Sean Strickland finally reveals the truth about fan he ‘stopped’ during the last visit to Australia

Sean Strickland has finally admitted that he has not really beaten a fan during his last visit to Australia for a world’s title match.

The former middle weight master won his belt by dropping and overpowering Israel Adesanya over five rounds back on UFC 293 in September 2023. Despite being a massive fan favorite before the trip down.

When he first arrived in Australia, his star power was immediately clear as he lay down much greater applause than the master, who is from nearby New Zealand. And during the week he constantly made headlines with his sensations.

Sean Strickland reportedly stopped fan during the last visit to Australia

One of the most mythologized stories of Sean Strickland’s Australian title Triumph was perhaps his visit to Bondi Beach. Early on his journey, he ran into a fan and when the story is beaten him as he went too far with his trolling.

The story goes over that while visiting the famous beach with his girlfriend, a fan of Strickland said, “Izzy is going to f – you up.” This caused the confrontational challenger to pull off and knock him in the stomach, although no recordings of this ever occurred, nor any kind of victim’s perspective.

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“Boom, right in the gut,” Strickland told the media at the time. “I had only been to Australia one day and had already committed an assault. For starters, I thought the guy was coming up to a photo. Because anyone who wants a photo, man, I love the fans.

“But if you want to come up to me and run your F – in your mouth, I will strike you as I taste someone else. Overcut to his stomach. Then I went away. But if I see the guy again, man, no trouble … I will thank him for not having pressed charges. “

Sean Strickland confirms he has never beaten a fan on UFC 293

However, Sean Strickland has now confirmed that the incident was blown out of proportions. He has never beaten the tab and has downgraded the problem to a pure light flap after the streeting comment was made.

He spoke with Fox Sports Australia and was asked if he would reunite with the fan he had beaten, with the host who joked that it was his ‘mission’ to get that man to his UFC 312 match with Dricus you Plessis Saturday. And the now-damner revealed that there was never a real punch.

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“Let me tell you I didn’t punch,” Strickland explained. “It was a friendly, like” Hey Buddy, Hey Friend, “” When the host asked if it was closed fist, he replied, “No, there was no stans, it was really good, it was more a handshake with a” Nice to meet you ‘.

“It was actually really good, he was a really nice guy.” However, Strickland said he would give a ticket if the tab identified himself and added: “I would give him a ticket to the match. I would join him. “