Strickland previously criticized Adesanya for his nails and style saying:
Strickland told The Schmo: “I’m excited, man. Jared’s a solid guy. He’s a f***ing hell of a fighter. It’s kind of a shame Izzy ran from him and made a really boring fight out of it, but it’s not going to be like that when me and him fight.”
“It ain’t going to be boring. I ain’t going to f**king run around and dance around the ring like f***ing Peter Pan with painted nails. We’re going to f***ing fight.
“I know Jared lost to Izzy because f***ing twinkle toes, Peter Pan with his painted nails, his manicures, ran around the cage, fought like a bi***. I ain’t going to f***ing do that. Me and Jared, we’re going to stand in the middle and we’re going to do the f***ing man dance, and someone’s going to go to sleep.”
