Chris Curtis is reassuring everyone that there is no need to worry about Sean Strickland.
Both friends and training partners had fights at UFC 297, but only Curtis emerged victorious. Curtis won a decision over Marc-Andre Barriault on the main card, while Strickland headlined the event and narrowly lost his middleweight title on points to Dricus du Plessis.
However, Curtis believes that Strickland is already moving on from the loss, something he admires and wishes to adopt.
“There’s not much I would take from Sean, we’re very different people, but something I wish I could adopt is his view on fighting,” Curtis said on The MMA Hour. “I am very much ‘Chris the fighter.’ It’s who I am, it’s how I see myself, and I think that’s kind of an issue of mine. Sean loves fighting, but Sean Strickland is not ‘Sean the fighter.’ Fighting is something he loves, but this isn’t who he is, this doesn’t define him as a person. He’s disappointed, yeah it sucks, whatever, but he’s not going to beat himself up on it.”
Despite the disappointment, Curtis isn’t letting his friend off the hook completely. Despite Strickland’s reputation for sticking to his beliefs, Curtis wanted to share one unexpected change in Strickland’s life.
”Don’t let him talk his BS about never changing – my man bought a Tesla, and I have shamed him every day for it,”
After his fight, Curtis made sure to tune in to the main event and,