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Colby Covington Pondering Middleweight Move To Face ‘Cardio Kickboxer’ Sean Strickland

Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is pondering a career change following his latest setback. Covington made his first appearance of 2024 in the year’s final fight, headlining the UFC event in Tampa, Florida on Dec. 14 opposite the fast-charging Joaquin Buckley. While “Chaos” had hoped to bounce back from his third failed attempt […]

Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is pondering a career change following his latest setback.

Covington made his first appearance of 2024 in the year’s final fight, headlining the UFC event in Tampa, Florida on Dec. 14 opposite the fast-charging Joaquin Buckley.

While “Chaos” had hoped to bounce back from his third failed attempt at achieving undisputed kingpin status at 170 pounds, he was unable to blemish Buckley’s still-perfect record in the division since he made the move down from middleweight.

And weeks on from that result, Covington is now pondering going the other way.

During a recent appearance on Submission Radio, Covington once again shut down the idea of cutting weight to compete in the lightweight class. Instead, he suggested that a move up to 185 pounds could be on the cards, especially given his view on the likes of former middleweight champ Sean Strickland.

“Colby realized that he doesn’t want to kill himself. He doesn’t want to be a weight bully. You know Islam (Makhachev), these guys at lightweight, the Khabibs of the world, they’re little lightweight bullies,” Covington said. “They just have such a weight advantage of 30-40 pounds, but it’s just not healthy. … I don’t see myself ever trying to go to (155 pounds), even though I know I could make it and I’d probably be way stronger. … But (185 pounds) honestly is intriguing.

“I mean the Sean Strickland fight’s always interesting. He’s had his things to say about me in the past. I don’t think he’s any special,” Covington continued. “He’s got a jab, he’s got a front kick, but besides that, you shut down those weapons down and he’s very limited. He’s just a cardio kickboxer essentially, so you know, I don’t see any threats.”

Strickland and Covington have gone back and forth numerous times in the past, with the former notably scathing “Chaos” back in 2022 and branding him a “Karen” for how he reacted to an altercation with Fabrício Werdum.

For now, “Tarzan” has his sights on regaining the middleweight crown from Dricus Du Plessis in their rematch next month. The pair are set to run it back in the main event of UFC 312 in Australia on Feb. 8.

Sean Strickland Attacks Donald Trump Aide Vivek Ramaswamy Over Immigrants and Billionaires

Sean Strickland Attacks Donald Trump Aide Vivek Ramaswamy Over Immigrants and Billionaires Sean Strickland clapped back at Donald Trump aide Vivek Ramaswamy after the outspoken conservative from Ohio commented on America’s…

Sean Strickland clapped back at Donald Trump aide Vivek Ramaswamy after the outspoken conservative from Ohio commented on America’s alleged tendency to embrace mediocrity over excellence.

Ramaswamy, who founded the pharmaceutical company Roivant Services in 2014 and has a reported net worth of a billion dollars, recently offered his take on why tech companies are more inclined to hire foreign-born engineers over Americans.

According to Ramaswamy, the American culture has “venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.”

“A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers,” he wrote.

Ramaswamy then proceeded to try and further make his case by pointing to a slew of 30-year-old sitcoms from ABC’s lineup of TGIF programming.

“A culture that venerates Cory from ‘Boy Meets World,’ or Zack & Slater over Screech in ‘Saved by the Bell,’ or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in ‘Family Matters,’ will not produce the best engineers.”

To be fair, Zack Morris went on to become the Governor of California while both Corey Matthews and AC Slater became teachers at their respective alma maters. And Laura Winslow ultimately chose Steve Urkel over ‘Stefan.’

So there goes your entire argument, Mr. Ramaswamy.

Respectfully, Sean Strickland disagrees

Responding to Ramaswamy’s post, the former UFC middleweight champion placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of billionaires like him who have made life harder for blue-collar American families by importing labor to reduce overhead costs and hoarding their profits instead of putting that money back into the economy.

“Billionaires are the problem.. You put profits over people and patriotism,” Strickland wrote on X. “I’m not religious but if there ever was a devil he works through big business. Imported labor, devalued wages, hoard money. Absolutely ruined the family unit for profit. Massive wage gaps Parents work 20 hours a day and then say “go put your kids in science camp.”

“You’re so out of touch with the reality and struggles of what a family goes through…. The level of manipulation and brain washing that billionaires have infected this country with…. You’re the problem…”

On November 12, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Ramaswamy and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had been tasked to lead the newly proposed Department of Government Efficiency. The goal of the DOGE is to restructure the U.S. federal government by removing regulations to reduce expenditures and increase government efficiency.

Despite displaying his disdain for billionaires, Strickland seems plenty excited to see Musk — the richest man in the world — completely “gut the government” once Trump is sworn back into the White House on January 20.

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MMA Fans Speak Up as the UFC Remains Silent at Former Neo-Nazi Sean Strickland Spreads Muslim and Jewish Hatred

The UFC has not commented on Sean Strickland’s recent tirade against Muslims and Jewish people. The former UFC champion…

The UFC has not commented on Sean Strickland’s recent tirade against Muslims and Jewish people. The former UFC champion is a self-described recovering neo-nazi, and he may be best known for his words outside of the octagon. Later this year he is set to fight for a middleweight UFC title.

Former Neo-Nazi Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland has explained his past as a neo-Nazi. He was raised by an alcoholic, drug-addicted father and a white supremacist grandfather, whom he hero-worshipped despite describing him as a “big piece of sh**”. This troubled home atmosphere and the ideas put forth by his elders fueled negative emotions and led him toward extremist ideologies.

As a young teenager, Strickland exhibited several concerning behaviors. He would draw swastikas on his arm and walk to school. He was expelled from school in the ninth grade for committing a hate crime. Strickland even idolized Edward Norton’s character in the movie “American History X” and aspired to be like him.

The former UFC champion explained that practicing martial arts was his ticket out of hateful beliefs.

Sean Strickland Muslim and Jewish Tirade

The former neo-Nazi has recently posted several Tweets on X stating that Muslim and Jewish people are incompatible with American values. He said, “Islam contributes nothing to the world besides violence and oppression. It is not compatible with America and freedom.” And added, “Jews are not loyal to the United States. Their loyalty is always with Israel. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. Yes is not compatible. I’m an American for America.. plain and simple… Judaism doesn’t belong in America as well….” Sean Strickland concluded with.

As many have pointed out, this is a white supremacist speech but disguises the others as religious enemies, rather than enemies due to their race. The other is the enemy of the USA, according to Sean Strickland.

The UFC has remained silent on this matter. But the fans have spoken up about his hateful rhetoric.

“I find extremely insane how acts of violence,” MMA Joey said, “Only matter to people like Strickland when the person is Muslim. White Christian = Mental illness, Jewish = Mental illness. Somehow the religion of a deranged person only matters if they’re brown.”

“Sean Strickland masquerades around as Mr. America using freedom as speech to hate on people of a different religion,” MMA Joey added, “claiming they don’t belong here. He might want to brush up on the first amendment which also includes freedom of religion.”

An X user added, “I love that Strickland’s gimmick is that he’s supposedly some type of badass killer but spends his time being afraid of basically everything.” Another said, “No one should listen to this guy about Christ. He spews hate literally everyday.”

Additionally, Strickland’s language is in violation of the UFC’s Code of Conduct.

Sean Strickland is booked to fight for the UFC middleweight title at UFC 312 against Dricus Du Plessis on February 8.

UFC Star Sean Strickland Can’t Wait to See Elon Musk ‘Gut the Governement’

Sean Strickland is never one to shy away from sharing his political beliefs, even when nobody asked for them….

Sean Strickland is never one to shy away from sharing his political beliefs, even when nobody asked for them.

Recently, the former UFC middleweight titleholder chimed in on the ongoing debate between corporate greed and government corruption in response to a post from Hannah D. Cox, a libertarian-conservative writer, activist, and commentator who acts as the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education.

“Crazy concept….. You’re both bad….. Billionaires “government is bad” Government “Billionaires are bad” Two bad guys pointing the finger at each other saying “he’s the bad guy not me” lmao @elonmusk,” Strickland wrote.

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Two bad guys pointing the finger at each other saying "he's the bad guy not me" lmao @elonmusk https://t.co/rfofdD6e1V

— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) December 30, 2024

Strickland’s statement led one user online to suggest that the UFC star may be having second thoughts about not voting for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during November’s presidential election.

“You regret not voting for Kamala?” @RickyKay2020 questioned.

“Not one f*cking bit…… I can’t wait for Elon to gut the government,” Strickland snapped back.

Sean Strickland looks to reclaim middleweight title at UFC 312

After surrendering the 185-pound title to Dricus Du Plessis in January 2024, Strickland will have to chance to retake the title on February 8 when he runs it back with the South African at UFC 312 in Perth, Australia.

‘Tarzan’ came up on the wrong side of a closely contested and somewhat controversial split decision against Du Plessis in their first meeting. Since then, Strickland has bounced back with a solid showing against Paul Costa in June. That proved enough to solidify his spot as the division’s top-ranked contender, netting him a rematch with ‘DDP.’

Du Plessis followed up his title-winning performance against Strickland by handing Israel Adesanya his first career submission loss at UFC 305.

Chael Sonnen Supports Sean Strickland’s UFC Title Shot: ‘Hasn’t Been Given A Damn Thing Since He Got Here!’

Former fighter Chael Sonnen has no qualms about Sean Strickland getting the next opportunity at the UFC middleweight title. The promotion confirmed earlier this month that Strickland will indeed get his shot at redemption opposite reigning 185-pound kingpin Dricus Du Plessis 13 months on from their showdown in Canada this past January. The pair are […]

Former fighter Chael Sonnen has no qualms about Sean Strickland getting the next opportunity at the UFC middleweight title.

The promotion confirmed earlier this month that Strickland will indeed get his shot at redemption opposite reigning 185-pound kingpin Dricus Du Plessis 13 months on from their showdown in Canada this past January.

The pair are tasked with headlining the UFC 312 pay-per-view in Sydney, Australia next February, with the South African returning to the nation in which he recorded a successful first defense of the gold against Israel Adesanya this past August.

Confirmation of Strickland’s shot has split opinion. Many expected the chance to go to Khamzat Chimaev after his emphatic submission win over Robert Whittaker, with even the champ himself branding “Borz” his preference.

Sonnen, though, doesn’t think there can be any complaints about the fight going to “Tarzan.”

During a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Sonnen dismissed any and all claims that Strickland is being handed the chance to return to the throne after his short four-month reign before running into Du Plessis.

And in contrast to many in the MMA community, Sonnen seemingly saw “Tarzan’s” five-round performance opposite Paulo Costa earlier this year as worthy of a shot at the gold that he entered 2024 holding.

“Daniel Cormier asked me what I thought about Sean Strickland being next for Dricus Du Plessis,” Sonnen said. “Excuse me? What do I think about that? That’s a great question to ask me six months ago when Sean Strickland took out Paulo Costa five straight rounds and became the number one contender.

“Do I believe Chimaev should be next? Yes, with the information I have now. But I’m going to get new information that I would like to be able to process the night that Strickland and Du Plessis fight. And not for nothing, if Strickland beats him, we’ve got to go into the trilogy match,” Sonnen continued. “The idea that Sean should somehow be happy, ‘Thank you to the Twittersphere for doing this, thank you to Dana White and Hunter Campbell.’ F you, times three. He took it. Strickland hasn’t been given a damn thing since he got here, and the only things he has are the things that he took.”

Strickland had made it clear in the aftermath of his lackluster win over “Borrachinha” that he would entertain nothing but a second dance with Du Plessis next time out.

While the likes of Whittaker and plenty of fans were surprised to see that stance rewarded by the promotion, “Tarzan” will be heading back Down Under, where he shocked the world in September 2023 by dethroning Israel Adesanya.

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“Little Liar” – Chael Sonnen Thought Sean Strickland Was Bluffing About His Record—Until He Saw Him Fight

Chael Sonnen wasn’t buying what Sean Strickland was selling. Today, Strickland is considered one of the best strikers in…

Chael Sonnen wasn’t buying what Sean Strickland was selling.

Today, Strickland is considered one of the best strikers in the game, having dominated former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya to capture the UFC’s middleweight title in September 2023. Unfortunately, Strickland’s reign came to a quick end courtesy of a questionable split-decision loss against current 185-pound champion Dricus Du Plessis.

On February 8, ‘Tarzan’ will get the chance to make it right and reclaim the crown when he runs it back with ‘DDP’ at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia.

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Ahead of their highly anticipated rematch, Sonnen recalled the first time he met a 21-year-old Strickland who was boasting about being an undefeated fighter with a whopping 17 victories already to his credit.

Sonnen is ‘Very proud’ of what Sean Strickland has accomplished

Of course, ‘The American Gangster’ thought Strickland was just another kid blowing smoke — until he saw him compete.

“Met Sean Strickland at the Reign Training Center,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel. “21 years old, little liar! He comes in the room, and we start working out. He tells me he’s 17-0 and the King of the Cage champion. You can’t get 17 fights at 21 years old. You can’t do it. No commission would give you that many fights.

“And I remember leaving and telling Miss Pretty, ‘That guy says he’s 17-0.’ And she’s like, ‘Do you think he’s lying?’ I go, ‘He would be 17-0. If he said 17 fights, he would have won them all. That guy’s really good.’ Went on to be a world champion. Very proud of him.”

Today, Strickland is 29-6 in his mixed martial arts career with 16 of his victories coming under the UFC banner.

Following his loss against Du Plessis in January, ‘Tarzan’ bounced back with a solid showing against one-time title challenger Paulo Costa at UFC 302 in June — a win that ultimately earned him his rematch against ‘DDP’ in 2025.