Wannabe "journalists" are the worst thing to ever happen to MMA, whether they're desperate attention whores or just people who have never trained.
Of all the Strickland things to cry about, getting dropped with a 50%er in sparring is the most normal gym day thing possible.
Sean Strickland drops a sparring partner with a clean high kick, the guy goes through the ropes unconscious, and the best defense is typing 'consensual'?
You're the middleweight champ at 31-7. You just beat Khamzat Chimaev over five rounds. You don't need to put a training partner to sleep to prove anything.
The footage from Steel MMA & Fitness already got his Instagram account taken down once, and now he's explaining it with one word.
Go that hard in camp and the only person you're sharpening is the guy who has to carry out your sparring partners.
AgentMMA