With time to reflect, Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick wishes he hadn’t publicly spoken about Sean Strickland ’s losing performance at UFC 312 so soon afterward. Strickland was dominated by UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and suffered a broken nose in their rematch, which ended with Du Plessis securing an easy unanimous decision by scores of 50-45, 50-45 and 49-46. Strickland, known for his basic style of fighting, didn’t do anything differently to push Du Plessis after complaining that he was robbed in their first fight in February 2024. Just a few days after UFC 312, Nicksick appeared on “The Ariel Helwani Show” and criticized Strickland. “It was just uninspired fighting to me,” Nicksick said. “It just seemed like he was sleepwalking.
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Eric Nicksick laments criticizing Sean Strickland so soon after UFC 312: ‘I f*cked up’ – MMA Junkie