Sean Strickland - trash talks and Quotes

“I’ve been training with these little Chechens, and whatever Dagestanis my whole life... You’ll train with these guys and it’s a thousand percent off the gate. They take you down, and there’s a voice in your head that’s almost like, ‘F***ck. This guy doesn’t get tired. He doesn’t stop. He doesn’t quit.' But then the moment you push back and you just keep fighting the good fight, all of a sudden they just start breaking”

– via Jon Bernard Kairouz podcast, giving a raw and controversial breakdown of the "invincibility" myth surrounding Dagestani and Chechen fighters

“I’ve been training with these little Chechens, and whatever Dagestanis my whole life... You’ll train with these guys and it’s a thousand percent off the gate. They take you down, and there’s a voice in your head that’s almost like, ‘F***ck. This guy doesn’t get tired. He doesn’t stop. He doesn’t quit.' But then the moment you push back and you just keep fighting the good fight, all of a sudden they just start breaking”

– via Jon Bernard Kairouz podcast, giving a raw and controversial breakdown of the "invincibility" myth surrounding Dagestani and Chechen fighters

“I’ve been training with these little Chechens, and whatever Dagestanis my whole life... You’ll train with these guys and it’s a thousand percent off the gate. They take you down, and there’s a voice in your head that’s almost like, ‘F***ck. This guy doesn’t get tired. He doesn’t stop. He doesn’t quit.' But then the moment you push back and you just keep fighting the good fight, all of a sudden they just start breaking”

– via Jon Bernard Kairouz podcast, giving a raw and controversial breakdown of the "invincibility" myth surrounding Dagestani and Chechen fighters

“Before the Dricus fight, I was f***ing riding with [motocross rider] Axell Hodges and I broke my shoulder. So I was in Colombia getting stem cells on my shoulder, and they hit me up for the fight... The thing with the UFC, you don’t say no. They are p*mps. You don’t say no to the masters. So I was kind of backed up into a corner taking that fight.”

– via Kairouz Bros podcast, revealing for the first time that he fought Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312 with a broken shoulder.

“No, I don't want Whittaker. It doesn't do anything for me. If I beat Whittaker, there's no title shot ahead of that. It doesn't do anything... It's like the girl at the party, everybody's f***ed. And you’re just like... maybe if it’s 3 AM and there’s nobody left, I might try it... Whittaker's body count is too high”

– via Jon Bernard Kairouz podcast, explaining his decision to turn down a fight with the former champion in favor of a rising contender.

“These Brazilians will die for nothing. You could put a Cheeto in the ring and they'll die for the Cheeto”

– via Instagram, reflecting on a high intensity training session with Michel Pereira at Xtreme Couture. Strickland was referencing the legendary "no quit" attitude and willingness to turn every sparring session into a war that is often associated with Brazilian fighters.

“Aspinall s**ks dude, he took the easy way out.”

– via Adin Ross reacted to Tom Aspinall eye poke controversy

“Middleweight division is on f***ing ice, dude. You got Chimaev the w****. He has ramadan, then he has a surgery, then he's gonna fight Nassourdine in a year and just dry hump Nassourdine, then he's going to go back home and kiss the dictator, maybe his ovaries are hurting. The middleweight division doesn't exist, I'd be better off trying to fight for the 205 belt now that the middleweight belt, it don't exist anymore.”

– commenting on Khamzat Chimaev's delayed return and criticism of the middleweight division.

“Going to be fluffy”

– hints that Anthony Hernandez is next opponent

“I don't want [Israel Adesanya]. I'm not going to fight Izzy. I think it's the easier fight for me, but I want to fight that little Chechen wh*re. I want to fight somebody like 'Fluffy'. He puts me in title contention, especially with him, because all he does [is grapple]. He's like the American Chimaev. If I just go and outwrestle that f*cker for five rounds, it's like, 'All right, f*ck you, wh*re. Go beat your cans and let me know when you're ready.' That's what I'm looking for”

“Caio is my buddy but he's an idiot. He trained with us and was useless... Me 'What's wrong with you?' Caio 'I'm cutting, I'm an alternate.' So you're giving up 4 weeks of your camp cutting weight twice while having a fight coming up? Whoever told you to do that, please hit him.”