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After viral spat with UFC’s Sean Strickland, Orlando Sanchez shares his side of the story

Things got heated at the RVCA training center recently when UFC fighter Sean Strickland grappled with ADCC champ Orlando Sanchez.

After Sanchez attempted a standing armbar, Strickland broke away and hit Sanchez with a spinning chop and then a front kick. The pair then argued about the legality of the move and the appropriateness of attempting it during a training session.

The argument, which included Strickland calling the move ‘dirty’ and a ‘dick move’, ended with the fighter leaving the cage and cautioning Sanchez not to ‘run his mouth’. During the argument Strickland also harangued Sanchez for trying to cause damage when he has an important fight coming up — his first ever UFC main event, versus Uriah Hall.