"Makes me lose my breath just watching" - Fans react to Sean Strickland subjecting himself to "f*cked up" torture method to fulfill childhood fantasy

Sean Strickland indulged in doing something he wanted to attempt since he was young and it was far worse than he had imagined it would be. The eccentric 185-pound combatant recently posted footage on social media of himself getting waterboarded as he supposedly had been curious about doing it for many years now.

Via his personal X account @SStricklandMMA, the controversial fighter captioned the footage of this post by stating:

"When I was a kid I thought "I wanna know what water boarding feels like, it can't be that bad". I can tell you it was one of the most f*cked up things I've experienced."

Several X-users commented on the wild visual and had their say on Strickland subjecting himself to the torture tactic.

@theoraclecpa said:

"Makes me lose my breath just watching."

@MMABoxFanatic stated:

"You're the only fighter who would volunteer for something like this"

@rexmanifest quipped:

"Guys will literally choose to get water boarded instead of going to therapy"

Check out more fan reactions below:

[Images Courtesy: @SStricklandMMA tweet thread on X]

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Sean Strickland and the wild nature of his antics

Sean Strickland has gotten so out of pocket, to use the parlance of the modern age, that the UFC's public relations team has even had meetings about his behavior. This was revealed in a new documentary that aired on Roku in the past week titled, Fight Inc: Inside The UFC.

The 33-year-old faced Abus Magomedov last year and had voiced some thoughts before that fight which did not seem to resonate well with the promotion's PR team following a media day appearance.

Strickland engaged in a lengthy diatribe leading into that Magomedov fight about how he felt that women should not be allowed to vote. The California native continued to articulate that he felt allowing women to vote was contributing to the country going downhill and the senior manager of the UFC's PR team Christoph Goessing discussed this with his team.

There were also some unspecified comments about Germany and Brazil that Strickland had said that did not resonate well with the promotion's high-up PR rep as captured in this documentary piece.

The former UFC middleweight champion is known for being abrasive to many and this documentary excerpt highlights that to an extent. It stands in contrast to what UFC figurehead Dana White has publically stated which is that no fighter in the promotion should have their speech censored. This Sean Strickland discussion can be found in episode two of the 'Fight Inc: Inside the UFC' series.