Video: UFC 312’s Sean Strickland hurls multiple kids off Sydney pier

Sean Strickland is a person of the folks and prepared to have interaction with struggle followers greater than lots of different UFC stars. That’s in all probability how Strickland discovered himself wrestling some Australian followers into the water off a pier earlier this week.

It is a large weekend for Strickland as the previous 185-pound titleholder will meet present UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in a principal occasion rematch later tonight (Sat., Feb. 8, 2025) at UFC 312 LIVE on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, Australia. Strickland has waited over a yr to attain one other probability to struggle DDP and show he’s nonetheless the most effective middleweight on this planet.

Whereas most fighters would make the most of their downtime on struggle week to get in some further coaching or see a few of the lovely sights that Sydney has to supply, Strickland determined to cut it up with a bunch of older youngsters on a pier, which seems to be at a seashore in Clifton Gardens. Strickland threw a number of completely different followers off the pier whereas trying a number of backflips. It was a singular technique to spend his time earlier than preventing for the world title, however Strickland is somebody who all the time beats to his personal drum.

Try the fan interplay beneath:

Imagine it or not, this isn’t the primary time Strickland has gotten playfully bodily along with his followers. Earlier this week, somebody stepped on stage and tried sparring Strickland throughout UFC 312’s open exercises solely to get knocked down twice. Again in early 2024, Strickland discovered himself sparring a fan on a ski slope and ended up choking him out (see it HERE).

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MIDDLEWEIGHT REMATCH! Final Preventing Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., Feb. 8, with a rematch between 185-pound kingpin, Dricus du Plessis, working it again towards the person he lifted the belt off little multiple yr in the past, Sean Strickland, within the five-round principal occasion. In UFC 312’s championship co-headliner from inside Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ladies’s Strawweight roost-ruler, Zhang Weili, will defend her belt towards undefeated (and oft-injured) 115-pound contender, Tatiana Suarez. UFC 312 will even function a hard-hitting Heavyweight battle between Justin Tafa vs. Talisson Teixeira, alongside a Gentle Heavyweight showdown with Jimmy Crute going through Rodolfo Bellato, and a lot extra! UFC 312’s begin time is scheduled for six:30 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard) and 10 p.m. ET (PPV principal card).

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