Sean Strickland has found a new training partner, and it’s the guy dropping off his packages. The former UFC middleweight champion persuaded his Amazon delivery driver to try a dirt bike stunt, and the attempt did not end well.
The clip first spread through Championship Rounds, which shared it on X late Monday with a crying-laughing emoji and a blunt summary: the stunt went “TERRIBLY wrong.” Strickland then posted the footage himself on his @SStricklandMMA account about 40 minutes later, with no caption beyond the link. That’s peak Strickland. He doesn’t explain the bit. He drops it and lets the replies do the work.
None of the posts say whether the driver was hurt, and nothing has surfaced about his condition. Reactions online split between people wincing and people laughing.
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A busy week online for Strickland
The dirt bike video landed at the tail end of an ugly few days on social media. On Saturday, Strickland posted on Instagram, “Joaquin Buckley bro you better get these ni$$as!!!” By Sunday, Buckley had fired back with a challenge aimed at Strickland, Dustin Poirier, Max Holloway, Josh Hokit and Alexander Volkov. Buckley dared them to get in a DJ booth at an all-Black club, with no security, and shout the slur, ending with, “I’ll shut the f*ck up.”
Strickland’s answer, per a clip shared by Championship Rounds, was to call Buckley a “black Karen” and add, “I bet you won’t go to the IRS and show them your tax returns.” In another clip posted by Dovy Simuskevicius, Strickland said he would go through with Buckley’s dare if Buckley showed his tax return. As of now, there’s no sign Buckley has taken him up on it.
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The belt he took, and the man he took it from
Strickland’s biggest night remains UFC 293 in September 2023, when he took the middleweight title from Israel Adesanya. It’s a win that still echoes, because Adesanya hasn’t won since. MMA Fighting noted this week that “The Last Stylebender” has dropped four straight, getting stopped by Dricus du Plessis, Nassourdine Imavov and Joe Pyfer after the Strickland loss.
Adesanya gets his next shot at snapping that skid Dec. 5, headlining UFC Saudi Arabia against Shara Magomedov at the ANB Arena in Riyadh. Magomedov is 6-1 in the octagon, riding wins over Michel Pereira and Marc-Andre Barriault. The sources don’t mention a next fight for Strickland himself.
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My take: the real hero of this story is the Amazon driver, who had a route to finish and still said yes to a former UFC champion asking him to hop on a dirt bike. That’s more courage than half the guys who’ve stood across from Strickland and spent 25 minutes circling away from his jab. I hope he’s fine, I hope he got a five-star rating, and I hope somebody at that depot pulls him aside before his next stop at the Strickland place.
