After Close Loss, Sean Strickland Says Judges ‘Don’t Know How to F---ing Do Their Job’

Sean Strickland is admittedly a “sore loser” following his split-decision loss to Jared Cannonier in the UFC Fight Night 216 main event.

In a bout where neither middleweight made a definitive statement, Strickland did his best work with a consistent jab and movement that at times confounded his opponent. According to UFCStats.com, Strickland outlanded Cannonier in every round but the first — though the totals were close in each frame. Ultimately, Cannonier’s power and varied striking made more of an impression with the cageside judges.

Shortly after the loss, Strickland ripped the scoring in a video on his Instagram account.

“I’m a f—-ing sore loser,” Strickland said. “Hat’s off to Jared, but you have judges that don’t know how to f—-ing do their job. You actually look at the scorecard and you look at the significant strikes and you look at how many times I wobbled him. You have experts in the field come up to me and say, ‘Yeah man, I don’t know how you lost that one. You landed way more. The scorecards should say it.’ Anyways, I’m going to shut the f—k up now. Get off my soapbox. … Back to the drawing board. On to the next one.”

After a six-bout winning streak had Strickland knocking on the door of a title shot at 185 pounds, the former King of the Cage champion has dropped back-to-back fights to Cannonier and Alex Pereira.

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