Sean Strickland Slams MMA Judging Standards
Sean Strickland was not too long ago interviewed by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto forward of his UFC 312 rematch with Dricus du Plessis. In the course of the interview, Strickland expressed his displeasure with MMA scoring.
“It’s such a silly scoring standards,” Strickland mentioned. “Like, you can take somebody down and maintain them down for 5 seconds, how do you then rating that? You get f*cking nothing, You took me down for 5 seconds, I rise up and now I’m outstriking you. How the f*ck do you rating that? As an entire grand scheme of a struggle, what did that accomplish? Completely f*cking nothing, however the judges, ‘Oh, his again touched the bottom. That’s a degree.’ This ain’t f*cking collegiate wrestling, we’re f*cking preventing.”
Strickland went so far as to difficulty a problem to du Plessis to maintain their rematch standing. Du Plessis wasn’t too receptive to that concept, declining the challenger’s proposal.
When Strickland and du Plessis collide a second time, it’ll be contained in the Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, Australia. The final time Strickland fought in Sydney, he shocked the world by defeating Israel Adesanya to seize the UFC Middleweight Championship again in September 2023. Time will inform if lightning can strike twice for Strickland.
Du Plessis has additionally had success in opposition to Adesanya in Australia. He submitted “The Final Stylebender” of their 2024 conflict in Perth.
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