Sean Strickland and Dan Henderson aren’t on the identical web page in terms of why their coaching partnership dissolved.
Up to now, Henderson has mentioned how the longer term UFC champion’s trash discuss at Group Quest in California rubbed his health club mates the improper manner. Henderson stated Strickland was “too disrespectful” at instances and it received to the purpose the place the group parted methods with Strickland.
Henderson shared his account of the breakdown once more in a latest interview on Mike Perry’s Overdogs Podcast.
“You already know, he received in little argument matches with among the guys that thought he was going too onerous,” Henderson stated. “Then he would log on and discuss shit about him and he did it a little bit bit an excessive amount of. Simply extra socially, I didn’t care what occurred within the room. Once you ship it out to everyone to listen to all that shit, it’s simply disrespectful in your coaching companions, guys which might be in there coaching with you that can assist you out as nicely. He simply did it too many instances, I warned him a bunch, after which lastly simply stated, ‘Hey dude, you’ve received to go.’
“However he was a great coaching companion and I loved having him in there and appreciated having a man that’s in there that goes onerous.”
Strickland responded to a submit on the Overdogs Instagram web page, disputing Henderson’s model of the story.
“None of that is true,” Strickland wrote. “I used to be Dan’s important coaching companion for his final battle. He retired, the battle group fell off and when it was time to resume my membership I left… however he’s right I might make enjoyable of the battle group always.
“They’d do yoga and skip sparring lol [Keith Berry] I’m speaking about you haha humorous factor is we’re each at [Xtreme Couture] and spar usually now.”
Strickland has developed a fame for making offensive and inflammatory feedback and can be infamous for his in-gym habits, whether or not it’s ruffling his teammates’ feathers or providing to beat up influencers.
That habits didn’t cease Strickland from turning into a UFC champion. He defeated Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title at UFC 293, then misplaced it in his first protection to Dricus du Plessis 4 months later.
Strickland admitted he was liable to dropping his mood at Group Quest, however nonetheless joked it was due to his coaching companions doing different workout routines moreover sparring.
“No bro, I misplaced it on a number of events when it was sparring day and 90 p.c of the battle group was doing yoga skipping professional follow haha,” Strickland replied to an Instagram remark. “Large health club blowups from me.”
Although Strickland and Henderson disagree on why Strickland’s relationship with Group Quest ended, the 2 have loads of mutual respect and Strickland made positive to reward Henderson in his replies.
“Dan is the person although,” Strickland wrote. “And if he didn’t retire and seen what I seen with most the fellows skipping class to go do yoga he would have been throwing H bombs, too.”
