Sean Strickland says he injured shoulder just 4 days before UFC 328 upset of Khamzat Chimaev
Sean Strickland may have gone into his big Khamzat Chimaev title fight at UFC 328 compromised by a fight week injury.
Sean Strickland is once again the UFC middleweight champion of the world. And apparently he accomplished the feat while being far from full health. On Saturday at UFC 328, Strickland handed Khamzat Chimaev the first loss of the Chechen’s impressive 16-fight career, winning a split decision in a seismic upset in Newark, New Jersey.
In the hours afterward, Strickland revealed that he suffered an injury to his shoulder during fight week. "Funny story — on Tuesday, I'm sparring Johnny [Eblen], that motherf***er, PFL champ. I'm at Plinio Cruz's gym.
He shoots on me, and I hit his brick-ass wall, and I separate my shoulder,” Strickland said at UFC 328’s post-fight press conference. “So I had a grade-one AC joint separation on Tuesday. I remember lying in bed on Tuesday night, and I can't lie on my right side.
I'm like, 'You're such a f***ing idiot. You're such a f***ing idiot. ' "In the back [before the fighter], I normally like to get better warm-ups, but I didn't want to warm up and throw my shoulder out.