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UFC’s Strickland strikes BJJ champ in grappling session, lashes out over ‘dirty move’ - Video

Things got heated at a training session at the Team RVCA gym in Costa Mesa recently when UFC headliner Sean Strickland grappled with BJJ ADCC world champion Orlando Sanchez. With head coach Jason Parillo looking on the grappling session almost turned into a fight when Strickland took exception to a move Sanchez tried to pull off.

Check the video of this incident below to see what happened and how both men reacted:

The video shows that after some battling for underhooks on the feet, Sanchez yanked at one of Strickland’s arms. Strickland immediately broke away and cursed out Sanchez while hitting him with a spinning chop to the chest.