"If I killed somebody in the ring, it'd f****ing make me very happy."
That savage statement came courtesy of 30-year-old, UFC middleweight contender, Sean Strickland ... who's fighting #8 ranked fighter, Uriah Hall.
TMZ Sports recently talked to the 30-3 Strickland and asked him if 36-year-old Hall would be off his mental game after Chris Weidman's horrific leg injury during Uriah's last fight.
Sean's response, hell no. Fighters fight ... and that's when he said he wants to murder an opponent in the Octagon.