Dolidze and Strickland: From Sparring Rivals to Gym Buddies

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Dolidze and Strickland: From Sparring Rivals to Gym Buddies
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UFC middleweights, Roman Dolidze and Sean Strickland, have overcome initial friction and forged a bond at the Las Vegas gym. Dolidze acknowledges their different upbringings and understands Strickland's need to test new sparring partners, attributing it to the former champion's insecurities.

gym in Las Vegas. While Dolidze now understands Strickland better, things weren’t always this cordial between the two middleweights.

Strickland is known for expressing his unabashed and controversial opinions on everything under the sun. Dolidze previously couldn’t fathom the former champ slamming his own family over issues like child abuse. However, the Georgian gradually stopped being critical of Strickland as he understands the difference in their upbringings.

In signature fashion, Strickland also went unnaturally hard at Dolidze in their very first sparring session. According to Dolidze, Strickland’s need to test every new guy in the gym stems from his own insecurities.. “We had like bad argument but no more.

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