Sean Strickland has claimed that he would be willing to read a script for UFC promotion – as long as he can get out of filming sessions early.
The divisive former middleweight champion is not a fan of the recording sessions that are required to get B-Roll and promotional footage ahead of fights. He feels that his uncensored words aren’t going to get airtime, and that it is a waste of time unless they tell him exactly what to say.
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Strickland is returning to action in the main event of UFC Houston next month. He faces fellow top five contender Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez in his first fight since a brutal defeat to Dricus Du Plessis last time out that cost him his second chance at the belt.
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Sean Strickland explains why he hates filming with the UFC
Sean Strickland became one of the most popular and well-known fighters on the UFC roster with his unique brand of trash talk and self-promotion. However, sponsors and broadcasters are likely not fans of his antics, which might make recording official content difficult.
And taking to Instagram this evening, he shared a video of himself driving to a shoot with the promotion. In the clip, shared to his millions of followers, he declared that he would rather just read a script and get out quickly than record a string of videos that are essentially unusable.
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2026-01-18 04:00:00
