Sean Strickland continues to make enemies with his outspoken, and often outlandish commentaries.

Earlier this month, he pummeled a popular online influencer, sent quasi-death threats to Jake Paul, and nearly got into it with Grammy-nominated music star Machine Gun Kelly. Now, the former middleweight world champion is picking a fight with the military. Specifically, U.S. Navy SEALs. In a video shared on social media, Strickland suggested that Navy SEALs — the U.S. Navy’s primary special operations force — couldn’t survive a week of training with him.

“I don’t think there’s one f*cking Navy Seal who could survive a week training with me,” Strickland said. “I’m kind of sick of seeing it, cause you guys think you’re badass, come train with me for a week. I’ll show you what’s up, I’ll f*cking break you.”

Catching wind of the comment, one U.S. Navy SEAL in particular decided to respond to ‘Tarzan’ in a now-viral call out, making it clear when they’re both called to action, the stakes are anything, but equal.

“Sean we get it, you’re a badass bro. But check it out, your training partners get millions of dollars and they actually live. My swim buddies, they die every single year. Do you have any idea what the means? We’ve already proven that any kind of beatdown will not break us, but our training will simply just end your career, Sean. I’m talking about skin grafts on the thighs.

“You talk about taking people’s souls from their body. Well, me and my boys, we’ve actually taken a lot of real souls from people. You know what I’m saying bro? Your training is absolutely brutal man we get it, but your training doesn’t kill dudes every single year and that’s the world that we live in. My best advice for you, Sean, is to stay in the Octagon and keep fighting for that next purse and us SEALS will keep fighting for your freedom” (h/t BJPenn.com)

Sean Strickland Fires Back

Never one to let anyone get the last word over him, Strickland responded to the SEAL’s rebuttal in a not entirely surprising way.

“I made a navy seal upset, he said “we protect your freedom” I’m very pro military but anti government But to say “I protect your freedom” Yall need a history lesson on the federal government. Google Snowden and the constitution. The sand people aren’t taking away my freedoms,” Strickland wrote on X.

Sean Strickland is yet to book a return to the Octagon since surrendering the 185-pound crown to Dricus Du Plessis in their UFC 297 headliner. Recently, Strickland’s coach, Eric Nicksick, put his stamp of approval on a potential clash between ‘Tarzan’ and another former middleweight titleholder, Robert Whittaker.

Whittaker, who also suffered a loss to DDP last summer, bounced back at UFC 298 with a decision victory over the returning Paulo Costa.

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Nate Diaz is currently not a member of the UFC’s fighting roster, but he is certainly teasing a return for a historic event for the promotion — and it’s not UFC 300.

Diaz fought out his contract when he submitted Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279 in September 2022, and his since turned his attention to the boxing world. While the popular mixed martial artist continuously gave fans hope he might fight at UFC 300 on April 13, he has shifted his focus to the UFC’s upcoming Noche UFC card — which will serve as UFC 306 at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14.

“I’ll be here, f*** 300,” Diaz stated on social media.

Since departing from the UFC after a 27-fight run, Diaz competed in a boxing match against Jake Paul this past August in Dallas where he dropped a unanimous decision. As of now, discussions appear to be ongoing for another boxing bout between Diaz and past UFC opponent Jorge Masvidal, although nothing has been officially announced. Masvidal defeated Diaz via doctor’s stoppage TKO in the main event of UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden in November 2019 in the inaugural “BMF” title fight.

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The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time.

1 p.m. ET: We recap the busy combat sports weekend.

1:30 p.m.: Devin Haney joins us in-studio to preview his April 20 bout against Ryan Garcia.

2:30 p.m.: The other side of the fight, Ryan Garcia, joins us in-studio to do the same.

3 p.m.: Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, then joins us in-studio.

3:30 p.m.: Haney’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, also joins us in-studio.

4:15 p.m.: The Parlay Boys look back at their best bets for the busy weekend.

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What a fight!
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KSW Epic took MMA fans back to the early 2000s on Saturday night with its No Holds Barred / PRIDE Rules fights.

KSW Epic went down on Saturday, February 24th, 2024, from Gliwice Arena in Poland, and as usual it was a wild affair. Even more wild than usual given the unusual format of the night. Instead of a typical card featuring nothing but MMA fights, KSW Epic featured an extensive array of different bout types.

There was boxing, there was grappling, there was Muay Thai. There was a four-man one night tournament. There was even some oldschool No Holds Barred / PRIDE Rules fights that ended in appropriately violent fashion. For those of you too young to remember, PRIDE FC in Japan allowed stomps and soccer kicks to a downed opponent, which ended more than one night for wrestlers who felt a bit too safe on the ground.

We got to see the effective finishing power of stomps and kicks again at KSW epic during the Muslim Tulshaev vs. Konrad Rusinski fight. Early in the third round, Tulshaev knocked Rusinski down and used the modified ruleset (or lack thereof) to stomp and soccer kick Rusinski to a stoppage. Rusinski was basically done after the first stomp, but the ref seemed more interested in Tulshaev holding the cage than kicking his opponent in the face.

Here’s a new angle of the finish provided by KSW:

And check out the finish as it aired originally on the KSW Epic pay-per-view:

KSW has gained a reputation for being one of the most entertaining and successful fight leagues in Europe. Every event is worth checking out, but these Epic shows are something else. Here’s hoping we see more of them in the future.

KSW Epic Full Results
Tomasz Adamek defeats Mamed Khalidov via TKO – Hand Injury (Round 3, 3:00) – Boxing match
Rafal Haratyk defeats Damian Piwowarczyk via Decision – Split (Round 3, 5:00)
Haratyk becomes the KSW light-heavyweight world champion
Josh Barnett vs Phil De Fries ends in a Draw – Judge’s Decision (Round 1, 10:00) – Grappling match
Vaclav Sivak defeats Michael Krolik via Decision – Unanimous (Round 3, 3:00) – Muay Thai match
Darko Stosic defeats Matheus Scheffel via TKO – Punches (Round 1, 1:12) – PRIDE rules
Rafael Haratyk defeats Marcin Wojcik via TKO – Punches (Round 1, 4:05)
Damian Piwowarczyk defeats Kleber Raimundo Silva via KO – Punch to the Body (Round 1, 2:34)
Ivan Erslan defeats Bohdan Gdnidko via KO – Punch (Round 1, 0:54)
Muslim Tulshaev defeats Konrad Rusinski via TKO – Soccer Kicks (Round 3, 0:32) – No holds barred match
Piotr Kacprzak defeats Adam Brysz via TKO – Punches (Round 1, 1:16) – Gi MMA match

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Mike Perry would like to see more respectful business practices within the UFC.

UFC 298 was a big night for several winners throughout the evening of action in Anaheim, Calif. two weekends ago. Amongst them was the clear-cut top-bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili, who maintained his place in the rankings as he extended his winning streak to a divisional record of 10.

After the unanimous decision nod over the former flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo, Dvalishvili was the center of some newfound praise from UFC CEO Dana White. The promotional leader was previously somewhat sour on Dvalishvili after “The Machine” was reluctant to collide with his best friend and teammate, the former 135-pound title holder Aljamain Sterling. Now that Sterling is gone from the weight class, the path is clear for Dvalishvili while other streaking UFC contenders like Belal Muhammad at welterweight still struggle to lock down their title shot.

Watching everything unfold from his throne as the BKFC’s prized possession, Perry couldn’t keep quiet any longer.

“I heard Dana be like, ‘Yeah, ‘cause he wouldn’t fight his friend, you know how much we f****** love that here,’” Perry said on his OverDogs Podcast. “I was like, was that sarcasm, or was he serious? I thought sometimes they do f****** (fist gesture to mouth) on people who are like, ‘Oh my god, put ‘em on a pedestal because he was doing the right thing and he won’t fight his friend, but this guy over here is doing the same f****** thing, we’re gonna be mad at’ because why?

“They f****** pick and choose whoever the f*** they want, whenever the f*** they want. They do whatever the f*** they want and no one can tell them anything about it. That’s where it’s f****** annoying and I lose interest.”

The UFC and MMA has evolved a lot over the years. That goes without saying, of course, but optically, there has been a lot of clean-up done, whether physically or production and broadcast-wise.

Fighter attire was once littered with sponsors and labeled “Nascar-like.” That’s still a regular sight across the sport overall. UFC, however, has utilized one specific look with the help of one brand, which was first Reebok before the currently in place Venum fight kits. That along with striking the groundbreaking ESPN deal in 2019 have been a part of the push to bring UFC to that global sport-scale feel.

Though, other than that, Perry doesn’t see the comparisons.

“It’s funny because they make everybody look the same now and they wanna be f****** NFL, NBA of combat sports, but they don’t f****** act like it,” Perry said. “They’re still f****** rude, disrespectful, rich a**holes, who don’t give a f*** about these fighters or anyone who puts their life on the line to do this s***. Then they’ll turn around and say, ‘Oh, god bless him, he’s putting his life on the line. These f****** fighters.’ They’ll stand up against the media and be like, ‘You know what these f****** fighters go through?’

“At the same time, they’re the ones f****** trying to make them kill themselves for this s*** and they get — wherever their f****** head’s at. It’s like a whim. The first thing that comes to their f****** head. He’s pissed in that moment, ‘I don’t give a f***, how about that?’

‘It’s f****** childish. How the richest f****** guy, most popular, most famous f****** guy of all time is childish,” he continued. “Cause the NFL owners and s***, they would never say any of this f****** s*** about any of their players. It’s always love, god, respect, nation, power, honor.”

Perry’s UFC run came to an end in April 2021 after he entered the organization as an undefeated 7-0 welterweight prospect in August 2016 on UFC 202.

The Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor rematch headlined the event and wasn’t at all the worst to debut on. Perry slid into the second main card slot opposite Hyun Gyu Lim, whom he TKO’d in round one and kicked off a quick stretch of momentum and popularity. Perry went 7-8 (14-8 overall) before he parted ways with the UFC and has since reached his greatest heights yet as a superstar in bare-knuckle boxing.

Perry, 32, recently expressed his interest in a fight with Diaz, who is also free of any UFC shackles. Even if that means returning to MMA and the UFC, suggesting a UFC 300 showdown. UFC CBO Hunter Campbell quickly shut down that idea when called by Perry on his podcast last month, countering it by telling Perry to jockey for the fight in BKFC.

White was recently seen meeting with BKFC President Dave Feldman, but no news has come from it. At this stage, if anything does happen, the plans might be a little awkward if they involve “Platinum.”

“F*** the bulls***, if I really feel some f****** type of way about it, I feel you, Dana. I don’t give a f*** either,” Perry said. “I could care less. I could care less about the media passes because you don’t want me to ask the f****** questions that I want to f****** ask cause you don’t want to f****** text me back anymore cause you’re f****** salty that I called your a** and you picked up on the second ring. When’d you call me? I didn’t f****** feel salty that you were like, ‘What’s up, you lunatic?’ Hi, I’m a f****** human being. I’m a f****** person, too. I don’t walk around with security all f****** day to protect my f****** nut sack. I am the security!”

TOP STORIES

Wild. Brian Ortega explains freak UFC Mexico City injury, calls out ‘disrespectful’ behavior toward Alexander Volkanovski

Chaos. Dana White reacts to ‘crazy’ crowd fight at UFC Mexico City: ‘I’ve never seen any s*** like that in my life’

Prediction. Jon Jones expects Francis Ngannou to lose to Anthony Joshua: ‘Sorry, Francis’

Legals. Michael Bisping, Michael Chandler, Chael Sonnen, prominent MMA managers testifying for UFC in antitrust lawsuit

Recovery. Michael Chandler hopes Alexander Volkanovski takes longer layoff after back-to-back knockout losses

Aftermath. ‘Francis thinking I’ma stay in boxing’: Pros react to Renan Ferreira’s 21-second bulldozing of Ryan Bader

Weird. Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios scrapped from UFC Mexico City just before walkouts, Turcios disputes UFC Vegas 87 re-booking announcement

Dates. UFC 303 set for June 29 during International Fight Week

Crossover. Randy Couture wishes Sean Strickland could pursue Jake Paul fight but UFC ‘never going to let that happen’

Location. UFC targeting St. Louis as destination for upcoming card on May 11

Upset. Brandon Royval plans to keep ‘spoiling parties,’ take Alexandre Pantoja’s title at UFC 301

VIDEO STEW

UFC Mexico and PFL vs. Bellator Post-Show.

UFC 298 Slo-Mo.

Free fights.

Max’s Road to UFC 300.

Travel workout.

Nickal’s Road to UFC 300.

Defend like Loma.

MORNING MUSIC

SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE

Content.

Not bad.

Lol.

How about that?

Solid.

Angela Magana has some company.

Sick.

Icon.

Featherweight Reis, I’ll be damned.

Mason Jones!

No water for Saori.

Get Kana back in the cage, PFL.

Winner (without water).

Onward.

Somewhere…

Well, that’s a nickname, alright.

Normalize!

Kinda gross.

Nice shot.

Scenes.

Just brawl.

Usually.

Another thing that will never happen.

Mexican Merab.

Superstar.

Poor Chuck.

Okay.

Predator.

Wild one.

Bullseye.

Bring him back.

FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Jihin Radzuan (9-3) vs. Chihiro Sawada (6-0-1); ONE Fight Night 20, March 9

Joel Álvarez (20-3) vs. Mateusz Rębecki (19-1); UFC Vegas 91, April 27

Michael Johnson (23-19) vs. Matt Frevola (11-4-1); UFC Fight Night, May 11

FINAL THOUGHTS

Perry’s career post-UFC has been fascinating. It’s not surprising for him to be someone who speaks up about an issue, but it’s interestingly timed after his recent interest in UFC 300 and Feldman’s meeting with Dana.

Thanks for reading!

POLL POSITION

Last Week’s Results:

Friday: 85% of 641 total votes answered “No” when asked, “Do you want to see Tony Ferguson keep fighting?”

Thursday: 58% of 377 total votes answered “UFC Mexico” when asked, “Which is the better event this weekend?”

Wednesday: 64% of 453 total votes answered “Brandon Moreno and Yair Rodriguez” when asked, “Who wins this weekend?” Brandon Royval defeated Moreno via a split decision in UFC Mexico’s main event while Brian Ortega defeated Rodriguez via a third-round submission (arm-triangle choke) at 0:58.

Tuesday: 79% of 515 total votes answered “Yes” when asked, “Will Islam Makhachev challenge for UFC welterweight gold at some point?”

Monday: 43% of 470 total votes answered “Meh” when asked, “Are you happy with UFC 300’s main event?”

Today’s exit poll:

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