https://x.com/XcellentMMA/status/1889857320982814739
I’m starting to really dislike this Nicksick guy. What kind of coach goes to the media and shits on their fighter?
Seeing way too much of the ginger cunt generally, always on podcasts and shit, seems very into his brand. Wants to be a star but you’re just a trainer, dude. Just put the guys mouth piece in and shut the fuck up.
Lol. It’s not good to air your dirty laundry out in public but we only get a tidbit of their interactions. For all we know Nicksick layed into Sean about his lack of drive and Sean lipped him off. Sean still hasn’t explained why he didn’t throw down like he said he would. Fuck Strickland and his whiny bullshit.
I thought Sean was gonna blame his loss on DEI hires. Turn out I was wrong. Guess hes blaming Nicksick
Don’t know what Nicksick said but it was an awful performance by Sean who was losing every round with no urgency to do much of anything.
Sean talks about his nose being broken but that didn’t happen until the 4th round when he had already lost the fight.
Here’s what Nicksick said:
“It was just uninspired fighting to me,” Nicksick told Ariel Helwani. “It just seemed like he was just sleepwalking — it was tough, man. I was just trying to dig him out of it through the rounds. I didn’t know if he was trying to collect data in the beginning, or if it was just a slow start, or what was going on.”
Nicksick has seen all of the criticism that has come Strickland’s way … and believes it’s fair.
“Of course, I think it’s fair,” Nicksick affirmed. “We have to be real like it was just a very underwhelming performance in an opportunity to fight for a title. There is people in this sport that never even realize that potential or get the opportunity to fight for a championship.
“That should be enough to get you motivated and off the couch,” he continued.
“To me, we just didn’t perform,” Nicksick added. “It is on all of us. It’s on me as a coaching staff. It’s on Sean, and I think he needs to evaluate what he wants to do in this sport. If it’s to make money, that’s great; let us know. I want to coach world champions. So, my motivations are different. I think that just to kind of show up and do that and not really back it up, to me, was just uninspiring.”
The Xtreme Couture coach — who has been coaching Strickland full-time for about five years — was also asked if he still wants to coach him after UFC 312.
“I think that’s a fair assessment that I would have to sit down with Sean and talk to him about,” Nicksick said. “Where can my services be of help for you? In situations like this, your motivations might change, and if that’s the case, if his motivations have changed to something different, where it’s like, ‘Hey, I prefer to fight for money or a paycheck,’ and it’s not to be the best or be a world champion, then yeah I think as a coach and fighter we should sit down and have that conversation.
It’s hard to dislike him….
I thought that his nose would look worse
Nicksick kept it real. Sean didnt. Not sure why Eric is getting the hate instead of Sean.
Seans bitch ass always has excuses.
“Let me tell you something guys…”
JMHO, if Sean is serious about getting back up to speed as a fighter, he should bite the bullet and go Mejico and train with Grasso.
And I’m not trying to be funny…but given his personality, it would be epic funny to watch him try it. UFC Reality series???
Shitty coach to talk like that about his guy
Disloyal
I don’t think that’s keeping it real.
A coach keeping it real is coaching his fighter and taking his percentage.
Not running to Helwani to shit on your guy when things don’t go the way you wanted them.
It’s really fucking weird, Strickland is the fighter, he is the story. I am trying to remember another high level coach acting like this, I really can’t think of any other coach that made it about themselves like this.
Not saying a coach can’t comment at all but all the diva shit, suggesting he might drop dude seems a bit much. All the crazier when you consider that this is a guy that actually got the belt (and surely over achieved by doing so?)
Nicksick needed to be fired. He clearly can’t get Sean to do anything besides spar and break him from fighting like a sparring session. This isn’t unique to this last fight. It’s every fucking fight. When he wins it’s just because of cardio, he hasn’t whipped someone’s ass in years. He needs a new coach, new training regiment and new people around him.
It’s not always on the coach. There’s a lot of fighters that are very hard headed and think they know it all. They don’t look for change.
Koscheck was one of them… didn’t listen to Javier during fights and Koscheck leaves and throws him under the bus. Javier was right with what he said. He didn’t listen to his corner so that’s why he didn’t perform well.
When he opened up his own gym and fight team. He didn’t listen to any of the trainers he brought in. Just wanted to do things his way.
Same situation with Fedor. The last few years he was fighting for money and not really listening to his trainers.
He needs tony Robbins to come in and anchor his feelings of when his dad beat his ass. Hopefully he fought back hard or we might get another sleepwalking performance while cowering in fear.
Thats a chopped up version of what sean said.
They were both right. I just think the coach dude shouldnt have bashed his fighter in public. Acting like he is some superstar champ maker coach who is better than his guys fighting for money.
Javier Mendez blamed Cain for his loss against JDS on FOX
Much like Dana did to Chuck after the Rampage fight in PRIDE
“He didn’t follow the game plan”
Dana was so embarrassed that his best guy couldn’t even get past the semi final, cementing the fact the UFC was still not the best org in the world.
Sean could have done everything coach said and it would make zero difference. DDP is superior to Sean in every area of mma. Bigger, faster, stronger and more Athletic as well. Sean loses to DDP 10/10 times.