Alex Pereira and Sean Strickland became great friends since they fought each other in 2022. Recently, they had some more practice time together.
The whole sparring snippet starts off with 'Tarzan' in his usual Goliath stomps. A consensus boxer deploying the 'Philly Shell' extensively, Sean Strickland shells up. Boxing-heavy, he kept shelling limb to limb and side to side while 'Poatan' went high and low. While the Xtreme Couture boxer is stiff torso down, the kickboxer in Pereira slowed him to waveform his legs and hit hard.
Subsequently, hit hard, he did! Strickland, 33, found some success in pockets and pushed him to the wall with some high, ranged shots. However, the 'Philly Shell' — a non-standard defensive MMA variant of crouch-and-roll boxing is no match to stone hands. While he pounded around with pushes, jabs, and mid-range separation, Alex Pereira was a clear threat.