Sean Strickland expected Luke Rockhold to withdraw from their fight. Rockhold (16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) announced Monday night that he herniated a disc in his back and won’t be able to make the walk at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 for his return. It’s unknown if Strickland will remain on the card, but the rising middleweight contender said that, based on their recent history, he saw Rockhold’s withdrawal coming. “He was never going to make it to the fight lmao…no one is surprised,” Strickland wrote on Instagram. Strickland (24-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC), who briefly trained with Rockhold at RVCA Training Center at Costa Mesa, Calif., said he got the best of the former UFC middleweight champion in a sparring session, thus why he expected him to pull out of the fight.
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Why Sean Strickland isn’t surprised Luke Rockhold withdrew from UFC 268 – MMA Junkie