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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MAY 12: Sean Strickland of the United States prepares to enter the Octagon before facing Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 224 event at Jeunesse Arena on May 12, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC)

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MAY 12: Sean Strickland of the United States prepares to enter the Octagon before facing Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 224 event at Jeunesse Arena on May 12, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC)
Sean Strickland will meet Uriah Hall on the upcoming edition of UFC Fight Night on July 31. It is a middleweight bout that will decide the fate of these two rising contenders in the middleweight division. Both the fighters are seeking a crack at the middleweight title, as both are on a four-fight winning streak. A victory here will assist one of them to ramp up the rankings and get closer to achieving their dream.
After competing for seven long years in the UFC, it’s the first time that Strickland will headline a UFC card. In a recent video, ‘TARZAN’ opened up about his feeling of fighting a UFC main event for the first time.
Strickland made some serious comments and said, “I will tell you one thing. Here is a thing about life, you guys. People who make a lot of money off you and I’m not saying the UFC makes a lot of money of me. But what they do is they put cameras in front of your face they put makeup on you.”
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Sean Strickland continues, “They pick you up in f**kin Limo’s, and then they are trying to hind the fact that you are a disposable f**king prostitute. They try to glorify you into thinking you’re something more than just some f**king idiot who could throw punches. We both are gonna try to murder each other and I sincerely as a prostitute for your entertainment that one of us dies for your entertainment.”
Sean Strickland is not delighted to headline his first UFC event
For some reason, Sean Strickland doesn’t seem delighted about headlining a UFC event. Instead, ‘TARZAN’ tried to introduce the dark side of fighting as he made some serious comments about his career as a fighter. He believes big promotions try to glorify their fighters by selling a false narrative to their audience.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 31: Sean Strickland reacts after his victory over Jack Marshman of Wales in a middleweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 31, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
By showing expensive cars and placing their fighter in the limelight, they try to sell the fight by making it appear as if it’s something bigger than just two guys fighting in a cage. ‘TARZAN’ is smart enough to realize it; therefore, he doesn’t look super excited for his first headliner. Yet, he promises to entertain fight fans on July 31.
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It’s a fact that big MMA promotions like UFC do everything in their reach to glorify and hype their fighters. But that’s how they ultimately generate money to grow and pay their fighters.
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