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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight kingpin Sean Strickland is a bit of an enigma. Take, for example, his relationship with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) star Mike Perry. In the last couple months, Strickland has respectfully expressed interest in fighting Perry and seeing how good he is, but he’s also trashed BKFC at a recent press conference.
“How much would I f—king fight bare knuckle for?” Strickland said. “Not nothing they would pay me. They’re paying their guys s—t. F—king breaking their hands, breaking their orbitals, making like a couple thousand bucks.”
Former UFC champion and current BKFC athlete Eddie Alvarez already clapped back at Strickland, and now Perry has responded as well. Reacting to the comments above, Perry argued, “Strickland, he’s fighting for the UFC for pesos, and I’m getting paid over here. He’s always posting videos on Instagram where he walks outside of his garage or his front door, and somebody is in his driveway and he’s trying to fight a bare knuckle for free right there. What are you talking about Sean?”
Strickland responded, almost meeting Perry halfway. Strickland explained that he’s using his platform as an advocate to improve “utter garbage” UFC pay, but he also insists most BKFC athletes are getting paid less than their UFC counterparts.
“UFC pay is utter garbage,” Strickland wrote in response. “lol their [sic] signing guys at 10/10 that should be criminal … but the vast majority of BKFC fighters are getting paid way less than that … As a ufc fighter I advocate for better pay for me and the entire roster … You should do the same for your guys.”
He continued, “While I’m on my soap box from a poor man who became kinda a rich man once you have capital it just snow balls. These elites could probably never take a paycheck again and easily make 500k a year … yet they still line their bank accounts with millions that they will never need or spend. In all industries.”
Just over a week ago, Strickland returned to the win column by defeating Paulo Costa via unanimous decision at UFC 302. He’s insistent that he’ll sit out until he receives a title shot after the win. Perry, meanwhile, is still unbeaten in bare knuckle boxing and most recently stopped Thiago Alves in quick fashion (watch here).
Insomnia
I think more MMA fighters should get hammered and then post Instagram stories after disappointing losses. Reveal those true feelings!
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Daniel Cormier was not excited to exchange pleasantries with Jon Jones.
DC still HATES that man and you can tell pic.twitter.com/9gukA8xCu0
— OOC MMA (@oocmma) June 8, 2024
A follow-up to Liam Harrison’s canceled One Championship fight last week:
Massive shout out to the big boss at one championship just had a call and was very understanding and totally on my side and still paid me in full. Gutted I didn’t get to fight but greatful for the boss being so good with me
— liam harrison (@LiamBadco) June 8, 2024
Unfortunately, the way the point of Brunno Ferreira’s elbow landed directly in the middle of Dustin Stolzfus’ face seemed to guarantee some last damage.
Dustin Stolzfus says his face is fractured and has nerve damage as a result of Brunno Ferreira’s elbow pic.twitter.com/ybXcJrTuqM
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) June 9, 2024
Ripping cigs and scoring knockouts? That’s a true Nak Muay.
Carlos Prates smoke break was interrupted by news of a $50,000 bonus after #UFCLouisville. pic.twitter.com/kFA9Uj34pm
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 9, 2024
Carlos Prates reveals he smokes pre-fight cigarettes: “I smoke before the fight, on the day of the fight, and you know it’s normal.” ???
YT / FULL SEND MMA #UFCLouisville #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/CbbKUS7bbu
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) June 9, 2024
I love jiu-jitsu, but the art is truly inflicted with a mix of the greatest people on Earth and absolute losers.
Shavkat’s logic seems bulletproof to me.
JDM is hurt, Usman and Colby don’t want it. I’m ready to face the winner of Leon vs Belal
— Shavkat “Nomad” Rakhmonov (@Rakhmonov1994) June 9, 2024
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Switching between knees and elbows from the double-collar tie is such an effective way to destroy an opponent.
This KO by Joey Hart at LFA, dear lord. Clinch knee up the middle and two filthy follow up elbows. DAMN. #LFA185 pic.twitter.com/NkT93U0CoO
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 8, 2024
A jiu-jitsu master successfully takes the cage!
Kade Ruotolo (1-0) debuta en MMA de forma exitosa ganando a Blake Cooper por sumisión vía mataleón en el primer asalto, Kade lució bien y no tuvo miedo a intercambiar golpes antes de derribar y conseguir la sumisión, cuidado con él #ONE167 pic.twitter.com/vURCFRUifI
— Pelunaton (@pelunaton) June 8, 2024
Leading with the knee while kicking is a good strategy for power and unintentional knee KOs!
Deniz Ilbay KO2 Denis Tripšanský pic.twitter.com/9Js7GNXsPk
— Neo Vale Tudo (@NeoValeTudo) June 8, 2024
Random Land
A fighting pun.
— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) June 9, 2024
Midnight Music: Punk, 1987
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.