When it comes to trash-talking, Sean Strickland appears to have formed a really good fan base for himself. Be it his confrontations in a pre-fight presser, honest interview answers, or Twitter tirades, he never ceases to disappoint. Sean knows how to mix it in, whenever he isn’t fighting inside the Octagon. On his radar, this time, is the newly crowned UFC heavyweight champ, Jon Jones.
Sean, who last fought and won a decisive victory over Nassourdine Imavov, took to Twitter this morning. He chose to talk about the UFC 285 main event big boys. He didn’t have anything particularly nice to say about either Jon Jones or Ciryl Gane.
@ciryl_gane goddamn! Bro you looked more scared than Jones wife after some cocaine..
Wtf bro!!! Although real talk Jones is a scary mother fucker.. pound for pound best fighter to ever grace a octagon…..
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) March 5, 2023
In the above tweet, Sean can be seen trashing Gane’s performance and making a reference to the domestic violence charge ‘Bones’ faced in the September of 2021, when the Las Vegas police arrested him. While Jones has appeared to have regained his fiance back in his life, fans don’t seem to stop talking about the unfortunate incident.
However, Sean’s tweet didn’t end the way it started. He ended the tweet on a humble note, adding praises to the now heavyweight champion of the UFC. He finishes, “Wtf bro!!! Although real talk Jones is a scary mother fucker.. pound for pound best fighter to ever grace a octagon…..”
Fans react to Sean Strickland’s controversial tweet on Jon Jones
As soon as the tweet appeared online, fans didn’t waste their time expressing how they felt about it. While many fans seemed to agree with the tweet, others went on to pray he never runs into Jones after this tweet. Some even went on to compare Ciryl’s performance with Sean’s against Alex Pereira.
https://twitter.com/C_K_Tattoo/status/1632258333791985664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
You better hope you don’t run into him. lol
— Pay that G.A.M.M.A his money. (@jaygatzbee1) March 5, 2023
Strickland 🤝 Gane wilting under pressure against big scary guys
— ケカNeyouno (@neyouno) March 5, 2023
Hahahaha, man… Your are hilarious.
— Jenkah (@Jenkah) March 5, 2023
You fight him🤷🏽♂️
— Kevin Hunt (@KevinHu12292798) March 5, 2023
This isn’t the first time Sean has said something exactly how he has felt it. During the UFC 276 pre-fight presser, Sean won over a lot of fans as he put the then-middleweight champ ‘Izzy’ on blast. As Sean Strickland continues being Sean Strickland, will we ever see Jon respond to him? Let us know in the comments down below.