\u201cTarzan\u201d isn\u2019t going \u201cDown Under.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former UFC Middleweight champion Sean Strickland is gearing up for a return after serving a six-month suspension<\/a> for assaulting a regional fighter who defeated his teammate at a Tuff-N-Uff event this past June in Las Vegas (details here<\/a>).<\/p>\n The UFC hoped to reintroduce him with a banger: a matchup against surging title contender Anthony \u201cFluffy\u201d Hernandez at UFC 325 in Sydney, Australia<\/a>. But Strickland isn\u2019t making that trip.<\/p>\n \u201cYou guys, I did say no to the Australia card,\u201d Strickland said on social media today. \u201cAustralia, I f\u2014king love you guys. You\u2019re all white trash and like-minded \u2014 I feel like we\u2019re one in the same \u2014 but I don\u2019t have medical insurance. So you want me to get my first fight back in Australia and give half my check to you f\u2014kers and buy your insurance? I ain\u2019t f\u2014king doing it. Fluffy don\u2019t wanna do it, I don\u2019t wanna do it \u2014 we ain\u2019t doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnyways, that being said, I love the Fluffy fight,\u201d Strickland concluded. \u201cLet\u2019s get this shit booked in the States. I\u2019m an American. I\u2019m one of the few real Americans fighting in the UFC other than Bryce [Mitchell], so let\u2019s get this booked in the States.\u201d<\/p>\n It also feels like the right time to bring Strickland back to U.S. soil<\/a>. He\u2019s competed only once in America over the last two years and never fought stateside as champion. A California card would be ideal, as both fighters were born and raised there.<\/p>\n If the UFC books it in the States \u2026 who wins?<\/p>\n