Strickland keeps winning after losing lesson

Losing to Santiago Ponzinibbio was the best thing that happened to Sean Strickland. Entering the bout in Porto Alegre, Brazil with a perfect 15-0 record, heralded as one of the top up-and-comers in the UFC and debuting in the welterweight division, Strickland wanted to be anywhere but inside the Octagon on that humid February night. The weight of an unblemished record and the pressures, both real and imagined, that come with having a zero in the loss column as a professional fighter were burdening the promising prospect. “Going into that fight, I didn’t want to be there and I didn … Read the Full Article Here