Sean Strickland calls out Paulo Costa: ‘It f*cking is smart’
Sean Strickland has fought twice within the final two months, and but he’s already selecting one other battle.
The UFC middleweight contender is angling to battle former UFC title challenger Paulo Costa for his subsequent outing. Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) referred to as out Costa (14-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) on Monday in a video posted on Instagram.
“Yo, Costa, I believe we should always battle, bro,” Strickland stated. “It f*cking is smart, you already know. I don’t know for those who’ll be drunk or be capable of make weight, consuming cookies – let’s make this sh*t occur.”
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Strickland is coming off a choice win over Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Struggle Night time 217. He took that battle on quick discover the week of the occasion, and it was contested at 205 kilos. Previous to the short-notice bout, Strickland fought within the remaining UFC occasion for 2022, dropping an in depth resolution to Jared Cannonier. It was his first battle since his KO loss to present UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira again in July.
Costa final fought in August, when he outpointed former champion Luke Rockhold in a unanimous resolution at UFC 278. The victory snapped a two-fight dropping streak that got here towards Marvin Vettori and Israel Adesanya. He was undefeated earlier than the pair of defeats.