With his impressive win over Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez at UFC Houston, Sean Strickland is right back in the middleweight contender’s circle. But if the UFC expects him to face off against one of the many international 185ers on their home turf, they can forget it.
In an interview with McKenzie Pavacich following the fight, “Tarzan” made it clear his days of fighting outside of the United States are over, even if it’s against middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev.
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“Me and him are the fight to make, you know?” Strickland said. “I feel like we need to bring the belt back to America. We need a real f–king American to represent this organization.”
“I’m not leaving this country ever again,” he added. “I’m an American. I’m not leaving. I’m not traveling. I’m not vacationing. I’m gonna die on this f–king soil. So it will be in America. Where ever the f–k that is, I’ll be there.”
We’re not too sure how eager UFC’s new broadcast partner Paramount+ would be for that. This was their first ‘Strickland Fight Week’ and sources say they were not happy with the heat Sean generated with his many controversial takes. It got to the point where UFC shut his mic off during the post-fight press conference, which is a first in the current ‘free speech’ era of the promotion.
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“We’ll see if Paramount’s going to call Dana and get me cancelled,” Strickland said. “Hey, I didn’t make Star Trek and Halo, you guys ruined that s–t.”
