Amid the controversy surrounding his UFC 312 loss, Sean Strickland has been accused of all but “brushing off” corner advice given to him in his loss to Dricus du Plessis earlier this month, according to Eric Nicksick who was told as such by former two-weight champion, Daniel Cormier.
Strickland, a former undisputed middleweight champion, made his return to action earlier this month in Sydney, attempting to regain the divisional title in a rematch with the incumbent gold holder, du Plessis.
However, suffering his second career loss to the South African star, Strickland found himself on the wrong side of a largely comprehensive unanimous decision loss to the defending champion, suffering a gruesome nose fracture in the third round of his return.