Jack Hermansson will be fought on Saturday in UFC Vegas 47. He said that he would fight UFC Welterweight Kevin Holland in a free parking lot.
At the media day for Saturday’s fight card at UFC APEX, Strickland took a shot – or several shots – at the outspoken Holland as he described a run-in that might have ended up in a fight were it not for UFC security.
“He began talking to me on Instagram and I believe I one-upped his conversation.
“So anyway, I see him at the [UFC Performance Institute] the other day – he like pops out his f*cking chest, like, ‘C’mon,’ trying to fight me. Kevin Holland bro, I have your Instagram. This is not the place to fight. Edgar, the UFC’s guy with the abs is going to end this crap. This is not the place to fight. You’ve got to f*cking call me, we’ll go this f*cking parking lot, and we’ll do the man dance.”
In Strickland’s parlance, this means fight. Holland, the UFC’s middleweight champion, was not willing to fight him. That gave Strickland an opportunity to perform a verbal victory dance.
” The thing about Kevin Holland is that he doesn’t know how embrace his emotions,” Strickland stated. He doesn’t know what to feel. He’s scared of his feelings. So like Kevin Holland’s one of these guys, he sees me and he’s scared of me. It’s fair, he’s a very tall, scary Black man. Although a part of him is scary to me, I can still look at him and say “Kevin Holland,” but that’s okay. I won’t let him out on my property and will fight him to the end. Kevin Holland doesn’t think that way.
“I was like, ‘Kevin, I don’t need money. It’s easy to walk out of these doors. Let’s get on our way. He was just being silly. He is afraid to feel. Kevin Holland, you can call me, we’ll talk about your feelings. You are my priority. Don’t worry .”
Strickland’s full interview is above. It was, as usual, a series of offensive and politically incorrect observations about life as it is in Strickland’s world. Hermansson, a Swedish citizen, is trying to end a streak of five victories that has boosted Strickland’s stock and allowed the American to freely express his thoughts.
