He's almost the antithesis of martial arts. He's like a modern day representation
of like a Tank Abbott kind of energy. The whole vibe of Tank Abbott, especially
in those early UFC days, was "damn your martial arts. It doesn't matter how many hours
you've spent in the dojo wearing your pyjamas, I'm gonna come and stomp a hole in your
face and you can't do anything about it." And Sean Strickland brings that kind of
energy. It's a more modernised version, of course, and there's a lot of train
ing that's
gone into the style that Sean Strickland has, but that for me is still the energy of it. I look at this fight and I think to
myself, there isn't a time where Sean Strickland should be able to get to
Adesanya or beat him or better him, because I feel like Adesanya's
generally a better martial artist. He's got a broader skill set and
he's got a better handle on the skills that he uses and better weapon
selection and a variety of different plays that he can use against his
opponen
ts to make them vulnerable. But that doesn't mean it's going
to happen every time. For me, it reflects the level of
mixed martial arts right now. And of course, I'm not intending on being in any
way insulting in the way I'm talking about Sean Strickland, but there is very little to his
game, no matter how effective he is with it.
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