UFC: Sean Strickland was his usual chaotic self as he previewed his title bout against Dricus Du Plessis ahead of UFC 312.
UFC 312: Du Plessis v Strickland 2 | SUN 9 FEB | UFC middleweight king Dricus du Plessis is headed back Down Under for yet another title defence, with the South African set to face Sean Strickland in a blockbuster UFC 312 headliner in Sydney. |
“There was this two-day period after the injury where I was waiting to see the surgeon and I had to get myself comfortable with the fact maybe the elbow was never going to be the same,” Jenkins said on Wednesday ahead of his fight against Gabriel Santos at UFC 312. If Jenkins wins this weekend’s fight in dominant fashion, he is planning to face a top-15 ranked opponent in the middle of the year and then a top-10 contender at the end of 2025.
“And the guy sitting there had a sip of his beer and said, ‘You’ll never beat the yanks. You’ll never beat the Brazilians’. I was just standing there thinking, ‘Watch me. I will’.”Source: Getty ImagesNot that he needs to look far for inspiration these days anyway. Jenkins only has to scroll TikTok to find edits of his own highlights, and he’s “addicted to them”.“So thank you to whoever made those edits,” he laughed, “ and keep them coming because I love them”.
“So I was a bit disappointed because I thought after the last performance I might get some brand value or name value in my next fight be that a Barboza, someone around that mark,” Jenkins added.
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