Roman Dolidze: “Never not a fight” – Sean Strickland opens up on wild gym battles with "savage" Roman Dolidze

Sean Strickland recently opened up about his training sessions with fellow middleweight contender Roman Dolidze, revealing that whenever the pair train together, it's often a total war.

Both Strickland and Dolidze train at Xtreme Couture MMA, under the tutelage of Eric Nicksick. While the pair have yet to face-off in the octagon, the two contenders have trained together on multiple occasions.

Recently, Dolidze appeared on the Overdogs podcast, where he dropped some details about training and sparring with 'Tarzan'.

According to 'The Caucasian', it's never a light spar whenever he and Strickland are in the cage as they both give "100%" effort, regardless of if they're in a fight camp. He explained:

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"With Sean Strickland, we always fight each other, like we can't spar. We are both [the] same, that's why we if he has a fight, he tries to avoid me because he knows that we will fight anyway. We can't spar just light...I will go 100% with him."

Check out Roman Dolidze's comments here:

Following what Roman Dolidze had to say about their training, Sean Strickland shared his response on Instagram. He posted the clip of Dolidze's comments and added a caption of his own underneath, stating:

"Enemies who became friendenemies...It's never not a fight with this savage 👊🏼"

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Israel Adesanya wants Sean Strickland rematch

Israel Adesanya has revealed he plans on getting back in the win column by defeating Sean Strickland in a rematch later this year.

In their first bout at UFC 293, 'Tarzan' stunned the world with his performance, dominating Adesanya on the feet across the entire fight to win the middleweight title via unanimous decision.

'The Last Stylebender' hasn't won a fight since, having then gone on to lose to both Dricus du Plessis and Nassourdine Imavov. Speaking on his YouTube channel about his fighting future, Adesanya revealed he's hoping to get one back over Strickland to put an end to his loss streak. He said:

''I sparred with Kamaru Usman for the first time in months...So for me now, I'm like, Ok, I told Hunter (Campbell) already, I told coach, that it's time. I just knew, and I know who. I have a feeling who I want to fight. You'll like this one. I gotta get some get back. Strickland. I'm gonna get him back."

Check out Israel Adesanya's comments below (8:05):

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