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Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) Middleweight kingpin Sean Strickland is content material to sit down on the shelf till a gap to struggle for the belt arises, however that doesn’t imply he’s staying idle.
Lately, Strickland went on trip to Japan. Whereas in “The Land of the Rising Solar,” Strickland acquired an invitation to spar from Rukiya Anpo, former Okay-1 Tremendous Light-weight champion. Although Anpo is considerably lighter — he fights largely at 70 kilograms or 154 kilos — he promised to throw down with Strickland, who infamously loves a gymnasium battle.
Nicely, the 2 met up and went to battle! The clip above reveals highlights of their sparring session, which was positively extra of a full-on fistfight than technical session. The duo clashed for 5 rounds, and Anpo discovered loads of success early on together with his explosive mixtures and physique punching. That’s a fatiguing strategy to field, nonetheless, and Strickland’s mixture of measurement and stress wore down “Demolition Man” by the latter half of the match. Their rounds ended with Strickland teeing off on his drained opponent.
“Nothing like some mind injury on trip haha,” Strickland wrote on social media concerning the coaching session. “Sure I do know I’m fats. Fuck off lol.” He additionally credited Anpo with being “robust as nails” in one other submit.
Anpo, in the meantime, posted an image of the 2 afterward and confirmed off some bruising. There’s an open invitation for Anpo to come back go to and practice with Strickland in Las Vegas, however he will not be so keen. In a single submit, Anpo wrote (through Google Translate), “That is the toughest I’ve ever been overwhelmed in my life.”
Will Strickland carry that very same aggression to his subsequent UFC struggle? His final bout versus Paulo Costa was a strong victory, nevertheless it wasn’t almost as electrifying because the clip above.
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I preserve getting requested to struggle whittaker. I beat Izzy, the world is aware of I beat dricus.
Whittaker misplaced to each.
I’m the number one contender, I defended that spot simply towards Costa.
I’ll wait…..
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) June 25, 2024
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That’s loads of blood for the primary spherical.
Miller landed his proper hand completely particularly as a result of he took his head off the centerline whereas throwing. That’s the distinction!
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My spouse and I laughed so f—king exhausting at this silly clip.
Midnight Music: Rock, 2008
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