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Sean Strickland suffers another motorcycle accident as he shows off the damage caused

Sean Strickland has had another accident involving a motorcycle.
Sean Strickland suffers another motorcycle accident as he shows off the damage caused

Sean Strickland has had another accident involving a motorcycle.

The UFC middleweight champion hasn’t fought inside the cage since this past May when he pulled off the shock win against Khamzat Chimaev to reclaim the middleweight title.

Strickland went into that fight injured as he revealed after the matter that he suffered a full shoulder separation just days before his clash in Chicago.

And now while enjoying his time away from the cage, the controversial middleweight champion has suffered another accident.

Strickland took Joe Rogan’s advice not long after his win over ‘Borz’, after the UFC commentator advised him to get stem cell treatment on his injured shoulder.

Since then, he has seemingly healed from that particular injury, but there is still no timeline for when he will return to the cage to defend his belt.

And during his time away from fighting, the 35-year-old has been enjoying time on his motorcycle, which this past Tuesday, turned somewhat ugly.

Taking to social media, Strickland told his fans that he was involved in another motorcycle accident after he and his friend came off his motorcycle which was going 60mph, subsequently ‘rolling six times’.

Strickland almost ended his career after suffering an extremely bad crash following his title win over Israel Adesanya, but thankfully, he recovered from those injuries and returned to the cage.

Fortunately for the champion, this time wasn’t as bad, as he showed off the minor scrapes and bruises that he has sustained.

“Guys, I’m in a real bad place. Oh f—. I let my buddy drive, he rolled us going like 60mph, we rolled like six times. That was from my head smacking the ground going 60, I did not have a helmet on, I’m an idiot. Oh f— that was just from rolling and smacking the concrete, I’m in a real bad place right now,” he said.

Although the UFC middleweight champion only came out with cuts and bruises, his friend who was driving went unconscious and had to be taken to the emergency room.

“Right guys, quick update,” Strickland continued in a separate video.

“I think I’m okay, Chris went unconscious a little bit so he’s in the hospital but I think he’s gonna be alright, he just went to sleep for a little bit but yeah man, honestly, it’s the most f—— fun I’ve had in a very very long time… That was the most fun thing I’ve done in a long time, I hope Chris is okay, I’ve never seen anyone go unconscious before, that was interesting.”

Strickland is rumored for a rematch against Nassourdine Imavov when he does finally return to the Octagon, as the plans were leaked by ‘Borz’ Chimaev, who was disappointed to miss out on the fight.

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It was published on September 22, 2026 and last updated on October 9, 2026. The time of the story is shown in your own time zone on the page.

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