Sean Strickland- 'You Start To Realize I'm A Way Better Boxer Than You' - UFC 293
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00:00 this week we talked a lot about how would it feel and what emotions would
00:02 you feel and you said absolutely nothing it doesn't matter to me but now that
00:05 this moment has actually happened are you feeling anything?
00:08 No no I mean it's cool man I won I got paid I got a bonus I'm a happy guy you
00:12 know yeah no it's good you guys it's fun I love to fight like here's the thing
00:16 guys I was excited because I won but this fucking belt you know it means
00:21 nothing means nothing. The belt itself might mean nothing but you did prove
00:25 that you are the best middleweight on the planet and throughout this fight was
00:29 there a moment that you felt a change in yourself and you were like oh I'm here
00:33 I'm doing this? You know what whenever we start swinging and banging and he
00:37 threw some punches and I was like man that was really like predictable that
00:42 was really easy to see like that came from a mile away like I'm a way better
00:47 box than you let's fight it was kind of like as you get in there you start
00:51 realizing I'm a lot better than you. How pivotal of a first round with you
00:56 dropping him in the way that that you finished the first round I feel like
00:59 that kind of changed the tide of the entire fight did you also feel that? Yeah
01:03 you know at the end of day like every time I walk into a fight you might knock
01:08 me out you might put me down but I'm ready to die for what I want so when I'm
01:11 fighting don't matter what you hit me with what you kick me with if you don't
01:15 put me out I'm ready to give some to the gods. I imagine when you look back on you
01:22 know you've talked about your fight with Kanonier you know getting screwed over
01:26 and then the times and the peoples that you have fought higher contenders and
01:29 things of that nature when you think back on all of those hurdles. Oh you'd be so salty.
01:34 Guarantee Mick and I'm not I think Mick wanted me to win but I guarantee Dana and
01:39 Hunter calling Izzy you mother f**ker I thought you said you're gonna knock him
01:43 out now we got to put up with this guy for long are you f**king asshole Izzy?
01:47 When you think of the world and people that might not be behind you yet
01:53 but as champion they have no choice right what do you hope that they learn
01:57 about you if anything? You know I think I have a ton of fans man I think I have
02:01 more fans than haters you know I I think I represent the common man even like I
02:06 mean guys I drive a what name one UFC champion that drives a Hyundai Accent I
02:11 ain't trading that thing is $16,000 man I got a f**king damn deal I got that
02:15 thing at MSRP I ain't leaving that thing so I think people like me cuz hey I don't
02:19 have f**king GED you guys like I'm just like you f**king guys for some reason they
02:24 gave me one of these I don't even know what to do with it. Well they didn't give it to you
02:26 you earned it you did earn it and it felt almost as if we weren't even in
02:30 Australia tonight you had a very loud crowd behind you did you get anything
02:35 from that crowd or could you even hear them? You know what like here's the thing
02:39 Izzy made it f**king easy Izzy all you had to do is say hey you know I'm an
02:43 immigrant to New Zealand I spent most my life in New Zealand and Australia I
02:49 love you guys you brought me up you gave me opportunity it's all Izzy had to do
02:52 and everybody would have been like f**k you Sean Strickland you dirty American but Izzy
02:55 didn't do that Izzy doubled down said I am Chinese I am the Chinese champion
02:59 like motherf**ker no I represent all you guys man. Do you think the crowd made a
03:04 difference for you tonight? Oh the crowd was awesome man even like in the fourth
03:07 round they started booing at Izzy and cheering me on they they're f**king awesome.
03:11 Well in your 20th UFC showing you became the middleweight champion when you think
03:15 back to your UFC debut do you think that this was something that could have
03:20 crossed your mind as possibility? You guys I have the lowest self-esteem in
03:23 the world we're like even looking at this I'm like how the f**k did I fumble
03:28 into this thing? Am I dreaming? Is this happening? Am I gonna wake up at some
03:31 point? So yeah I know it's f**king weird you guys hopefully I get a big old big
03:35 old sponsorship deal you know and yeah it's f**king weird I'll go lay in a I'll go lay in a
03:40 bath and put rose petals everywhere and be you know act d**ky. The biggest question
03:44 too is what is the reign of Shawn Strickland as middleweight champion? Man
03:48 f**k I'm telling you guys Hunter and Dana they're calling Izzy right now
03:53 saying you mother f**ker how did you let this guy win so I don't know we're just
03:57 trying not to get canceled for a month or two. Well best of luck with that and congratulations to you Shawn.
04:02 We'll let you get back to your team.