Sean Strickland has sent a chilling warning to his Norwegian middleweight opponent Jack Hermansson just days before their clash at UFC Fight Night 200.

Going into the fight, it is ‘Tarzan’ (#7) who has come out as the more aggressive of the duo. This is not surprising at all, as Strickland has a tendency to say some crazy stuff about his opponents.

At the pre-fight press conference for their main event scrap, Strickland has declared that he would prefer to lose in a ‘war’ rather than winning the match while fighting like a ‘pu**y’.

Strickland said: “I wanna go in there and have a f***ing war, I wanna have a f***ing blood bath…kill or be killed. Like there’s nothing worse than leaving a fight thinking you fought like a f***ing pussy. I’d rather f***ing lose a fight on my back than go in there. ‘Oh, I fought like a pu**y and I won'”

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A win for Strickland would bring him closer to his dream opponent, Israel Adesanya. ‘Tarzan’ has been aiming at the middleweight king, and has also trolled him quite often. However, as Hermansson is not one to be dismissed even before the fight, Strickland should focus on ‘The Joker’.

Jack Hermansson doesn’t want Sean Strickland to damage the sport

Even though killing someone might be the most shocking claim an individual can make in public, it isn’t new to Strickland.

The middleweight UFC star has said this quite a few times in public. He does this so often that it has become an extension of his personality. However, Hermansson is fed up with it and wants Strickland to not damage the sport further.

“When people in this sport are saying those kinds of things, it’s not actually helping our cause. I definitely could wish that people were a little bit more careful with that kind of stuff. As long as I represent the sport in a good way, hopefully it will be fine,” Hermansson told MMA Fighting.

“It doesn’t play in our favor. We just have to keep reminding people that most people are not like Sean. Hopefully, it’s just a thing that he puts into his character. Let’s hope so.”

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Who do you think will win? Hermansson or Strickland? What did you make of their words just hours ahead of their fight? Let us know in the comments below.