Sean Strickland has a bit of a love-hate relationship with former training partner and UFC on ESPN 28 main event opponent Uriah Hall . Strickland (17-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) said Hall (23-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) is a “c*nt” in the most gleeful way possible, and they used to get good rounds in together at Reign Training Center in California years ago. Now their paths have crossed as they try to trend upward in the UFC middleweight division. Although Strickland has made it very clear that things like title belts aren’t exactly that important to him, he knows what’s at stake going into the ESPN-televised headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. “The cool thing about Uriah is he’s like a gatekeeper,” Strickland told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s UFC on ESPN 28 media day. “I don’t want to undersell Uriah and say he’s a gatekeeper, but he’s a damn good gatekeeper.
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Sean Strickland labels Uriah Hall as a ‘damn good gatekeeper’ going into UFC on ESPN 28 – MMA Junkie