Sean Strickland frustrated with UFC, considering giving up middleweight belt

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UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland is frustrated with the fight promotion and considering relinquishing his 185-pound world championship.

Strickland’s beef with the organization is over money. He doesn’t feel like he’s being paid his worth and cites others earning much more. He believes greener pastures may be in boxing and called out Jake Paul.

“I gotta be honest unless things change with the UFC Im kinda over it,” Strickland wrote on X. “[Conor] McGregor makes 30 million to fight for 30 second and they dont want to pay us a fraction of it. Contemplating just going to 205 knocking out my contract and scrapping with @jakepaul That sounds fun.”

“It’s just hard McGregor 30 million. Some lame boxer 15 million,” he wrote in a followup post. “The thought of just giving up my belt going to 205 and speed running my contract to fight Jake [Paul] and make what these guys are making sounds pretty damn appealing.”