BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » erick nicksick https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sean Strickland’s coach opens up about ‘uninspiring’ UFC 312 performance https://www.badmma.com/sean-stricklands-coach-opens-up-about-uninspiring-ufc-312-performance.html https://www.badmma.com/sean-stricklands-coach-opens-up-about-uninspiring-ufc-312-performance.html#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:51:55 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/sean-stricklands-coach-opens-up-about-uninspiring-ufc-312-performance.html When  Dricus Du Plessis and  Sean Strickland first fought at UFC 297, the bout ended in a split decision after a five-round war.  In the rematch at UFC 312, Strickland never got out of first gear.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/sean-stricklands-coach-opens-up-about-uninspiring-ufc-312-performance.html/feed 0 Eric Nicksick says doctor was adamant Francis Ngannou should have pulled out of UFC 270 https://www.badmma.com/eric-nicksick-says-doctor-was-adamant-francis-ngannou-should-have-pulled-out-of-ufc-270.html https://www.badmma.com/eric-nicksick-says-doctor-was-adamant-francis-ngannou-should-have-pulled-out-of-ufc-270.html#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:55:41 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/eric-nicksick-says-doctor-was-adamant-francis-ngannou-should-have-pulled-out-of-ufc-270.html Francis Ngannou was dealing with plenty of adversity heading into UFC 270, but he still managed to pull through. Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) unified his heavyweight title with interim champ Ciryl Gane (10-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in Saturday’s main event, making pivotal tactical adjustments that helped him turn the fight around and earn the unanimous decision win . Not only did Ngannou deal with contract issues with the UFC and drama with his former coach, Fernand Lopez, but the champion revealed post-fight that he came into the bout with a grade 3 MCL tear, as well as damage on his ACL and MPFL. His head coach, Erick Nicksick , found himself in a tough spot before the fight: Should he encourage Ngannou to withdraw, or should he risk having him go into the biggest fight of his career compromised? “I was a nervous wreck,” Nicksick told MMA Junkie Radio. “I think a lot of the things that my head was telling me was to pull out of the fight, and I just didn’t like the way that the knee injury was and the situation that the opponent that we had with the particular injury that we had

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