Sean Strickland called an ‘overachiever’ in the UFC by ex-champion: ‘It’s not an insult’
Michael Bisping believes Sean Strickland has already gone above and past what would have been anticipated in his MMA profession.
The polarizing American middleweight is gearing up for his second shot at changing into a two-time UFC champion.
After two losses to Dricus du Plessis, Strickland dominated Anthony Hernandez at UFC Houston this previous February to place himself subsequent in line to combat champ Khamzat Chimaev.
But even when he falls brief in opposition to ‘Borz’, Bisping says the challenger has already achieved greater than his skillset would usually warrant.
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Michael Bisping explains why he views Sean Strickland as an ‘overachiever’
Strickland will challenge Chimaev at UFC 328as he turns into the newest trying to hand the dominant Chechen drive his first defeat in skilled blended martial arts.
Bisping, one other of the middleweight division’s former kingpins, lately regarded forward to that numbered occasion headliner with fellow legend Demetrious Johnson on the JAXXON PODCAST.
‘The Count’ is aware of a factor or two about finishing an upset to win gold, one thing Strickland additionally completed when he beat Israel Adesanya in 2023.
With that end result in thoughts, Bisping called the American one in all MMA’s greatest “overachievers,” and insisted that it is not meant in a disparaging manner.
“Sean Strickland, that’s a complicated one,” Bisping he stated.
“Overachiever. I did not suppose he’d be in this place that he’s in now. He turned champion of the world. I did not suppose he would beat Israel Adesanya.
“I thought he would be a problematic matchup for ‘Fluffy’… beating him the way he did and then now being in a position to fight Khamzat Chimaev — like I said, I think he’s an overachiever in a lot of ways.
“He’s not the biggest athlete, not the fastest, the strongest, all the rest of it,” he continued. “But he is acquired a rock strong thoughts, he is acquired a loopy gasoline tank, works his ass off.
“That’s a praise. It’s not an insult. He’s one in all the greatest overachievers.”
After beating Strickland for a second time, Du Plessis was unseated by Chimaev in Chicago last August.
‘Borz’ accumulated over 20 minutes of control time en route to his middleweight title crowning, and many are expecting Strickland to run into a similar approach in Newark on May 9.
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