While Sean
Strickland and Anthony
Hernandez had no beef to begin with, they have developed a good
relationship after sharing the Octagon. 

Hernandez (15-3) was a sizeable favorite going into his last
matchup against Strickland (28-1) this past February. However,
Strickland completely neutralized Hernandez’s wrestling and picked
him apart on the feet to score an upset stoppage win in the third
round. The win earned Strickland a immediate title shot against
Khamzat
Chimaev, whom he dethroned in another massive upset at UFC 328
last month. 

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Meanwhile, Hernandez is now set to headline
UFC Sacramento against Gregory
Rodrigues (19-6) on Aug. 22. Hernandez is currently training
with Strickland for his upcoming fight. Hernandez praised
Strickland for helping him. Hernandez revealed that while
Strickland had originally asked him to train together before his
fight against Chimaev, “Fluffy” was injured at the time. However,
Hernandez had promised Strickland that they would eventually train
together. While Hernandez trains at the MMA Gold Fight Team in
California, he is doing a lot of this camp at the
UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Hernandez has made
arrangements to frequently train with Strickland, who is based out
of the Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas.

‘Tough as Hell’

“He’s a cool dude, man. I got nothing bad to say about the guy,”
Hernandez said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “He’s been helping me,
and I’ve been training with him… He actually hit me up for the
Khamzat fight, but I was injured at the time and couldn’t go out to
help him. I was like, ‘I’ll eventually train with you.’ I’m going
to be in Vegas a lot more for camp this time, so we set it up so we
could train together… That motherf—er’s tough as hell, bro. He’s a
tough son of a bitch.”

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