UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland won’t be short of options for his first title defense, but he appears to be fairly certain that the UFC will send him into an immediate rematch against the man he just dethroned, israel Adesanya.
“My thing is, dude, when it comes to that next fight, everybody’s like, ‘Who do you want to fight?’ I don’t give a f—k, dude. I want to make f—-ing money,” Strickland said on ‘The Man Dance’ podcast. “I get those pay-per-view buys. Give me somebody who’s going to make f—-ing money. I don’t want to fight anybody boring. I want to fight, you know, give me someone who’s making money.”
In an ideal world, Strickland says he wants to makes the first defense of his middleweight title against whoever is going to make him the most money via pay-per-view buys.
“My thing is, dude, when it comes to that next fight, everybody’s like, ‘Who do you want to fight?’ I don’t give a f—k, dude. I want to make f—-ing money. I get those pay-per-view buys. Give me somebody who’s going to make f—-ing money. I don’t want to fight anybody boring. I want to fight, you know, give me someone who’s making money.”
With that in mind it seems like all roads point towards that rematch with Adesanya as even though he performed poorly in their first clash, many fans will be interested to see whether the former champ can get redemption, or if Strickland really does have his number in the Octagon.
