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Darren Till Reveals The UFC Offered Fight Against Sean Strickland

Darren Till might have a new opponent ahead of him.

Darren Till is looking for a fight. The Liverpool native has been in a rough spot as of late but is looking to bounce back with the right opportunity. Till has some names in mind for his next time…

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Darren Till might have a new opponent ahead of him.

Darren Till is looking for a fight. The Liverpool native has been in a rough spot as of late but is looking to bounce back with the right opportunity. Till has some names in mind for his next time out. He has a target on some top middleweights but the UFC may have another option for him. Till spoke bout his next step in an interview with Michael Bisping on his Believe You Me Podcast.

“The UFC, they said to me, ‘Darren, we’re with you, we know what your potential is, we really love you, you’re always there for us, you’ll fight anyone anytime. You’re a man of the company,’ and I said of course,” Till said. “But they’re like, ‘Who do you want to fight?’ and I said Jared Cannonier is a good one. ‘Oh really? Jared already?’ Of course.”

Till is coming off two losses in a row. He lost his last outing against Derek Brunson and before that a unanimous decision loss to Robert Whittaker. In fact, Till has only won once in his last five. Since making the move to middleweight he has been thrown into the deep end against the top-ranked fighters. Despite the difficult road, Till is still ranked number eight in the rankings. he could be looking to face the man at number seven, Sean Strickland.

Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland

“There were a few options they threw out to me. One fight I really liked was Sean Strickland. They offered him as well, and I actually said to Sean – because I’ve seen him a few times at the UFC – I said, ‘Sean, if you want to get it on at some point, let’s do it because I think you’re a good fighter, I think it would be a good fight.’ So listen, I’m still fighting the top and that’s how it is.”

Strickland was scheduled in a bout against Luke Rockhold on Nov. 6 in New York City, however, just a few weeks before the event, Rockhold pulled out due to injury. This matchup makes sense on paper as both men are pretty evenly ranked (Strickland #7, Till #8). Till is targeting a return in the spring. The UFC is rumored to hold an event in London in March. Till headlined the last event in London when he faced Jorge Masvidal.

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Sean Strickland Records Nearly Violent Weekend Road Rage Incident

UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland was apparently involved in a road rage incident that nearly turned into a brawl this weekend.

As shared by MMA journalist Alex Behunin, Strickland posted a brief clip on his Instagram story in which he sha…

Sean Strickland

UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland was apparently involved in a road rage incident that nearly turned into a brawl this weekend.

As shared by MMA journalist Alex Behunin, Strickland posted a brief clip on his Instagram story in which he shared the interaction with a driver near his home. Following the traffic incident, Strickland allegedly threatened to fight the driver and asked if he had any guns or knives on his person.

Check out the clip of Strickland below.

Sean Strickland Has Made Several Controversial Remarks In 2021

Strickland has been in the headlines for arguably the wrong reasons for a good portion of the year, due to several controversial statements he’s made about his past along with his unusual post-fight interviews.

During a post-fight interview following his recent win over Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 33, Strickland alluded to his desire to kill someone in a fight. This immediately drew strong reactions from media, fans, and fellow athletes alike.

Strickland also claimed that he would probably be the last person the UFC would want as a champion and hinted at an open obsession with pornography.

Strickland was supposed to fight Luke Rockhold at UFC 267 before Rockhold pulled out of the fight due to a lingering back injury. Strickland opted not to remain on the card and he is still awaiting a booking for his next Octagon appearance.

What are your thoughts on Sean Strickland’s latest antics?

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Sean Strickland Posts Clip From Road Rage Incident

Sean StricklandSean Strickland gave fans another glimpse into his weird and wonderful world on Saturday by posting a clip of him involved in a road rage dispute. The UFC middleweight contender has videoed himself in the middle of a heated confrontation with an unknown man and posted the results to social media. Strickland can be heard […]

Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland gave fans another glimpse into his weird and wonderful world on Saturday by posting a clip of him involved in a road rage dispute.

The UFC middleweight contender has videoed himself in the middle of a heated confrontation with an unknown man and posted the results to social media.

Strickland can be heard trying to decipher if his potential opponent has any guns or knives before agreeing to settle their dispute the old-fashioned way.

The 30-year-old attempted to provide a backstory for the confrontation, writing alongside the video. “He didn’t have a gun but he “got bullets” Guy pulls out in front of me, I honk and says “what up bitch.””

Sean Strickland Has Become Known For His Disturbing Social Media Posts

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Strickland’s unusual behaviour on social media and in the press.

In August, he spoke with glee about the prospect of killing somebody inside the Octagon.

“If you like to f*cking hurt people, you’re in the right sport,” Strickland said. “I would love nothing more than to kill somebody in the ring. Nothing more. It would make me super happy.

“I would own that sh*t, too. I don’t know if it would make me liable, I might have to say I’m sorry if the cops came, but I would own that sh*t. Own it. Be a psychopath, it’s f*cking fun!”

A couple of months later, Strickland spoke in odd terms about Belal Muhammad who offered to fight him at UFC 268 after Luke Rockhold withdrew from their scheduled bout due to injury.

“I want to make you an offer. You’re going to be in Vegas next week. Me and you, we can meet up in the desert dude and we can just do some weird shit together,” Strickland said in his Instagram stories. “Because it’s like, this is something that I’ve always fantasized about you know?

“And you are like a gazelle that wants to be a lion and you’re accepting what I want to do to you. And like dude, I want to do some weird shit to you man. Like oh man. It’s just so exciting that you’re just so okay with me doing it. Like there’s some things I’ve fantasized about for a long time and I feel like you’re going to let me do it to you.”

Strickland is yet to book a fight against Muhammad, Rockhold, or anyone else for that matter. If his latest social media activity is anything to go off, it appears he is now trying to get some rounds in with civilians.

What do you make of Sean Strickland’s road rage post?

Sean Strickland Opens Up About Neo-Nazi Childhood Struggles

UFC middleweight Sean Strickland has been known to push the envelope from time to time and has opened up about some controversial childhood memories. Sean Strickland last competed against Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 33 in July. After the contest, the decision victory expanded the winning streak of “Tarzan” to five. En route to victory, […]

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UFC middleweight Sean Strickland has been known to push the envelope from time to time and has opened up about some controversial childhood memories.

Sean Strickland last competed against Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 33 in July. After the contest, the decision victory expanded the winning streak of “Tarzan” to five. En route to victory, Strickland pushed a pace Hall struggled to keep up with. Following the triumph on the judge’s scorecards, Strickland looked to be getting his big break when the company was aiming for him to face a former champion.

Sean Strickland scoring the victory at UFC Vegas 33

The rising 185-pound fighter’s eccentric personality has consistently made headlines. Before Luke Rockhold and Strickland were scheduled to appear in the Octagon, they exchanged expletive-filled rants. In addition, the streaking middleweight went so far as to threaten Rockhold’s safety, which has raised eyebrows to a certain extent.

While Strickland was expected to face former UFC champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 268, the American Kickboxing Academy member pulled out of the contest due to a back injury. Now sitting at #7 in the official rankings, Strickland’s menacing teenage years are behind him.

Sean Strickland Opens Up About Troubled Childhood

Speaking on a recent episode of Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, Sean Strickland shed some light on a few of his childhood traumas. The middleweight details growing pains that amounted to being kicked out of school for hate crimes.

“I was really fucking angry,” Strickland said in regard to his abusive childhood. “I was so angry I actually went through this weird neo-Nazi, white supremacist phase when I was younger and I got kicked out of school for hate crimes, like all this crazy shit. I was angry and I had a lot of fucked-up influences in my life that it felt so good to fucking hate something. I would walk down the street with like a knife or a rock hoping to kill somebody. And when I started training I’m like man, you’re just fucking angry.”

The outspoken Strickland admits that he was in a very dark place during his grade school years. While “Tarzan” acknowledges that influences played a role in his behavior, the 24-3 professional finds himself taken aback by his former character.

“My grandfather was like this big piece of shit,” Strickland continued. “When you’re a kid you don’t see that, you hero worship. He kinda just filled your head with crazy shit. You’re in seventh grade spouting off about Nazis, you don’t even know what the fuck that means. But you hear it from someone you look up to and that identity consumed me. Drawing swastikas walking to school, like I didn’t know what the fuck that was. Later my grandfather died and I kinda resented him for it. When you’re racist, you don’t get ahead in life. You’re fucked, man. There’s no privilege from being racist, so I resented him for a majority of my life.”

Growing up in California, in an abusive household, the 185-pound athlete reveals ignorance played a role in his childhood trauma. With a notable impact from his grandfather, the rising UFC star divulged that he harbored resentment toward his deceased family member. Despite being shaped by his grandfather’s Neo-Nazi views at an early age, Strickland is now separated from that dark chapter of his childhood.

What do you make of Sean Strickland’s turbulent upbringing?

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Sean Strickland Talks About His ‘Neo-Nazi Phase’

Sean StricklandSean Strickland has opened up about his troubling thinking as a youth when he went through a ‘neo-nazi phase’. Strickland was on Ariel Helwani’s ‘The MMA Hour’ describing things about his past which included him having a white supremacist mindset. The UFC middleweight fighter has been in the MMA news a lot recently through his […]

Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland has opened up about his troubling thinking as a youth when he went through a ‘neo-nazi phase’.

Strickland was on Ariel Helwani’s ‘The MMA Hour’ describing things about his past which included him having a white supremacist mindset. The UFC middleweight fighter has been in the MMA news a lot recently through his trash talking on his social media. He was outspoken about his feelings on transgenders in MMA, talking about murdering someone in a fight, and his fascination with going out to the desert with Belal Muhammad.

“I was really fucking angry,” Strickland told Helwani about his youth. “I was so angry I actually went through this weird neo-Nazi, white supremacist phase when I was younger and I got kicked out of school for hate crimes, like all this crazy shit. I was angry and I had a lot of fucked-up influences in my life that it felt so good to fucking hate something. I would walk down the street with like a knife or a rock hoping to kill somebody. And when I started training I’m like man, you’re just fucking angry.” (MMAMania)

Strickland’s last fight was against Uriah Hall back in July where he won via unanimous decision. He was booked to fight Luke Rockhold in an upcoming bout, but Rockhold was forced to withdraw from that fight due to an injury. It is great to see Strickland use that anger to fuel his career instead of such a ludicrous mindset that he once had.

“My grandfather was like this big piece of shit. When you’re a kid you don’t see that, you hero worship. He kinda just filled your head with crazy shit. You’re in seventh grade spouting off about Nazis, you don’t even know what the fuck that means. But you hear it from someone you look up to and that identity consumed me. Drawing swastikas walking to school, like I didn’t know what the fuck that was. Later my grandfather died and I kinda resented him for it. When you’re racist, you don’t get ahead in life. You’re fucked, man. There’s no privilege from being racist, so I resented him for a majority of my life.” Strickland added.

Strickland’s next bout is up in the air since Rockhold was forced to pull out. The UFC is still looking to find him an opponent for a fight in the near future.

What do you make of Sean Strickland’s past?

Sean Strickland: Conor McGregor Is ‘The Pinnacle Of Success’ But He’s Also ‘White Trash’

Sean StricklandSean Strickland uncharacteristically paid someone a compliment during a recent appearance on Michael Bisping’s podcast before he quickly snapped back into character. The UFC middleweight contender was discussing Conor McGregor with the former 185lb champion and while doing so labeled ‘Notorious’ “the f*cking pinnacle of success” before adding that he’s also “white trash.” Sean Strickland […]

Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland uncharacteristically paid someone a compliment during a recent appearance on Michael Bisping’s podcast before he quickly snapped back into character.

The UFC middleweight contender was discussing Conor McGregor with the former 185lb champion and while doing so labeled ‘Notorious’ “the f*cking pinnacle of success” before adding that he’s also “white trash.”

Sean Strickland Gives Conor McGregor A Backhanded Compliment

“I just heard you talking about McGregor man. McGregor is the f**king like pinnacle of success, and I’ll tell you why dude. We’re all just f**king dog and someone has our leash. You know, Dana is a dog with somebody, somebody is holding his leash. I’m a dog with Dana and he’s holding my leash. The moment you become McGregor dude, nobody has your f**king leash anymore and that’s like the f**king pinnacle of success and you can do whatever the f**k you want…Yeah but at the end of the day, don’t forget that McGregor is like a white trash f**k who came into money.” (Transcribed by Sportskeeda)

McGregor is the highest-paid athlete in sport according to Forbes. The Irishman apparently banked $180 million between May 1, 2020, and May 1, 2021, with $158 million of that total made outside of the ring.

Despite his vast wealth and growing family, McGregor seems unable to keep himself out of trouble. Earlier this week, the former dual-weight UFC champion was accused of attacking Italian DJ Francesco Facchinetti. A few weeks ago, McGregor tried to attack Machine Gun Kelly on the MTV VMA’s red carpet. The 33-year-old UFC superstar continues to find himself in trouble with the law and at odds with the public, hence Strickland’s assessment of him on the Believe You Me podcast.

Do you agree with Sean Strickland’s assessment of Conor McGregor?