Bisping interviews Eric Nicksick: "Sean Strickland's Coach on Dricus Du Plessis Rematch at UFC 312"
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2025
- Michael Bisping and Paul Felder interview Sean Strickland's coach, Eric Nick who is preparing him for his rematch against Dricus Du Plessis at his gym, Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts. .
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Eric was the best coach I had at XC. It was 2010 and he had one or two classes and he taught chokes, guillotine's. Nick gave everyone one on one time and was really sincere about making us better. I like the half point deduction for EACH infraction. Everyone knows the rules!
Great interview, Eric seems like a great coach, it’s awesome that he asks his dad for advice on coaching people & actually listens, he seems like the perfect coach for Strickland & many others.
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Sick! Please get DDP on the channel
Felder is so much better than Anthony Smith, i hope him and Bisping continue the show together!!!
The delusion of Smith maintained the balance
They will be bro Smith has his own podcast On paper with any smith lol
Where's my South Africans in the chat 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
LFG🇿🇦
Aweh, ddp gona finish that doos in 2 rounds
I'm here🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
awe, DDP by whatever he wants 🇿🇦
There busy stealing black people's land
The advice his dad gave him on how to help Sean shows that some coaches understand human nature better than some psychologists.
Great episode! Thanks!
Very kwool ... really awesome episode guys ... thank you...
Awesome interview with one of the best coaches in the game!
Such a great interview. Well done champ!
And once DDP is done with Sean then he can move on and give Khamzat a hiding also
I am a ddp fan. But unless he gets a punchers chamce with his nlitz. Chamzat destroys ddp
Better pray Sean gets another cut or Dricus will lose. Again.
@@Fl_ninja Sean didn't lose because of a cut, only his fans think so. lol
@@duronpottas7221 I'm a DDP fan too. Personally I don't think Khamzat is strong enough to keep Dricus down and Dricus is better on the feet. How do you see Khamzat winning? Genuinely curious
@@jp_era Through skill and technique. A lot of people who have fought Khamzat have already said that he wasn’t like incredibly strong, but his techniques make him look that way
I’m not riding the Khamzat wave personally, I’d actually like to see who can beat him, but it may be a pretty tough ask for Dricus
Nice to hear coaches story 👊🏾 thank you for sharing.
If refs were hard on eyepokes, like taking points right away from people who have a "habit"... Jon Jones would have to finish every fight, cause he is the worst offender in the UFC. He'd get two-three points struck in nearly every fight.
More like 20 points taken away 😂
I actually wonder how many fights Jon would have lost if refs were harder on fouls, or he didnt "accidentally" shove a digit in his opponents eye the moment they start pressing him.
Would he still be the "GOAT"?
Awesome interview guys
I want to see Chimaev vs Strickland it will be a good fight they both hate each other
based on what Eric says about Sean’s fighting style and tactics ensures to me that I know exactly what I’m talking about.
Especially Sean’s random last 5th round 30 second intensity of the fight like where he dropped Costa. I remember saying the exact same thing that he should do that earlier in the fights to sway it into more of his momentum. That being said if Sean is disciplined and obedient in what Eric Nickslick says I think he can win the fight against DDP. If not I believe Dricus will take advantage of being the one who initiates the forward pressure against Sean landing damage and capitalizing on Sean’s idleness in defense. Sean’s defensive style is just a way to keep himself in a safe spot where he defends so easily with so little energy whilst his opponent gasses out as they attack. Sean could balance out being more aggressive and offensive
I've been thinking the same since the Costa fight too. But this interview gave me confidence. I agree with everything Eric said, but especially with going hard in bursts at the start, middle, and end of each round. Sean's style is good at negating damage and landing volume, but Dricus just overwhelmed it to land slightly more damage(debatably) which gave him the close rounds. Sean's Problem is That he didn't have enough big moments. He'd win most parts of the rounds early, but then Dricus would go hard at the end and steal them. It's like how Eric always talks about optics when Sean is fighting. He just Needs a few more of those to drastically improve his Chance of getting the decision. Not to disrespect Dricus, but I truly believe this fight is decided on what Sean shows up. We've never seen him in rematches so we don't know what he'll do. If he shows up with no adjustments, he'll probably lose. But if he shows up and listens to a couple of these things that Eric said, I think he wins. I also think Sean didn't really know who he was Fighting. Going into the first fight, we all thought Dricus had a shit gas tank and was just lucky. But we saw how good he was when Sean Fought him. So Now having fought him already, I think Sean will have a better idea of how Dricus fights. On the other hand, Dricus can make some adjustments too, but I believe he fought Sean almost the best way that he could. His team definitely studied Sean hard, while Sean really didn't. The main worry is Sean's mentality. But if the stuff that Eric was quoting Sean on in this interview is true, it sounds like Sean recognized where he went wrong which is important. I guess we have go wait for fight week to see how Sean talks about the fight so we can see if he's dialed in or not
@ %100 agree with you on everything you said. That being said everything you said was spot on and I think that factor of what Sean shows up definitely does determine the outcome of the fight. Glad my comment attracted other comments from people who watch mma fr like me
Exactly he’s cardio based entirely and we all know dricus doesn’t have the skills to make adjustments on the spot. That’s the coaches
Goddard top man , off course you to Mike , need more off coach chat , brilliant show Gents
Hey 👋 Mike this was a great discussion the half point deduction… what a great idea 💡 and the extra judging capacity needs to get done and I think judges in MMA need to be ex-(based)MMA fighters ! Great Show😊
Amazing to learn how one of the greatest active coaches has not had any professional fights!
Anthony Smith was awesome and good luck to him but man do I love me some Paul Felder!!!
Great interview! Thank you. I am from South Africa but I am Team Strickland! Let's go ...
Dricus! 🇿🇦
Is losing
What a nice guy Eric is.
Paul Felder is not only a less annoying and less whiny co-host than Liontalk, he also has a much better chemistry with Ole' One Eye. They both make humorous banter back and forth like a good comedy team. And Anthony Smith isn't funny and doesn't have that comedic chemistry with Bisping. And that means you take away Bispings best quality, and that's not his analysis. Its how damn funny Bisping is. No one cracks fans up like Bisping. He is hands down the most hilarious analyst MMA has ever had.
1 point for eyepokes is long over due
Carling my darling black label 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Dricus by KO via zamalek bottle 🇿🇦🇿🇦
DDP wins 💯💪🏻
They think his still the same Dricus but watch what he will do
And this is exactly why I root for Sean.
Seeing how most of the fanbase isn’t convinced that he’s a good fighter makes it more fun to root for a guy like that
@zinidinerahman4168 Same for DDP, the dude looks horrendous when he fights and most people doubted his run in the UFC it's funny to see that plot armor kick in and prove the masses wrong
@@JoshuaWiDricus is very physically gifted though especially when you compare him to the other guys in the top 15.
Sean doesn’t know what having a physical advantage is lmao
casual
"let me ask you this John"
Can Bisping interview DDP please
Not with that iCarly technique, 49-46 all around
These dudes are planning for the same Dricus, they didn't take note how smart and adaptive Dricus and his team were in the Rob fight 😩
I didn’t know Felder spent so much time with Eric and I agree no offense he’s way more MMA based then Anthony I used to really like him but he’s kink of delusional about his own career and he laces his own self personal assessment into his commentary 😊 maybe he’ll do some real self reflection , he has so much experience it could really help his future in the sport … which I really hope for him happens 🤗
DDP for the win
I'm speaking through my pocket I doubled curtis and derm but it was obvious what the Russian was doing every time he was in trouble he pulled a foul and then you find out the coach had already had a word with ref😮
The Spider went up to 205 while he was the 185 champ an didnt need to fight for the belt...
The Jamahal Hill eye poke was so obviously blatant! He threw the jab fist closed then opened it halfway through it was obvious in the reply
Seans gonna beat ddp for a second time if he doesnt get the ko and it goes to decision hopefully the judges dont rob him again
All Sean did in the first fight was bring a good jab, now you're thinking he can get a knockout 😂
@RealAfricanDude he did more than jab go back and watch the fight and either way his jab was doing crazy damage he was piecing ddp up with it and yea I think he can ko ddp or just piece him up for all 5 rounds like he did the first fight
Even Eric acknowledged that Strickland lost the fight mate......get over it
@@kihara4244 nah mate I can tell you Joe Rogan Dana white and a bunch of other fighters thought Sean won the fight plus I have eyes imo Sean won so relax yourself
@@MaxwellAot😂😂😂😂
Who's john 😂
Haha. I felt a little bad for Eric when Bisping addressed him as John. Very magnanimous guy.
awesome
You've turned into a really food interviewer champ
Bisping by double knockout
refs need to be ruthless against eye pokes, this need to be stopped
DDP IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE 💯
video title: 20:28
Thank you we need more people like you
Good video, I dig Eric's last name "Nicksick" that's definitely a badass coach 🤘🏼👊🏼
If i could change judging in any way i want the ref to have a score card input. Let the ref score the fight also. Also the thought of more judges is a good idea. Drop the high and low weardo score and that is it.
Thats not a good gameplan for Strickland.
Kickbox and wrestle with Dricus?
Dricus is better at both of those thing than Sean
Kickbox ? 😂 DDP ate 150 jabs when he tried to stand with Strickland and only partially landed with big overhands
@@Kgopani3101bro I swear people talk about shit when I’m convinced they didn’t even watch the fight.
Dricus looked like he got jumped.
DDP can wrestle? How did you come to that conclusion? DDP is a good kickboxer or boxer? Again, where did you get that?
He's a good overall fighter, but let's not just make things up
I'm not a martial artist, but why aren't fighters kneeing Merab when he's shooting in dozens of times each fight?
Timing is hard and if you miss the takedown becomes 100x easier
@@jonostake You mean Merab's takedowns are hard to read or he's fainting it rather than fully committing most of the time? You're risking getting taken down if throwing a knee but it seems like he should be getting kneed. Just my inexperienced opinion.
He sets them up with a few shots
@@wheelmanstan He throws overhands to get you to cover up, then shoots. I think someone like kai asakura would be a nightmare matchup with his knees and power, he broke a dude's jaw in rizin
Sandhagen timiming on knees is impeccable
There is no way Sean is attempting a takedown lol
I just love Eric, no diddy
Thinks Eric is John wood. Disrespectful
Islam gotta go up. We’re in kinda bad situation with a few divisions . Islam , topuria, merab, and pantoja have all cleared division . Islam should fight Belal . Pantoja should go up and fight merab. TOpuria is fighting volk next
Sean should have watched the fight at least once before making the comment "the whole world knows I won that fight" after the fight. But it is all good. We live we learn.
he didn't he lost he said he got outdogged
Half points for eye poke is stupid. If you eye poke someone that can easily change the trajectory of the fight. If you eye poke you deserve to lose an entire round. Fight correctly and it won’t happen. I’d argue an eye poke should be result in the contest being immediately called for the victim. The fight can continue, but the eye poker automatically loses.
Depends if it was clearly intensional, but I do agree for harsher consequences so it will happen less
Blame the gloves, when you have to parry punches and kicks, you have to keep your fingers a bit open or you'll break them, especially with kicks
@@Kgopani3101No, the gloves aren't to blame. Some fighters go their whole careers without poking anyone else in the eyes. Yet others always seem to poke eyes when they are losing
@@RonniePTexan Yeah because different fighters have different styles you donut, some guys who are very long and tall put out their lead hand to measure the distance or to frame away from punches. Whereas some fighters have a high tight guard always looking for big shots. If the gloves were pointed a bit downwards AND THEN eye pokes happened then you know the guy is intentionally manipulating his wrist to have his fingers go straight in. Also this happens a lot when southpaws fight Orthodox, jiri vs hill is the perfect example, they're hand fighting with their left and right hands then the eye poke happens from jiri because he's parrying hill's lead hand and then hill rushes in trying to land his 2. Then exactly the same happened 1-2 minutes later but this time it's jiri
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Smith just started Smith on paper podcast Paul is defo the full time co-host thank god no diss ✌️🙏
I also love the idea of ISlam vs Ilia. I think Ilia will break team Khabib hearts again, just like that other Georgean.
My X and 1 of the most beautiful women ever is Afrikaans so I have nothing but love for DDP but I am a Texan after all so I’m hoping Sean gets the win this time‼️
Ddp is the most entertaining fighter in the ufc
these wannabe mma experts in comments are going wild
@15:40 These dudes know WTF they are talking about, and its all for the love of the sport, can only hope UFC listens to such insights. I personally dont understand how with the literal billions that the UFC is worth now, how they have never invested in VAR like Hawkeye (same as they use for Wimbledon tennis etc) and instal it around the Octagon, and when there is a fence grab, it automatically lets the ref know, and he can pause the fight, review the footage, and go from there. It surely can be used for almost all offences in the cage. How are we living in 2025 when there are literally flying cars, but the UFC still uses a few dudes to score fights, and referee, but nothing else. Invest in a VAR system like Hawkeye, tie it into the production team and referee, adjust the rule set, and I totally agree with the half point system, or even a yellow card system where you get a point on the next offence following a yellow card.
DDP GO BOY
I think the eye pokes come down to the gloves. The training and sparing everything should be done with fight gloves with open fingers. That way you are trained to keep you hand closed.
michael is a smart dude when it comes to fighting, he's no chael, he needs to work with sean a couple hours, michael was watching sean with blood in his eye facing dricus and having flashbacks of himself with one eye fighting gsp
How about the thought that Belal won't always be CHAMP at welter?? Huh he could be a contender again, heavy Shavkat he'll be champ so it will be Islam Vs Shavkat..imo
The 2 gingers need to watch Tim Minchens "Prejudice".
Wr is the interview of that ref
Is sean does what eric just said, he will win
Bisping please ask him why he doesn't teach strickland to throw punches. Are they training him wrong as a joke like in Kung pow enter the fist?
Sean strickland the guy who mainly only boxes in his fights. Doesn't throw punches?? 😂😂
@TheConfusedTaco I dunno, I've been a huge boxing fan since the 70s, and I've never seen a boxer fight like that.
@jimmiems8815 boxing in boxing and boxing in mma is very different. Obviously.
@@TheConfusedTaco you seem confused, taco.
@jimmiems8815 nahh mate I'm sure you've been sitting on your coach for a long time but I've actually been in a boxing gym and in an mma gym.
The technique for throwing punches is definitely slightly different.
Major clue for your dumb ass is that mma fighters aren't wearing shoes
Strickland and new
Islam is even more dominant than khabib and actually finishes every fight but there's weight classes for a reason. I don't think he does well at 185, just too small.
Islam is huge. I remember when Usman fought Chimaev at 185lbs and Usman met Islam back stage. Islam was noticably bigger than Usman. Islam walks around at 200+ lbs.
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7:51 ya you’re ginger and you’re Irish . You really had to establish that with your Celtics cap .
Sean unanimous decision 💯
Sean in a press conference 🥷🏼🗡️⚔️🔫
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Sean in a fight 🐈🏃🏼♀️
Hot take: chamzet vs Islam at 185. Winner gets title shot at 185
What are you talking about, the wolf already earned his title shot and is fighting the winner of Strickland vs DDP.
Whilst I don't disagree with the match up, ain't no Khamzat fighting another fight for a title shot.
Personally I think Khamzat mauls Islam!
Strickland can get it done
He basically just gave up the entire gameplan.
170 would be an easy belt grab for Islam. Belal will see where the Dagestani alliance is.
Ddp finishes jab merchant with mental problems within 2 rounds
Does he use the phallus fellatio finish?
Ddp fan girl over here but nah Sean's gonna ko that coach kissing fruitcake
He will be 0-2 against Strickland
@dt8762 bro u as delusional as Strickland,.do u also walk around your house in your rich safe first world suburb with a gun waiting for intruders cos u have mental problems?😂😂😂
@@hospagalief the only person ddp is finishing is his coach that fruitcake ain't beating Sean the only way ddp wins is if they go to a decision and the judges rob Sean and give him the win like the first fight
I really like Strickland, BUT I really want to see Alex take his belt again, and then go to HW and become triple fucking champion
If Alex cuts to me ain't no way is he going to hw! He prob only has a few fights left on his career
Eric looks like the singer of Metallica
The rematch is so pointless. Khamzat should be fighting DDP.
This rematch is almost as pointless as giving O Malley the rematch
DDP got a gift from the judges. Only SA casuals disagree
Like him or not Conor mc jump 2 weights to fight Nick Diaz , Conor was a Featherweight 145lbs who when up to 170lbs Welterwieght ,
Islam doesn’t care about money. He has enough for his needs. He wants double champ status
Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie!!!
How is it 2025 and it's a person scoring it should be robots ai computer bots to score it less human error then but you can never be perfect because the bot can be hacked or messed with so maybe a mix
strickland should win the rematch
How?
Boring everyone to sleep?
@@jarrodmurgatroyd stop doing drugs
@wheelmanstan stop crying like a little baby. Nobody cares about you crybaby fans.
Dricus Du Plessis the true UFC middleweight champion 🏆 is victorious!!
Wrestling with Dricus will not end well for Sean
If belal loses the belt Islam will get it asap
Islam fighting Sean Brady, now that’s a poor advice!
Both are just future Victims of Khamzat though
😂 if you say so.
@KylerlsRad, get your head out your arse and smell the daisies
And khamzat loses to the common cold.
DDP beats Khamzat.
What the exuse gonna be,khamzat wasnt fully fit,he was not given enough notice time,its a fluke...get those excuses prepared beforehand
Khamzat beats islam
Sean needs to fight like how he beats up influencers 😅😅
Great one once again fellas! Islam and Belal are more than just friends, they are Muslim brothers. I believe that has a big factor
You shat on Anthony.....shame on you Michael 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Ref should decide whether or not to take point based on the instant replay. If its clearly sn accident then give a warning. If the guy is recklessly sticking his fingers out take a point - no warnings
solution to beat DDP more teap kicks, okay, i would like Strickland to do what he says in press conference and actually try to fight to the death, throw something other than a jab!!!stop talking and try to knock him out not jab him out.
It's a difference in mentality. Sean fights for himself and money, Dricus fights like a whole country is depending on him to win.
Yeah, I hope ddp beats the wanna be stone cold Steven Austin.😂
Sorry Steven is a real fighter
Paul how'd you like it when he entered you when you were starting to talk about Sean Strickland and he jumped in and said now Sean Strickland and blah blah blah he went on with Strickland talk how did you feel about him doing that to you I thought it was really rude he's always rude to you
lol. ddp has them guessing. good. Even if they figure it out, they can't beat it. Too much boere wors with this one