]

Alright Jose

[@Jose-rc3dl]

@@kevinbond3656 shut the hell up

[@Analoguebubblebath89]

Still is

[@Eyeofthetiger69]

Lmao. Wtf happened to him?

[@Turppa21]

He started having fun during interviews

[@Omnent]

He’s champ

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Must suck to be in the ufc for almost 10 years only to miss out on your title shot cus you got finished in 1 round by a guy whose been doing it for a year

[@epicfighter5273]

Alex has a lot more experience striking wise and you can see it in his fights. He only has less experience in wrestling and BJJ but that doesn’t always win fights. It was the same with Adesanya

[@epicfighter5273]

But yeah must suck🤣

[@trey9578]

Dudes champ now

[@dagoof8719]

What a stupid thing to say

[@Tttttt85253]

You literally contradicted yourself while trying to be above everyone else. Its called MMA meaning mixed martial arts so striking and grappling and Alex is a better striker and he won through STRIKING

[@SkyGodKazuha]

He looked like a bum back then! Who would have thought he got an interesting backstory

[@CombatSports01]

Lol

[@TheBiffsterLife]

Is this the Schmo?

[@ernestoresendez3689]

Nope

[@Real_uMMActually]

What’s wrong with your eyes

[@TheBiffsterLife]

@@Real_uMMActually you know that the guy that plays Schmo looks quite different and this interview is 15 years old

[@Real_uMMActually]

@@TheBiffsterLife 15 years ago the Schmo was 18 this dude is at least 25

[@rm22.02]

What age was Strickland here?

[@boosterkidrg]

I think 23

[@angeloraymundo8574]

Damn I thought 21

[@joe45.]

So it's all an act.

[@ppvplug3940]

How is it an act ? He still talks like this lmao

[@eaglemma1020]

Hes still the same …

[@404duck6]

Why would he be acting a fool and he just got into the league… he’s comfortable now, if you know his story then you should understand

[@lawrencehackett6479]

I mean the difference between me at 18 to 25 is two different people. As u grow wiser you become more out spoken. especially when it's your job to stand out and your only way to get a pay raise is to say things the media can use to make headlines and to beat tough @$$ guys just to come back 3 months later and beat an even tougher guy I'm pretty sure only the dumb fighters stay the same. Being humble in mma won't get u far. Fact: Colby Covington had to become a fictional character just to keep his job! To which at that point he had won 5 of his 6 first fights in the ufc. Ufc would much rather have the slightly above average shlt talker than the world class level nice guy. Trust me Mr Joel, you would change your name to roel and dye your hair pink if it meant you'd get paid another 50k. Funny thing is with your statement is that it's actually the complete opposite. Sean Strickland was acting here. What you see now is a Sean Strickland who is 110% himself. Actually the ufc may have started to tell him to slightly act a little less Sean Strickland so they can start to market him better . Sean Strickland is a guy I admire because he walks up with millions of people watching him and is completely transparent with every subject he is asked to talk about. He's the guy we all wish we could be sometimes. The guy who says things that we the average Joe also think but have never dared to say those words outside of when we've said it in our own head to ourselves.

[@mmooraj]

No act. He just got older, less shy & more comfortable on the mic !

[@GooCH9]

this was tarzan b4 he broke out of the matrix

[@JoeBidementia]

Man this guy won’t even make it in the ufc,definitely won’t be champ.

[@xavierr896]

aged like milk😅

[@JoeBidementia]

@@xavierr896 he will never be champ.

[@xavierr896]

@@JoeBidementia i know..just pretending

[@hexa7730]

Man this video makes me notice how slurred his speech is nowadays

[@Lousasshol]

Too much eye contact

[@Leonkaonka]

From who?