Sean Strickland’s trip Down Under has apparently already included a run-in with a fan.
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In an interview with Fox Sports Australia, the UFC middleweight revealed that he punched a supporter of the middleweight champion in the stomach after he told Strickland “Izzy is gonna f—-k you up.”“Boom, right in the guts,” Strickland said. “I’d only been in Australia a day and already I’d committed an assault. Initially, I thought the guy was coming up for a photo. Because anybody who wants a photo, man, I love the fans. But if you wanna come up to me and run your f—-ing mouth, I’ll smack you like I smack anybody else.
“Uppercut to his stomach. Then I walked away. But if I see the guy again, man, no problems. ... I’ll thank him for not pressing charges.”Strickland has risen to prominence in the UFC thanks in large part to an outspoken persona known for making controversial remarks. Whether this particular claim proves to be true remains to seen, but ac…