Sean Strickland defended by Gilbert Burns amid recent criticism

Sean Strickland defended by Gilbert Burns amid recent criticism 1has been defended by Gilbert Burns in the midst of recent criticism of his performance at UFC 312 last weekend.

As we know, Sean Strickland fell short against Dricus du Plessis in their UFC middleweight championship rematch at UFC 312. It was a fairly one-sided victory for du Plessis, with many questioning the way in which Sean fought throughout the duration of the contest.

In addition to suffering a broken nose, he didn’t quite seem to go for it in the fifth round despite his coach Eric Nicksick encouraging him to do so – which led to Nicksick being pretty disappointed with him, as the Xtreme Couture coach made clear in a…