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“UFC Will Follow You with a Camera”- Sean Strickland Makes a Strange Statement on UFC

Published 12/10/2021, 12:48 PM EST

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The former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion, Sean Strickland, is pretty famous for his fan interacts and his quirky tweets. Apart from his dominating performances in the middleweight division, he’s entertaining his fans on Twitter as well.

‘Tarzan’ is currently on an impressive five-win streak. His latest victory was against Uriah Hall by a unanimous decision back in July 2021. For his next fight, the 30-year-old will go up against Jack Hermansson, in a five-round main event at UFC Fight Night, on February 5th.

Sean is also quite interactive with his fans on Twitter. Recently, he narrated a rather funny anecdote, prior to his upcoming main event. While tagging UFC, Sean tweeted, “For main event fights the @ufc will follow you with a camera for a couple days to make you seem likeable and relatable.” 

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“UFC, Let’s get some shots of you with your friends”… Me “what friend” UFC “maybe you can show us your place” Me “it’s an empty apartment” lol sorry guys,” he added.

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Fans quickly chimed in the joke. A fan shared a picture of a relatively empty room, with just a sofa and TV, jokingly claiming it to be Sean’s room. To which, the American fighter replied by sharing an actual video of his almost ‘EMPTY’ apartment.

Sean Strickland’s upcoming fight

Sean is currently No. 7 in the UFC middleweight rankings. According to his stats and rankings, his next matchup is quite accurate. He will take on former champion in Cage Warriors and Warrior Fight Series, Jack Hermansson.

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Jack is one rank above Sean in the UFC middleweight rankings. ‘The Joker’ is coming off a victory against Edmen Shahbazyan, which takes his record to 22 wins and 6 losses.

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Both the fighters are fighting for a slot in the top 5. As of now, Israel Adesanya rules the middleweight division. Moreover, ‘The Last Airbender’ is going to defend his title against Robert Whittaker for UFC 271.

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Who do you think will fight to glory, Sean Strickland vs Jack Hermansson? Share your predictions in the comment section below.

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Siddharth Negi is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. This English graduate, who has been following MMA and the culture surrounding the sport for almost four years, elected to fuse his degree and interest to provide fans with the background information beyond the fights. Negi believes that combining his vast knowledge and curiosity for every little fact of the sport with his love for language can bring a change to the reader’s point of view.
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