Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland will fight on Saturday at UFC 293 in Australia. The American fighter will look to dethrone the African champion. To become the new UFC middleweight champion. People knew they wouldn’t hold back when it came to pre-fight trash talk. In an eventful pre-fight press conference, the two fighters exchanged harsh words.
Israel Adesanya Vs Sean Strickland
Adesanya and Strickland have been on each other’s radars for quite some time now. Furthermore, they have always had harsh words to say about one another. Adesanya is coming off a spectacular knockout win over long-time rival Alex Pereira. Strickland is also coming off a knockout victory over Abus Magomedev. For a while, it looked like Adesanya would face Dricus Du Plessis. However, Du Plessis turned down the fight due to insufficient time to recover from his most recent battle against Robert Whittaker. Adesanya enters the contest as a massive favourite, as many people expect him to dominate the bout. However, Strickland is no easy challenger as he has good boxing skills and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt. These two fighters are known for their trash talk. It means it would always be intriguing what they would say to each other in the buildup to the fight.
What Did Sean Strickland Say To Adesanya
Strickland is never one to mix his words, and he always speaks his mind. The American fighter doesn’t seem to care what people think about him. It meant a lot of fans were interested in what he would say to Adesanya in the press conference. It is safe to say he didn’t disappoint as Strickland went for Adesanya at the UFC 293 pre-fight press conference.
“Nobody likes f—– Izzy. He’s a f—— cringe-lord,” Strickland went on to say. “Everything that guy does makes you f—— wince. Like, did he do that? Is he race-baiting Dricus [Du Plessis] right now? How does this play out for you? The thing about Izzy, when somebody sucks to that degree, it’s pretty f—— easy to make fun of them.
“This f—— cringe-lord. F—— A. Even talking about him makes me want to go f—— take a shower. I feel dirty.”
Later in the press conference, he gave his thoughts on the fight.
“It’s going to be a f——war,” Strickland said. “People forget how good of a fighter I am because of how much I talk, but we’ll find out on Sunday. To the death. I run my mouth so much, I think people forget I can fight.”
What Does The Champ Think Of The Challenger
Over Adesanya’s career, he has shown to be very levelheaded. However, he is unafraid to reply to a fighter if they say something wrong about him. The champion has had some harsh words for Strickland in the past. His thoughts on Strickland had clearly stayed the same when speaking to MMA Fighting.
“He’s an idiot. I’m not going to lose to an idiot. He says he won’t lose to a guy who jerks off to cartoons or paints his nails. Well, I’m going to paint my nails for that fight, and I’m going to knock him out with my painted nails.”
All quotes via Bro Bible
Adesanya will look to make a statement in the fight. However, Strickland can shock the MMA world if he was to pull off a win.
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