Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland believes there’s a line that even he gained’t cross, and Josh Hokit efficiently crossed it.
Sean Strickland and UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev have been the celebrities of UFC 328 struggle week after buying and selling barbs for months. The 2 UFC 328 headliners have been on the middle of one of many wildest press conferences in Blended Martial Arts historical past, with dozens of regulation enforcement officers available to maintain Chimaev and Strickland separated.
Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in faceoff was extra of the identical between Chimaev and Strickland, as the 2 sides threw verbal jabs at one another one remaining time earlier than struggle night time. Simply earlier than the UFC 328 ceremonial weigh-in, tensions skyrocketed on the first pre-fight press convention for UFC Freedom 250 subsequent month.
Heavyweight Josh Hokit acquired into it with Derrick Lewis, UFC light-weight champion Ilia Topuria, and Alex Pereira throughout a wild presser. Topuria tried to assault Hokit at one level after the controversial heavyweight introduced up a few of Topuria’s latest private points exterior of the Octagon.
Like Hokit, Strickland is rarely afraid to push the envelope on behalf of struggle promo, however even among the brashest athletes have a line they gained’t cross.
‘Coming from me’…Sean Strickland’s shocking response to Josh Hokit presser
In a latest tweet, Strickland shared a shocking response to Hokit’s viral moments on the UFC Freedom 250 press convention.
“That is wild coming from me however Josh goes means too far,” Strickland stated of Hokit.
“Chandler’s spouse, Ilia Topuria’s ex…I do know it’s the WWE factor however it’s an excessive amount of.”
Earlier this week, Strickland scolded Hokit’s antics as a ‘WWE skit’, to which the heavyweight responded by difficult the previous middleweight titleholder to a struggle. As of this writing, Hokit hasn’t responded to Strickland’s vital tweet.
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