Sean Strickland: Brendan Allen should ‘take zero pride’ in win over Chris Curtis

Sean Strickland wasn’t overly impressed with Brendan Allen’s break up resolution win over Chris Curtis and likewise felt his teammate ought to have earned the nod regardless of taking the struggle on brief discover.

Following Saturday’s essential occasion, the previous UFC middleweight champion—who holds a stoppage win over Allen—weighed in on Allen’s UFC Vegas 90 essential occasion win. Curtis is one among Strickland’s essential coaching companions at Xtreme Couture and he supplied some behind-the-scenes commentary on Curtis’ brief camp forward of his rematch with Allen.

“UFC filmed [Curtis], I did one spherical of sparring with him and let him win,” Strickland said on Twitter. The digital camera crew was confused as a result of they know me. I mentioned, ‘If I spar him remotely onerous he’ll lose all confidence going into this struggle [because] he’s so out of form.’

“No excuses however take zero satisfaction on this victory.”

Curtis stepped in as a short-notice substitute for an injured Marvin Vettori. “The Motion Man” was the final fighter to defeat Allen, handing him a second-round knockout loss in December 2021, however he fell wanting a second win over Allen on Saturday.

Strickland then responded to a fan who gave Curtis credit score for his efficiency, particularly primarily based on what Strickland needed to say in regards to the camp.

Allen referred to as out present middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis following his victory, but in addition referred to as for a rematch with Strickland, who defeated Allen through second-round TKO at UFC Vegas 14 in November 2020.