Sean Strickland’s Mentality Shift After UFC 297 Loss
Sean Strickland has always been known for his outspoken personality and controversial comments, but since his title loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 297 in January, he has had a noticeable shift in his mentality.
The middleweight fighter, also known as “Tarzan,” has been a consummate company man since returning to action in 2020. However, the time away from the octagon due to a near-death motorcycle accident in 2018 seems to have been a turning point for Strickland.
Before the accident, Strickland was a well-mannered and quiet welterweight prospect. But now, he has been open to fighting allcomers as a 185-pound contender and now-former champion. However, despite his willingness to take on any opponent, Strickland is maintaining his stance on what he wants next.
The split decision loss to Du Plessis is one that Strickland adamantly believes he should have won. And thanks to his outspoken personality, the 34-fight veteran (28-6) believes he is being silenced or phased out of the spotlight now that he no longer holds the title.
In a recent tweet, Strickland stated, “The UFC fans want me and Dricus to settle it. Dricus wants to settle it. We all know I fought in a dirty liberal country who f***** me. Dana [White] knows it. The UFC knows it.”
He followed up his comments by claiming that Canada, where the fight was held in Toronto, Ontario, attempted to cancel UFC 297’s main event. While Strickland’s media day appearance during that fight week proved controversial, it didn’t lead to any changes.
At the pre-fight press conference the day after, and on fight night, Strickland still received plenty of cheers from the Toronto faithful. But he remains convinced that there was a country bias against him, and that is why he lost the fight.
The country bias theory has been an interesting one throughout MMA history, but it is typically irrelevant regarding the biggest events in the sport. Veteran judges often travel from country to country and work these pivotal matchups, as was the case with Strickland vs. Du Plessis. Sal D’Amato, Eric Colon, and Derek Cleary, three of the most tenured judges in MMA, were assigned to the middleweight tilt.
Strickland has even mentioned the possibility of switching to boxing, but that won’t happen anytime soon unless he can get out of his UFC contract. And based on his suspicions alone, it seems highly unlikely that he will be able to do so.
In the end, Strickland signed off from his admitted complaint session in the only fashion he knows how, stating, “Alright y’all! I’m done b****ing! Thanks for rolling with me even when I’m acting like a woman venting! Hope you are at home with a hot woman, surrounded by guns and meat. If you don’t have either of those, settle on an ugly woman, but no compromise on the guns!”
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“I appreciate the comparisons, but I don’t want to be known as the next Sean O’Malley,” Talbott said in a recent interview with Kosport Magazine. “I want to be known as Payton Talbott and make my own mark in this sport.”
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