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Yesterday at 04:13 PM
It's all psychological. You yell "barracuda," everybody says "Huh? What?" You yell "shark" ... and we've got a panic on our hands on Feb. 12 in Sydney.
I thought Conor McGregor sparring with an actual tiger was the nuttiest training camp gimmick I ever heard of, right up until UFC middleweight titleholder, Dricus Du Plessis, jumped into shallow water to wrangle a massive shark.
Khabib's baby bear seems downright cuddly compared to that fanged monster.
"Brought in some new training partners for camp, this one didn't make the cut," Du Plessis wrote on Instagram.
"Stillknocks" is scheduled to defend his middleweight title atop the UFC 312 pay-per-view (PPV) card this February in Sydney. Opposing the South African slugger is former 185-pound champion, Sean Strickland, who coughed up the crown at UFC 297 in Toronto.
Blame those "dirty Canadian leftists."
Strickland has yet to comment on the champ's recent shark party, but did have a heartfelt holiday greeting for his followers on Twitter.
"There is only one holiday on December 25 in America and it's Christmas," Strickland said. "Go buy a gun and a truck and then thank baby Jesus for creating America for you godless heathens."
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